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Samanta's Wildlife
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Antarctic Survey Seabirder and Marine Mammal Surveyor interested in Arctic/Antarctic Higher Predators. Svalbard Arktisk Nature Guide. Ice Climber and Mountaineer. 📍Skokholm
Feathered thorn (Colotois pennaria) of the family Geometridae. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761.

#TeamMoth
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
September 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A quiet day, for me, on Skokholm but I forgot to tell you about the dotterel a couple of days ago! First wryneck ringed and great spotted woodpecker. #UKbirds #BirdingWales #Skokholm 📸RB/GE

skokholm.blogspot.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yesterday I ringed a wryneck, the second young bird in 2 days #Skokholm #UKBirding #BirdingWales 📸RB skokholm.blogspot.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Two Sabine’s Gull and four Black Tern. Water Rail and Lapwing, singles of Golden Plover and Whimbrel, seven Curlew, 14 Turnstone, 45 Black-headed Gull, a Mediterranean Gull, a Common Tern, six Arctic Tern #UKBirding #WelshBirding #Skokholm skokholm.blogspot.com 📸RB
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
LOOK AT WHAT I SPOTTED TODAY!!! Grey Phalarope, just four fleeting glimpses on #skokholm this century. skokholm.blogspot.com #UKbirds #Welshbirds 📸RB
September 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Buff-breasted Sandpiper from North America! Rosefinch, Wryneck, Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Turnstone, Snipe, Common Tern, Gannet, Shag, Sparrowhawk, Swallow, Willow Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, Goldcrest, a Spotted Flycatcher, Stonechat. #UKBirds skokholm.blogspot.com?m=1 📸RB
September 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rosefinch, Firecrest, Teal, Common Scoter, Oystercatcher, a Whimbrel, Curlew, Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Sandwich Tern, ten Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Gannet, Shag, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel, Jackdaw, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Stonechat, and a Tree Pipit. #UKBirds skokholm.blogspot.com?m=1 📸RB
September 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
22 Glossy Ibis flyover of Skokholm towards Marloes.

📸 Stephen Hyam
September 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli), two different individual. #Skokholm #TeamMoth
September 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Despite all the moth photographs we do have seabirds on our seabird island.

skokholm.blogspot.com?m=1
August 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I pulled a Delicate out of the trap yesterday #TeamMoth

📷 G Eagle
August 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I like little hemlock moths (Agonopterix alstroemeriana)

#TeamMoth
August 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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I’m quite enjoying the silver ys this week.
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We have been getting some nice scarce bordered straw moths lately.
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We are getting some quite interesting moths - scarce bordered straw, rosy rustic, dark sword-grass.

The island also has birds.
August 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Antler, ruby tiger and green marble #Skokholm #Moths
August 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Always relaxing on dream island

#Skokholm
August 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What is this miso soup cloud pattern called?
July 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ruby Tiger and (?) at the Skokholm moth trap this morning.
July 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Looking for tern and seabird ringing opportunities for next year to work towards seabird endorsement. Does anyone have any suggestions?
July 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Manxie Productivity Census on Skokholm #UKBirding

📸 G Eagle
July 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Garden Tigers in the Skokholm moth trap #MothWeek #UKBirding #UKWildlife
July 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We have had too many storms the last couple of nights to be ringing stormies but we are trying again tonight.

#TeamPetrel #UKBirding
July 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m not posting ringing photographs as I don’t want them to be misconstrued by a lay audience but we have ringed A LOT of storm petrels despite the full moon over the last couple of nights.

#UKBirding
July 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM