James Lowen Wildlife
jameslowenwild.bsky.social
James Lowen Wildlife
@jameslowenwild.bsky.social
Naturalist, author, editor, photographer. Written 15 books, won two awards, but happiest when avoiding the computer. Norfolk. jameslowen.com
And with the spectogram/sonmogram compared to one off Xeno-canto. Norfolk bird on the left. Sorted.
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Went out to find Hume's Warbler today (well, & Black-faced Bunting)... and did (well, not the BFB). Burnham Overy Dunes, Norfolk. Chuffed to bits. Awful record photo but some decent tape. A bird I'd wanted to find since mates reid'd one in 1989! #UKBirding soundcloud.com/james-lowen-...
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Delighted to have today received a copy of the British Guild of Travel Writers book, Around the World in 65 Years. I have a story in there about a madcap expedition in the sultry Chaco of Argentina.
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My Beyond Birdwatching column for November (in Bird Watching magazine) wonders whether Cypress Carpet, a recent colonist, might 'grace your garden moth trap this year?' I was actually hoping that it might arrive new for OUR garden... and so it did, albeit late last month rather than this! #teammoth
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
it really does look like false, even down to the rounded apex (not pointed, almost hooktip-like, which i associate with blair’s). that said, this blair’s off lepiforum is a fair fit and there’s no sign of the smudging you often get in false.
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Most pleased with this nfg Cypress Carpet in Norwich. Not unexpected, given the surge in #Norfolkmoths records but last night’s front felt like it might confer one. And it did. Also Silver Y (rare this year) and Diamondback, hinting at #migrantmothuk arrivals. #teammoth #muchadoaboutmothing
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The boys are back in town. Oddly, they are all called Merv. #teammoth #norfolkmoths #merveilledujour #muchadoaboutmothing
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
F@k, yeah! Red-flanked Bluetail, Wells Woods, right now. made me fall to the floor, knees too week
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Tooling up for another day in the Shetland iris beds and burns, with the expected highlight being Redpoll. @dbradnum.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We don’t seem to be in a rush to get outside and find birds today. @dbradnum.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social #Shetland
October 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Surely this piece of grassy detritus on the cottage window is a good omen for today? #ukbirding
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Rustic bunting cannonballing around Urafirth (Mainland, Shetland) this evening. Not otherwise seen since 3rd? @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @dbradnum.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
searching for shetland’s pot of gold on muckle
roe… @dbradnum.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social Two ybw so far and a couple of migrant moths…
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And breathe. After 2.5h soggy dipping yet hoping, male Siberian thrush at Asta, Shetland. @dbradnum.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social #ukbirding
October 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good marine wildlife-watching last night from the Aberdeen-Lerwick ferry, inc 2 white-beaked dolphins, 2 Leach’s petrel, half-a-dozen Euro stormies & a dozen Sooties. @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @dbradnum.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
October 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The mantidfly Mantissa syriaca, photographed in Iberia during the summer. Look into my eyes...
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An astonishing 20 Clancy’s Rustic in last night’s Norwich garden moth trap, double the previous record set earlier this month (which was remarkable enough to merit a tweet). Here are some of them. #NorfolkMoths
September 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lesser Grey Shrike, Winterton Dunes, Norfolk. Friendly. #UKbirding #NorfolkBirding
September 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
September 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Having had a poor year of Norwich garden mothing & despite being able to run 1 trap (rather than the previous night’s 4!), the lonely little synergetic contained a hidden but particulary pleasing Migrant Sable (Diasemiopsis ramburialis). Just 1 Norfolk record prior to 2025 (but 3 this week!)
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In our garden, at least, #mothing is about the browns of decaying leaves. So to see an unseasonably late, vibrant-green Scarce Silver-lines this morning was a treat. Especially as the best migrant - on what I was hoping would be a decent night - was Dark Sword-grass. #teammoth #MuchAdoAboutMothing
September 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Oriental Bird Club today announced me as the new editor of Birding Asia magazine. Alex Berryman & I will double up on the Dec issue, then I take it forward from 2026. Keen to hear from birders w/stories to tell, sites to showcase etc & #TravelPRs w/new ecotourist offerings in Asia.
September 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Big Cliff, little Old Lady. Norwich, this morn, to start the week. #teammoth #mothing #NorfolkMoths #MuchAdoAboutMothing
September 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM