Phil Bishop
@philb86.bsky.social
Birder, gardener, wildlife photographer and occasional amateur astronomer
Pectoral Sandpiper showed well at Stanborough GP this afternoon. My second county tick in four days, having seen the Red Throated Divers at Tring at the weekend. #UkBirding
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pectoral Sandpiper showed well at Stanborough GP this afternoon. My second county tick in four days, having seen the Red Throated Divers at Tring at the weekend. #UkBirding
Lesser Grey Shrike showed very well this morning at Winterton ##UkBirding
September 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Lesser Grey Shrike showed very well this morning at Winterton ##UkBirding
White Letter Hairstreak Chicksands Wood Beds. #butterfly
July 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
White Letter Hairstreak Chicksands Wood Beds. #butterfly
Expecting cold weather to bring in birds in the garden, but not this 😲
January 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Expecting cold weather to bring in birds in the garden, but not this 😲
Was intending to stay warm and dry today until I got a call, and managed to get to Fairlands main Lake in Stevenage as three Goosander had dropped in. The female left moments after I arrived but the two drakes lingered for twenty minutes.
#Ukbirding
#Ukbirding
December 8, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Was intending to stay warm and dry today until I got a call, and managed to get to Fairlands main Lake in Stevenage as three Goosander had dropped in. The female left moments after I arrived but the two drakes lingered for twenty minutes.
#Ukbirding
#Ukbirding
Probably last chance of comet C/2023 A3 for some time. Used 300mm f2.8 lens from my Stevenage garden #astronomy #astrophotography #comet
October 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Probably last chance of comet C/2023 A3 for some time. Used 300mm f2.8 lens from my Stevenage garden #astronomy #astrophotography #comet
Comet C/2023 A3 tonight from my Stevenage garden. Wide field iPhone handheld, close up using phone on 65mm scope at 35x #astronomy #astrophotography #comet
October 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Comet C/2023 A3 tonight from my Stevenage garden. Wide field iPhone handheld, close up using phone on 65mm scope at 35x #astronomy #astrophotography #comet
Comet C/2023 A3this evening from North Hertfordshire. Full moon and increasing thin haze an issue.
Taken with iPhone #astrophotography #comet
Taken with iPhone #astrophotography #comet
October 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Comet C/2023 A3this evening from North Hertfordshire. Full moon and increasing thin haze an issue.
Taken with iPhone #astrophotography #comet
Taken with iPhone #astrophotography #comet
Last nights aurora from North Hertfordshire #aurora
Initially very cloudy from 2115 local time, activity suddenly increased from around 2145 and then declined from 2220.
Unfortunately missed the really intense display a few hours later.
Initially very cloudy from 2115 local time, activity suddenly increased from around 2145 and then declined from 2220.
Unfortunately missed the really intense display a few hours later.
October 11, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Last nights aurora from North Hertfordshire #aurora
Initially very cloudy from 2115 local time, activity suddenly increased from around 2145 and then declined from 2220.
Unfortunately missed the really intense display a few hours later.
Initially very cloudy from 2115 local time, activity suddenly increased from around 2145 and then declined from 2220.
Unfortunately missed the really intense display a few hours later.
Spotted Flycatcher Fairlands Valley Stevenage today. First local bird this year of a once regular summer visitor. #UKbirding
September 16, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Spotted Flycatcher Fairlands Valley Stevenage today. First local bird this year of a once regular summer visitor. #UKbirding
Got the weather wrong today. Went to Norfolk hoping for some migrants, but should have gone to Suffolk or Essex for sea watching instead. Hard going at Titchwell but point blank views of the White Rumped. No camera due to bad back so had to phone scope.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
August 31, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Got the weather wrong today. Went to Norfolk hoping for some migrants, but should have gone to Suffolk or Essex for sea watching instead. Hard going at Titchwell but point blank views of the White Rumped. No camera due to bad back so had to phone scope.
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
Best aurora since March 13 1989. Between Baldock and Royston Herts #aurora #astronomy
May 10, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Best aurora since March 13 1989. Between Baldock and Royston Herts #aurora #astronomy
Record shot of the first Lesser Grey Shrike for Hertfordshire on the Ickneild Way near Lilley #Ukbirding
May 10, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Record shot of the first Lesser Grey Shrike for Hertfordshire on the Ickneild Way near Lilley #Ukbirding
Surprise ending to what was supposed to be a relaxed day birding yesterday. Alpine Accentor in Pitstone Quarry was a surprise, just a shame (for some) that it wasnt in the Hertfordshire bit 😅 #UKBirding
May 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Surprise ending to what was supposed to be a relaxed day birding yesterday. Alpine Accentor in Pitstone Quarry was a surprise, just a shame (for some) that it wasnt in the Hertfordshire bit 😅 #UKBirding
Another patch gold this morning at Fairlands Valley Stevenage, the first Arctic Tern since 2011 #ukbirding
April 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Another patch gold this morning at Fairlands Valley Stevenage, the first Arctic Tern since 2011 #ukbirding
Patch mega Sandwich Tern Fairlands Valley Stevenage #ukbirding
April 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Patch mega Sandwich Tern Fairlands Valley Stevenage #ukbirding
Some of todays birds in North Herts
Blackcap and Treecreeper Fairlands Valley Stevenage. Regularly getting 40-45 species each morning at the moment.
North of Ashwell, the dung heaps are bringing in a few birds with a couple of Yellow Wagtails and a rather elusive bright male Wheatear.
Blackcap and Treecreeper Fairlands Valley Stevenage. Regularly getting 40-45 species each morning at the moment.
North of Ashwell, the dung heaps are bringing in a few birds with a couple of Yellow Wagtails and a rather elusive bright male Wheatear.
April 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Some of todays birds in North Herts
Blackcap and Treecreeper Fairlands Valley Stevenage. Regularly getting 40-45 species each morning at the moment.
North of Ashwell, the dung heaps are bringing in a few birds with a couple of Yellow Wagtails and a rather elusive bright male Wheatear.
Blackcap and Treecreeper Fairlands Valley Stevenage. Regularly getting 40-45 species each morning at the moment.
North of Ashwell, the dung heaps are bringing in a few birds with a couple of Yellow Wagtails and a rather elusive bright male Wheatear.
Found a Little Gull on my local patch-Fairlands Valley Stevenage this morning #ukbirding #birding
March 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Found a Little Gull on my local patch-Fairlands Valley Stevenage this morning #ukbirding #birding