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
And with the spectogram/sonmogram compared to one off Xeno-canto. Norfolk bird on the left. Sorted.
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
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-...
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
The boys are back in town. Oddly, they are all called Merv. #teammoth #norfolkmoths #merveilledujour #muchadoaboutmothing
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The boys are back in town. Oddly, they are all called Merv. #teammoth #norfolkmoths #merveilledujour #muchadoaboutmothing
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
F@k, yeah! Red-flanked Bluetail, Wells Woods, right now. made me fall to the floor, knees too week
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
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
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
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
Surely this piece of grassy detritus on the cottage window is a good omen for today? #ukbirding
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Surely this piece of grassy detritus on the cottage window is a good omen for today? #ukbirding
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
Rustic bunting cannonballing around Urafirth (Mainland, Shetland) this evening. Not otherwise seen since 3rd? @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @dbradnum.bsky.social
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…
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
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…
roe… @dbradnum.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social Two ybw so far and a couple of migrant moths…
Collared dove, Asta, Shetland. #ukbirding @dbradnum.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Collared dove, Asta, Shetland. #ukbirding @dbradnum.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social
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
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
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
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
We got blown off course a bit en route to Shetland. #YoungTurk #ukbirding @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @dbradnum.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We got blown off course a bit en route to Shetland. #YoungTurk #ukbirding @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social @dbradnum.bsky.social
The mantidfly Mantissa syriaca, photographed in Iberia during the summer. Look into my eyes...
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The mantidfly Mantissa syriaca, photographed in Iberia during the summer. Look into my eyes...
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
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
Lesser Grey Shrike, Winterton Dunes, Norfolk. Friendly. #UKbirding #NorfolkBirding
September 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Lesser Grey Shrike, Winterton Dunes, Norfolk. Friendly. #UKbirding #NorfolkBirding
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
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!)
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
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
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
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.
Big Cliff, little Old Lady. Norwich, this morn, to start the week. #teammoth #mothing #NorfolkMoths #MuchAdoAboutMothing
September 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Big Cliff, little Old Lady. Norwich, this morn, to start the week. #teammoth #mothing #NorfolkMoths #MuchAdoAboutMothing