Dave Farrow
mr-shortwing.bsky.social
Dave Farrow
@mr-shortwing.bsky.social
Birds mainly. Insects and Mammals likely. 🇪🇺🇯🇵
Birdquest Tour Leader, Sound recordist, Field Ecologist.
Norfolk usually, Asia ideally
Sea and sky, between Obi and Bacan
#indonesia
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
European Hornet
Vespa crabro
Norwich 020925
Chewing on a rotting log down by the River Yare
Not often I get a chance to get a photo of one of these
#entemology #bugsky #norwichwildlife #vespa
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Willow Emerald, Norwich 020925
Always nice to see the dainty chaps down on the patch

#bugsky #odonata #entemology
September 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
2/2 Zitting Cisticolas
Clearly juveniles present with prominent pink bill bases/gapes, short tails, streaky crowns, also the presumed male (dull crown) coming with a mouthful of insects. Later 4 birds seen flying through the reeds, with 5 suspected, as reported later. Alas no photo
#UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Decided a return visit to Walberswick was needed to improve on views of the Zitting Cisticola and try to get sound recordings. After finally getting a perched view, decided to hang on for more...
I didn't expect to get three together in my scope! Two rounds of views, now up to four birds! #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Eurasian Skylark _ Alauda arvensis
An unexpected guest in my car while I was sitting in it! Escaping being eaten by a pursuing Merlin, once I had moved aside he flew out and went straight into a vigorous ascending songflight. The Merlin had to find its dinner elsewhere
April 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Little Gull at Whitlingham Great Broad this morning.
One of three, near-adult plumage.
#norfolkbirding #norwichwildlife #gulls #migrants
April 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From my recent trip to Japan

Steller's Sea Eagle
Rausu, Hokkaido. March 2025

#japanwildlife #hokkaidonature #rausu
March 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Japanese Murrelet
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
Kadogawa, Miyazaki 270225

What a lovely little bird 😁

#japanwildlife #seabirds
March 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rausu, Hokkaido
020325

#gulls #japan
March 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel.
Petaurista leucogenys.
Karuizawa 20.02.25
Only my second-ever sighting. I noticed a good-looking natural tree hole, gave it a scratch, and out popped this beauty!
February 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A very #bluesky plus a Little Egret
Norwich 12.01.25
#birds
#birding #ukbirding
#norwich
January 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Sri Lanka Tree Nymph
Idea jasonia

The male doing a nuptial dance over a female. This went on for many minutes, but I missed the magic moment!
#entemology #butterflies #srilanka #srilankawildlife #idea
December 30, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Red-backed Flameback
Endemic to Sri Lanka.
Negombo 30.11.24
#srilanka #srilankawildlife #birds #ornithology #woodpecker #endemic
December 30, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
Siguriya, Sri Lanka 26.11.24
#birding #srilanka #birds #owls #srilankawildlife
December 29, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Leopard, Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka 25.11.24
Very much against the run of play, lucky to see two sibling Leopards at Wilpattu during a week of never-ending rain and dark skies

#mammals #mammalwatching #srilanka
December 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Golden Jackal family, Siguriya, Sri Lanka 30.11.24
#mammals #srilanka
December 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM
December full moon and mackerel skies.
Norwich 14.12.24
December 15, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Filling my new timeline with pretty things, here's one of my fave pics from this year.
Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on Blue Globe Thistle
November 19, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Happy to witness a bit of Larid/afterbirth carnage in the Grey Seal colony at Winterton.
Nice to find so many Great Black-backed Gulls, plus this huge juvenile Herring Gull that was kicking off
#NorfolkBirding
November 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Nice views of Black-throated Diver feeding inshore at Winterton, seems quite happy sharing the sea with innumerable Grey Seals #NorfolkBirding
November 17, 2024 at 9:31 AM
The Disappointed Turnstone.
A similar reaction to Kallø Corn cakes as the one I had! 😕
November 14, 2024 at 4:38 PM
On the topic of #BirdingGear, I recently acquired this handy item. Useful for static work like seawatching and VP surveys, easily detachable, I think it is marketed primarily for prams and pushchairs!
November 7, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Lesser Yellowlegs actively feeding on a pool at Buckenham marshes, Norfolk 26.10.24.
Phone-scoped video.
November 7, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Blue bird for my first post on Bluesky. Common Kingfisher at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, phone-scoped on a dim and overcast afternoon
November 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM