Owen Leyshon
@dungenessowen.bsky.social
Today’s bin lorry stuck down a residents track on Dungeness….
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today’s bin lorry stuck down a residents track on Dungeness….
First batch of Goose Barnacles this autumn on a glass bottle washed up on Dungeness today while doing the rubbish
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
First batch of Goose Barnacles this autumn on a glass bottle washed up on Dungeness today while doing the rubbish
Two Pallas’s Warblers (1 Trapping Area and one at Old Lighthouse) and two Yellow-browed Warblers in Trapping Area this morning - Dungeness
Woodlark, Woodcock, Dartford Warblers, crests, finches etc
Couldn’t clinch an ID on an Acro - which hopefully might be around tomorrow
#Kentbirding
Woodlark, Woodcock, Dartford Warblers, crests, finches etc
Couldn’t clinch an ID on an Acro - which hopefully might be around tomorrow
#Kentbirding
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Two Pallas’s Warblers (1 Trapping Area and one at Old Lighthouse) and two Yellow-browed Warblers in Trapping Area this morning - Dungeness
Woodlark, Woodcock, Dartford Warblers, crests, finches etc
Couldn’t clinch an ID on an Acro - which hopefully might be around tomorrow
#Kentbirding
Woodlark, Woodcock, Dartford Warblers, crests, finches etc
Couldn’t clinch an ID on an Acro - which hopefully might be around tomorrow
#Kentbirding
My highlights on Dungeness today included
Catching up and having a chat with @westcoastbirds.bsky.social
after decades
Enjoying Martin’s Crimson Speckled behind The Sanctuary
First sarnie of the autumn on the bonfire…
Catching up and having a chat with @westcoastbirds.bsky.social
after decades
Enjoying Martin’s Crimson Speckled behind The Sanctuary
First sarnie of the autumn on the bonfire…
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My highlights on Dungeness today included
Catching up and having a chat with @westcoastbirds.bsky.social
after decades
Enjoying Martin’s Crimson Speckled behind The Sanctuary
First sarnie of the autumn on the bonfire…
Catching up and having a chat with @westcoastbirds.bsky.social
after decades
Enjoying Martin’s Crimson Speckled behind The Sanctuary
First sarnie of the autumn on the bonfire…
The Littlestone garden moth traps held another Gem, (one yesterday), 2 Turnips, Silver Y, 2 Rush Veneers (noctuella) and 26 Rusty-dot Pearls (ferrugalis)
(SE Kent)
No ‘marquee moth’ but a good migrant night for the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
(SE Kent)
No ‘marquee moth’ but a good migrant night for the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Littlestone garden moth traps held another Gem, (one yesterday), 2 Turnips, Silver Y, 2 Rush Veneers (noctuella) and 26 Rusty-dot Pearls (ferrugalis)
(SE Kent)
No ‘marquee moth’ but a good migrant night for the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
(SE Kent)
No ‘marquee moth’ but a good migrant night for the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
The Littlestone garden moth traps held a Gem and 14 Rusty-dot Pearls (ferrugalis)
(SE Kent)
The Gem was the first since August and only the 4th for the year in the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
(SE Kent)
The Gem was the first since August and only the 4th for the year in the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Littlestone garden moth traps held a Gem and 14 Rusty-dot Pearls (ferrugalis)
(SE Kent)
The Gem was the first since August and only the 4th for the year in the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
(SE Kent)
The Gem was the first since August and only the 4th for the year in the garden
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Pallas’s Warbler 300m down from Springfield Bridge towards Gully from Dengemarsh Road at 11.50 - Dungeness
BOC pic from Martin
BOC pic from Martin
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Pallas’s Warbler 300m down from Springfield Bridge towards Gully from Dengemarsh Road at 11.50 - Dungeness
BOC pic from Martin
BOC pic from Martin
The Dungeness wider recording area 2025 total is now 239sp by end of Oct
New birds in no particular order - Pallid Harrier, Pallas’s and Yellow-browed Warblers, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Little Auk, Whooper Swan, Black Guillemot and Twite
A record breaking year for species total now
#KentBirding
New birds in no particular order - Pallid Harrier, Pallas’s and Yellow-browed Warblers, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Little Auk, Whooper Swan, Black Guillemot and Twite
A record breaking year for species total now
#KentBirding
November 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The Dungeness wider recording area 2025 total is now 239sp by end of Oct
New birds in no particular order - Pallid Harrier, Pallas’s and Yellow-browed Warblers, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Little Auk, Whooper Swan, Black Guillemot and Twite
A record breaking year for species total now
#KentBirding
New birds in no particular order - Pallid Harrier, Pallas’s and Yellow-browed Warblers, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Little Auk, Whooper Swan, Black Guillemot and Twite
A record breaking year for species total now
#KentBirding
The October rainfall total for Littlestone, Romney Marsh, SE Kent was 79mm
An average month I guess
For comparison
September - 134mm
August total - 19.5mm
July total - 130mm
An average month I guess
For comparison
September - 134mm
August total - 19.5mm
July total - 130mm
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The October rainfall total for Littlestone, Romney Marsh, SE Kent was 79mm
An average month I guess
For comparison
September - 134mm
August total - 19.5mm
July total - 130mm
An average month I guess
For comparison
September - 134mm
August total - 19.5mm
July total - 130mm
Pleasant three hour seawatch from fishing boats, Dungeness with good company
Little Auk west at 09.46 the highlight
Great-northern Diver, 3 Bonxies, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Little Gull and thousands of auks - with everything heading west
#kentbirding
Little Auk west at 09.46 the highlight
Great-northern Diver, 3 Bonxies, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Little Gull and thousands of auks - with everything heading west
#kentbirding
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Pleasant three hour seawatch from fishing boats, Dungeness with good company
Little Auk west at 09.46 the highlight
Great-northern Diver, 3 Bonxies, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Little Gull and thousands of auks - with everything heading west
#kentbirding
Little Auk west at 09.46 the highlight
Great-northern Diver, 3 Bonxies, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Little Gull and thousands of auks - with everything heading west
#kentbirding
The Littlestone (SE Kent) garden actinic produced only a handful of moths last night
Highlight was (a slightly darker than normal and fresh)
- Bordered Straw
This is the first one for the garden since mid August
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Highlight was (a slightly darker than normal and fresh)
- Bordered Straw
This is the first one for the garden since mid August
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Littlestone (SE Kent) garden actinic produced only a handful of moths last night
Highlight was (a slightly darker than normal and fresh)
- Bordered Straw
This is the first one for the garden since mid August
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Highlight was (a slightly darker than normal and fresh)
- Bordered Straw
This is the first one for the garden since mid August
#mothsmatter
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Bumped into this mint fresh Small Copper on Dungeness NNR, Kent this morning and I reckon it has to be a fourth generation
I have only seen a few in the last month and the earlier broods/peaks were weeks early compared to previous years
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#ukbutterflies
I have only seen a few in the last month and the earlier broods/peaks were weeks early compared to previous years
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#ukbutterflies
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bumped into this mint fresh Small Copper on Dungeness NNR, Kent this morning and I reckon it has to be a fourth generation
I have only seen a few in the last month and the earlier broods/peaks were weeks early compared to previous years
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#ukbutterflies
I have only seen a few in the last month and the earlier broods/peaks were weeks early compared to previous years
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#ukbutterflies
My Little Owl pic ….🤦
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My Little Owl pic ….🤦
A quick walk through parts of the Trapping Area, Dungeness on checks late afternoon
Woodcock, 2 Firecrests (another one on Point) plus Hummingbird Hawk moth
Rainfall totals around 45-50mm in last week and watertable rising
Flytipped rubbish - car tyres and a toilet today - cue the jokes…. 🤦
Woodcock, 2 Firecrests (another one on Point) plus Hummingbird Hawk moth
Rainfall totals around 45-50mm in last week and watertable rising
Flytipped rubbish - car tyres and a toilet today - cue the jokes…. 🤦
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A quick walk through parts of the Trapping Area, Dungeness on checks late afternoon
Woodcock, 2 Firecrests (another one on Point) plus Hummingbird Hawk moth
Rainfall totals around 45-50mm in last week and watertable rising
Flytipped rubbish - car tyres and a toilet today - cue the jokes…. 🤦
Woodcock, 2 Firecrests (another one on Point) plus Hummingbird Hawk moth
Rainfall totals around 45-50mm in last week and watertable rising
Flytipped rubbish - car tyres and a toilet today - cue the jokes…. 🤦
Littlestone garden actinic trap (SE Kent)
First Oak Rustic of the autumn and a ‘double scoop’ of MdJ
(Six ferrugalis - Rusty dot Pearl)
#mothsmatter
First Oak Rustic of the autumn and a ‘double scoop’ of MdJ
(Six ferrugalis - Rusty dot Pearl)
#mothsmatter
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Littlestone garden actinic trap (SE Kent)
First Oak Rustic of the autumn and a ‘double scoop’ of MdJ
(Six ferrugalis - Rusty dot Pearl)
#mothsmatter
First Oak Rustic of the autumn and a ‘double scoop’ of MdJ
(Six ferrugalis - Rusty dot Pearl)
#mothsmatter
Another video with no bird to actually see…..
The Dungeness Trapping Area this morning with 2 Yellow-browed Warblers - with one calling in the background in this video
#kentbirding
The Dungeness Trapping Area this morning with 2 Yellow-browed Warblers - with one calling in the background in this video
#kentbirding
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Another video with no bird to actually see…..
The Dungeness Trapping Area this morning with 2 Yellow-browed Warblers - with one calling in the background in this video
#kentbirding
The Dungeness Trapping Area this morning with 2 Yellow-browed Warblers - with one calling in the background in this video
#kentbirding
Enjoyed a lunchtime visit to the bottom of Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness for a gorgeous Pallas’s Warbler found by Stephen Message…
Even I was able to capture the bird in a wonderful ‘habitat shot’ and the classic ‘hovering yellow rump’ shot 🫣
#kentbirding
#rarebirdsuk
Even I was able to capture the bird in a wonderful ‘habitat shot’ and the classic ‘hovering yellow rump’ shot 🫣
#kentbirding
#rarebirdsuk
October 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Enjoyed a lunchtime visit to the bottom of Dengemarsh Gully, Dungeness for a gorgeous Pallas’s Warbler found by Stephen Message…
Even I was able to capture the bird in a wonderful ‘habitat shot’ and the classic ‘hovering yellow rump’ shot 🫣
#kentbirding
#rarebirdsuk
Even I was able to capture the bird in a wonderful ‘habitat shot’ and the classic ‘hovering yellow rump’ shot 🫣
#kentbirding
#rarebirdsuk
A pleasant day off which I still ended up on Dungeness looking for a birthday rarity
Yellow-browed Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Woodlark, Ring Ouzel and assortment of finches and thrushes over
Great sunrise, cooked breakfast at lunchtime and then I slowed down with a mid afternoon snooze
#kentbirding
Yellow-browed Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Woodlark, Ring Ouzel and assortment of finches and thrushes over
Great sunrise, cooked breakfast at lunchtime and then I slowed down with a mid afternoon snooze
#kentbirding
October 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A pleasant day off which I still ended up on Dungeness looking for a birthday rarity
Yellow-browed Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Woodlark, Ring Ouzel and assortment of finches and thrushes over
Great sunrise, cooked breakfast at lunchtime and then I slowed down with a mid afternoon snooze
#kentbirding
Yellow-browed Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Woodlark, Ring Ouzel and assortment of finches and thrushes over
Great sunrise, cooked breakfast at lunchtime and then I slowed down with a mid afternoon snooze
#kentbirding
My first ‘single scoop’ of the autumn
Merveille du Jour
Double garden actinic, Littlestone, SE Kent
#mothsmatter
Merveille du Jour
Double garden actinic, Littlestone, SE Kent
#mothsmatter
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My first ‘single scoop’ of the autumn
Merveille du Jour
Double garden actinic, Littlestone, SE Kent
#mothsmatter
Merveille du Jour
Double garden actinic, Littlestone, SE Kent
#mothsmatter
Jogging along in the Littlestone garden actinic moth trap….
Green-brindled Crescent and Feathered Ranunculus new for the year with their hints of green
Dark Sword Grass, Delicate, 5 ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) and Clancy’s Rustic the padders…
(SE Kent)
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
#mothsmatter
Green-brindled Crescent and Feathered Ranunculus new for the year with their hints of green
Dark Sword Grass, Delicate, 5 ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) and Clancy’s Rustic the padders…
(SE Kent)
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
#mothsmatter
October 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Jogging along in the Littlestone garden actinic moth trap….
Green-brindled Crescent and Feathered Ranunculus new for the year with their hints of green
Dark Sword Grass, Delicate, 5 ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) and Clancy’s Rustic the padders…
(SE Kent)
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
#mothsmatter
Green-brindled Crescent and Feathered Ranunculus new for the year with their hints of green
Dark Sword Grass, Delicate, 5 ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) and Clancy’s Rustic the padders…
(SE Kent)
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
#mothsmatter
Been running the double actinic moth trap in the Littlestone garden (SE Kent) for the last 10 days for very little return….
A mint fresh Blair’s Mocha this morning which has only become a little bit regular in the last two years
#mothsmatter
A mint fresh Blair’s Mocha this morning which has only become a little bit regular in the last two years
#mothsmatter
October 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Been running the double actinic moth trap in the Littlestone garden (SE Kent) for the last 10 days for very little return….
A mint fresh Blair’s Mocha this morning which has only become a little bit regular in the last two years
#mothsmatter
A mint fresh Blair’s Mocha this morning which has only become a little bit regular in the last two years
#mothsmatter
Have not been into the Lydd MOD Ranges on the Kent/Sussex border for several weeks now
A gentle stroll on a grey but still afternoon
Flushed a Short-eared Owl off the Green Wall (Midrips) which went out to sea and then headed towards Rye Harbour
2 Merlins, 13 Shelduck, 4 Mallards and 2 Curlew…..
A gentle stroll on a grey but still afternoon
Flushed a Short-eared Owl off the Green Wall (Midrips) which went out to sea and then headed towards Rye Harbour
2 Merlins, 13 Shelduck, 4 Mallards and 2 Curlew…..
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Have not been into the Lydd MOD Ranges on the Kent/Sussex border for several weeks now
A gentle stroll on a grey but still afternoon
Flushed a Short-eared Owl off the Green Wall (Midrips) which went out to sea and then headed towards Rye Harbour
2 Merlins, 13 Shelduck, 4 Mallards and 2 Curlew…..
A gentle stroll on a grey but still afternoon
Flushed a Short-eared Owl off the Green Wall (Midrips) which went out to sea and then headed towards Rye Harbour
2 Merlins, 13 Shelduck, 4 Mallards and 2 Curlew…..
Today I supervised a fashion shoot on Dungeness all day…
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today I supervised a fashion shoot on Dungeness all day…
Taken the lawnmower way out to the Pilot Path, Dungeness today for its annual mow
This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching
Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social
This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching
Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Taken the lawnmower way out to the Pilot Path, Dungeness today for its annual mow
This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching
Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social
This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching
Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social
After a few nights off due to stormy conditions
I ran the double actinic in the Littlestone garden, SE Kent
Small selection of moths with the only scribble I made was my first Clancy’s Rustic of the year
#teammoth
I ran the double actinic in the Littlestone garden, SE Kent
Small selection of moths with the only scribble I made was my first Clancy’s Rustic of the year
#teammoth
October 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
After a few nights off due to stormy conditions
I ran the double actinic in the Littlestone garden, SE Kent
Small selection of moths with the only scribble I made was my first Clancy’s Rustic of the year
#teammoth
I ran the double actinic in the Littlestone garden, SE Kent
Small selection of moths with the only scribble I made was my first Clancy’s Rustic of the year
#teammoth