Chris Green
@chrisbirder.bsky.social
Londoner in Scotland via Gloucestershire
Birder and wildlife gardener.
Birder and wildlife gardener.
Mine from south-east Scotland, 2 nights ago.
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mine from south-east Scotland, 2 nights ago.
Different light.
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Different light.
Remembrance Day:
My great-uncle Frederick appeared in court charged with attempted suicide in 1906, having been turned down by the Army. He was killed in France in 1918, and awarded the Military Medal. His twin Walter was killed in 1915, his brother Arthur survived Gallipoli and France. We owe them.
My great-uncle Frederick appeared in court charged with attempted suicide in 1906, having been turned down by the Army. He was killed in France in 1918, and awarded the Military Medal. His twin Walter was killed in 1915, his brother Arthur survived Gallipoli and France. We owe them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Remembrance Day:
My great-uncle Frederick appeared in court charged with attempted suicide in 1906, having been turned down by the Army. He was killed in France in 1918, and awarded the Military Medal. His twin Walter was killed in 1915, his brother Arthur survived Gallipoli and France. We owe them.
My great-uncle Frederick appeared in court charged with attempted suicide in 1906, having been turned down by the Army. He was killed in France in 1918, and awarded the Military Medal. His twin Walter was killed in 1915, his brother Arthur survived Gallipoli and France. We owe them.
#teammoth VC80 Roxburghshire final total 16/6, with a surprising 6 December Moth, also 4 Nov.agg., 3 Scarce Umber, 1 each of Mottled Umber, Feathered Thorn and Winter Moth.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#teammoth VC80 Roxburghshire final total 16/6, with a surprising 6 December Moth, also 4 Nov.agg., 3 Scarce Umber, 1 each of Mottled Umber, Feathered Thorn and Winter Moth.
Guardians of the countryside, part 1:
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Guardians of the countryside, part 1:
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
Although Lauder Moor is, in various parts, sheep-wrecked, muirburned, encroached by coniferous forestry and plagued with off-lead pooches, Black Grouse miraculously hang on. Climate change may end that, but renewable infrastructure is the problem, apparently.
#teammoth
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#teammoth
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
2 of 6 Scarce Umber from the garden on 7th Nov. Surprised to find so much variation - I had the plain, slightly smaller one down as possibly an out-of-season Dotted Border but my mentor put me right!
#TeamMoth
Two species NFG today - Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner and Laburnum Leaf Miner - we've only 2 Horse-chestnuts and 4 Laburnums, so didn't take long. Looking forward to more leaf-mining moths in our near-2 acres of woodland, meadow and ornamental garden.
A large frog hopped away at the lawn edge.
Two species NFG today - Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner and Laburnum Leaf Miner - we've only 2 Horse-chestnuts and 4 Laburnums, so didn't take long. Looking forward to more leaf-mining moths in our near-2 acres of woodland, meadow and ornamental garden.
A large frog hopped away at the lawn edge.
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#TeamMoth
Two species NFG today - Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner and Laburnum Leaf Miner - we've only 2 Horse-chestnuts and 4 Laburnums, so didn't take long. Looking forward to more leaf-mining moths in our near-2 acres of woodland, meadow and ornamental garden.
A large frog hopped away at the lawn edge.
Two species NFG today - Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner and Laburnum Leaf Miner - we've only 2 Horse-chestnuts and 4 Laburnums, so didn't take long. Looking forward to more leaf-mining moths in our near-2 acres of woodland, meadow and ornamental garden.
A large frog hopped away at the lawn edge.
#TeamMoth
Quieter in VC80 last night, 28/9
9 Dark Chestnut
1 Chestnut
3 Feathered Thorn
7 Nov. agg.
2 Green-brindled Cres.
1 Satellite
2 Angle Shades
1 Red-green Carpet
2 Y-line Quaker
D. Chestnut/Chestnut images from earlier in month.
Quieter in VC80 last night, 28/9
9 Dark Chestnut
1 Chestnut
3 Feathered Thorn
7 Nov. agg.
2 Green-brindled Cres.
1 Satellite
2 Angle Shades
1 Red-green Carpet
2 Y-line Quaker
D. Chestnut/Chestnut images from earlier in month.
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#TeamMoth
Quieter in VC80 last night, 28/9
9 Dark Chestnut
1 Chestnut
3 Feathered Thorn
7 Nov. agg.
2 Green-brindled Cres.
1 Satellite
2 Angle Shades
1 Red-green Carpet
2 Y-line Quaker
D. Chestnut/Chestnut images from earlier in month.
Quieter in VC80 last night, 28/9
9 Dark Chestnut
1 Chestnut
3 Feathered Thorn
7 Nov. agg.
2 Green-brindled Cres.
1 Satellite
2 Angle Shades
1 Red-green Carpet
2 Y-line Quaker
D. Chestnut/Chestnut images from earlier in month.
#TeamMoth
Friday night VC80 produced 52/11, including 30 November agg. and several carpets, Spruce, Red-green and the brownish one I've yet to identify - probably obvious, but any ideas?
Friday night VC80 produced 52/11, including 30 November agg. and several carpets, Spruce, Red-green and the brownish one I've yet to identify - probably obvious, but any ideas?
October 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#TeamMoth
Friday night VC80 produced 52/11, including 30 November agg. and several carpets, Spruce, Red-green and the brownish one I've yet to identify - probably obvious, but any ideas?
Friday night VC80 produced 52/11, including 30 November agg. and several carpets, Spruce, Red-green and the brownish one I've yet to identify - probably obvious, but any ideas?
Me (2nd from right) having just received a certificate from the Mayor of Hackney (3rd from left), no idea why he was looking so surprised!
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c1973
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Me (2nd from right) having just received a certificate from the Mayor of Hackney (3rd from left), no idea why he was looking so surprised!
c1973
c1973
@carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social
6 or 7 of these on a road-kill Red Grouse on Dewar Hill (NT34N) Borders on 09/05/2024. What species, please?
6 or 7 of these on a road-kill Red Grouse on Dewar Hill (NT34N) Borders on 09/05/2024. What species, please?
March 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social
6 or 7 of these on a road-kill Red Grouse on Dewar Hill (NT34N) Borders on 09/05/2024. What species, please?
6 or 7 of these on a road-kill Red Grouse on Dewar Hill (NT34N) Borders on 09/05/2024. What species, please?
This is what became a pair of disembodied eyeballs!
March 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is what became a pair of disembodied eyeballs!
Put my glasses on the arm of my chair, glanced down, and shat myself!
March 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Put my glasses on the arm of my chair, glanced down, and shat myself!
#BirdingScotland A European White-fronted Goose at 600m through scope today, Kalemouth, Borders. Been around since early Feb.
Further away, the bone-dry red-sandstone soil being stripped off by the vicious wind.
Flying Green Sandpiper, Eckford Haugh (thought House Martin for a milli-second!).
Further away, the bone-dry red-sandstone soil being stripped off by the vicious wind.
Flying Green Sandpiper, Eckford Haugh (thought House Martin for a milli-second!).
March 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#BirdingScotland A European White-fronted Goose at 600m through scope today, Kalemouth, Borders. Been around since early Feb.
Further away, the bone-dry red-sandstone soil being stripped off by the vicious wind.
Flying Green Sandpiper, Eckford Haugh (thought House Martin for a milli-second!).
Further away, the bone-dry red-sandstone soil being stripped off by the vicious wind.
Flying Green Sandpiper, Eckford Haugh (thought House Martin for a milli-second!).
Anti wildlife, anti green infrastructure, anti trans, pro 'field sports', pro the future installation of proven-to-be-polluting wood-burners, pro development if it makes her fellow business chaps wealthier - if that's what you want, keep voting Tory in Borders.
March 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Anti wildlife, anti green infrastructure, anti trans, pro 'field sports', pro the future installation of proven-to-be-polluting wood-burners, pro development if it makes her fellow business chaps wealthier - if that's what you want, keep voting Tory in Borders.
Petticoat Lane, London, c1963.
Me, my brother, and two monkeys.
You can work it out.
A couple of years earlier, my brother had briefly been abducted by an escaped chimp in a back road in Finsbury Park!
Me, my brother, and two monkeys.
You can work it out.
A couple of years earlier, my brother had briefly been abducted by an escaped chimp in a back road in Finsbury Park!
February 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Petticoat Lane, London, c1963.
Me, my brother, and two monkeys.
You can work it out.
A couple of years earlier, my brother had briefly been abducted by an escaped chimp in a back road in Finsbury Park!
Me, my brother, and two monkeys.
You can work it out.
A couple of years earlier, my brother had briefly been abducted by an escaped chimp in a back road in Finsbury Park!
Heading home across the Teviot bridge, saw my first Oystercatchers of the year back on their breeding ground - then a large white bird flying past the distant kirk. It alighted in a ditch - 3rd ever @birdtrack.bsky.social Great White Egret record for this important wetland site. #BirdingScotland
February 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Heading home across the Teviot bridge, saw my first Oystercatchers of the year back on their breeding ground - then a large white bird flying past the distant kirk. It alighted in a ditch - 3rd ever @birdtrack.bsky.social Great White Egret record for this important wetland site. #BirdingScotland
Folly Loch - dropped in on way back from train station, so no extra miles driven for this birding session. A serene pair of Shelduck had their day ruined by the arrival of 2 more - instant fighting! 90+ Whoopers, 20 Mute Swans grazed on the brassicas, pr. Stonechat my 1st for here. #BirdingScotland
February 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Folly Loch - dropped in on way back from train station, so no extra miles driven for this birding session. A serene pair of Shelduck had their day ruined by the arrival of 2 more - instant fighting! 90+ Whoopers, 20 Mute Swans grazed on the brassicas, pr. Stonechat my 1st for here. #BirdingScotland
Lamberton Beach today - Fulmar on ledges, a Buzzard far out at sea, Eiders & Cormorants in breeding plumage. 2 sheep have made it down to escape the abattoir.
Looking forward to arrival of the cliff-nesting House Martins.
Best bird - 1st Green Sandpiper of the year, by the Tweed, on the way here.
Looking forward to arrival of the cliff-nesting House Martins.
Best bird - 1st Green Sandpiper of the year, by the Tweed, on the way here.
February 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Lamberton Beach today - Fulmar on ledges, a Buzzard far out at sea, Eiders & Cormorants in breeding plumage. 2 sheep have made it down to escape the abattoir.
Looking forward to arrival of the cliff-nesting House Martins.
Best bird - 1st Green Sandpiper of the year, by the Tweed, on the way here.
Looking forward to arrival of the cliff-nesting House Martins.
Best bird - 1st Green Sandpiper of the year, by the Tweed, on the way here.