Mark Nowers
@stuttonsparrows.bsky.social
Birding, nest-recording, moths, nature, countryside.
One of the highlights of the year was having the good people from @btoengland.bsky.social run this nest recording taster day at Flatford back in May. The Reed Bunting nest found was a bonus.
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
One of the highlights of the year was having the good people from @btoengland.bsky.social run this nest recording taster day at Flatford back in May. The Reed Bunting nest found was a bonus.
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This was recently forwarded to me by
@stuttonsparrows.bsky.social
A brilliant example of woodland creation on a site in Suffolk. It highlights the subsequent management and the positive conservation outcomes it is achieving.
#positiveforestry
farmwildlife.info/2025/10/21/c...
@stuttonsparrows.bsky.social
A brilliant example of woodland creation on a site in Suffolk. It highlights the subsequent management and the positive conservation outcomes it is achieving.
#positiveforestry
farmwildlife.info/2025/10/21/c...
Case Study: Managing Young Farm Woodlands at Sycamore Farm - Farm Wildlife
Managing young farm woodlands for biodiversity, timber quality, and the farm’s long-term value.
farmwildlife.info
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This was recently forwarded to me by
@stuttonsparrows.bsky.social
A brilliant example of woodland creation on a site in Suffolk. It highlights the subsequent management and the positive conservation outcomes it is achieving.
#positiveforestry
farmwildlife.info/2025/10/21/c...
@stuttonsparrows.bsky.social
A brilliant example of woodland creation on a site in Suffolk. It highlights the subsequent management and the positive conservation outcomes it is achieving.
#positiveforestry
farmwildlife.info/2025/10/21/c...
That pic of the Redwing! Straight off the sea.
Superb day's birding in north Norfolk yesterday with
@fivefootseven.bsky.social, @swallowbirding.bsky.social & @stuttonsparrows.bsky.social - highlights inc. watching Redwing & Fieldfare in/off, super views of Firecrest, 100s of Pink-footed Geese & Golden Plovers, Spoonbill, Peregrine & lots more!
@fivefootseven.bsky.social, @swallowbirding.bsky.social & @stuttonsparrows.bsky.social - highlights inc. watching Redwing & Fieldfare in/off, super views of Firecrest, 100s of Pink-footed Geese & Golden Plovers, Spoonbill, Peregrine & lots more!
October 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That pic of the Redwing! Straight off the sea.
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Great day out birding North Norfolk yesterday with @stuttonsparrows.bsky.social @esbr-essex.bsky.social & @fivefootseven.bsky.social Kicked off at Sheringham with LITTLE AUK west, ARCTIC TERN, ARCTIC SKUA, LT DUCK, GANNETS, RAZORBILLS etc #Norfolkbirding #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Great day out birding North Norfolk yesterday with @stuttonsparrows.bsky.social @esbr-essex.bsky.social & @fivefootseven.bsky.social Kicked off at Sheringham with LITTLE AUK west, ARCTIC TERN, ARCTIC SKUA, LT DUCK, GANNETS, RAZORBILLS etc #Norfolkbirding #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025
Incredible hour checking ivy last night. Recorded 30 species, including 5 I've not encountered on ivy before. That's 93 species since 2013.
Ivy is flipin' amazing!
#moths
Ivy is flipin' amazing!
#moths
August 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Incredible hour checking ivy last night. Recorded 30 species, including 5 I've not encountered on ivy before. That's 93 species since 2013.
Ivy is flipin' amazing!
#moths
Ivy is flipin' amazing!
#moths
@mothiduk.bsky.social Sean, any thoughts on this please, from Loch Lomond. Pseudococcyx turionella doesn't feel right, but it's the closest I can get.
July 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@mothiduk.bsky.social Sean, any thoughts on this please, from Loch Lomond. Pseudococcyx turionella doesn't feel right, but it's the closest I can get.
Top quality #moths last night.
Peach Blossom the looker, but outdone on the rarity-scale by Bright Wave (netted at dusk by Sam Chamberlin), Shaded Fan-foot and Red-necked Footman.
Peach Blossom the looker, but outdone on the rarity-scale by Bright Wave (netted at dusk by Sam Chamberlin), Shaded Fan-foot and Red-necked Footman.
June 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Top quality #moths last night.
Peach Blossom the looker, but outdone on the rarity-scale by Bright Wave (netted at dusk by Sam Chamberlin), Shaded Fan-foot and Red-necked Footman.
Peach Blossom the looker, but outdone on the rarity-scale by Bright Wave (netted at dusk by Sam Chamberlin), Shaded Fan-foot and Red-necked Footman.
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POND GHOSTS & ZOMBIES. A film on our #pond #restoration #Ghostponds work in @uclgeography.bsky.social by RAZOR Science featuring Norfolk Ponds Project, Helen Greaves, myself & many. Pond restoration achieves nature recovery so quickly: youtu.be/SYkbDdaUMBY?...
Bringing 'ghost' and 'zombie' ponds back from the dead
YouTube video by RAZOR Science Show
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December 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
POND GHOSTS & ZOMBIES. A film on our #pond #restoration #Ghostponds work in @uclgeography.bsky.social by RAZOR Science featuring Norfolk Ponds Project, Helen Greaves, myself & many. Pond restoration achieves nature recovery so quickly: youtu.be/SYkbDdaUMBY?...
Nest-recording taster day with Lee & Cheryl @btoengland.bsky.social y'day. Finding a Reed Bunting nest brought elation & amazement all-round. Attendees inspired to take new skills forward. Why are there not more naturalists/ecologists doing this?
May 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Nest-recording taster day with Lee & Cheryl @btoengland.bsky.social y'day. Finding a Reed Bunting nest brought elation & amazement all-round. Attendees inspired to take new skills forward. Why are there not more naturalists/ecologists doing this?
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If anyone tries to convince you that farmers are biodiversity bad guys.. This picture was sent to me today from a really pleased senior member of that community, amazed at the quantity of mining bees in his field edges this year, after we started having a proper look last year.
April 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If anyone tries to convince you that farmers are biodiversity bad guys.. This picture was sent to me today from a really pleased senior member of that community, amazed at the quantity of mining bees in his field edges this year, after we started having a proper look last year.
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Natural colonisation of woodland/shrubland at 4, 10 & 29 yrs. Same spot, looking towards ancient woodland seed source 90 m away at Monks Wood Chronosequence.
Still in dynamic change, dense hawthorn & blackthorn thickets are nursery for emerging oaks. Teeming with warblers, soil carbon increasing.
Still in dynamic change, dense hawthorn & blackthorn thickets are nursery for emerging oaks. Teeming with warblers, soil carbon increasing.
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Natural colonisation of woodland/shrubland at 4, 10 & 29 yrs. Same spot, looking towards ancient woodland seed source 90 m away at Monks Wood Chronosequence.
Still in dynamic change, dense hawthorn & blackthorn thickets are nursery for emerging oaks. Teeming with warblers, soil carbon increasing.
Still in dynamic change, dense hawthorn & blackthorn thickets are nursery for emerging oaks. Teeming with warblers, soil carbon increasing.
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Nice review in today’s Observer
“Looks beyond the usual cliches of country life: An excellent second book, acutely observed, and often very funny”
You can pre-order it here: harpercollins.co.uk/products/unc...
“Looks beyond the usual cliches of country life: An excellent second book, acutely observed, and often very funny”
You can pre-order it here: harpercollins.co.uk/products/unc...
April 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Nice review in today’s Observer
“Looks beyond the usual cliches of country life: An excellent second book, acutely observed, and often very funny”
You can pre-order it here: harpercollins.co.uk/products/unc...
“Looks beyond the usual cliches of country life: An excellent second book, acutely observed, and often very funny”
You can pre-order it here: harpercollins.co.uk/products/unc...
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Our clients enjoyed seeing thousands of COMMON CRANES up close and personal during our tour to Sweden. Such photogenic birds! #wildlife #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #Sweden #nature
April 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our clients enjoyed seeing thousands of COMMON CRANES up close and personal during our tour to Sweden. Such photogenic birds! #wildlife #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #Sweden #nature
Fancy a free Dawn Chorus walk this Saturday? I'm leading one at Wrabness at 5am. Might see you there?
The 2025 Big County Birdwatch is just two weeks away and we've got a bumper schedule of free to attend guided walks that everyone can join. Full details here: ebws.org.uk/bcbw25
#essexbirding #birds
#essexbirding #birds
April 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fancy a free Dawn Chorus walk this Saturday? I'm leading one at Wrabness at 5am. Might see you there?
Slow out the blocks, but here's the first two Lapwing of the season for the @btobirds.bsky.social #NestRecordScheme
March 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Slow out the blocks, but here's the first two Lapwing of the season for the @btobirds.bsky.social #NestRecordScheme
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Elder is prob the very best cavity-bearing shrub, far better than hawthorn, hazel, blackthorn (very poor). Important nesting shrub for Marsh Tits & Willow Tits, but only if left to develop old trunks and cavities, not cut. Like Hazel, they self-coppice without management, with new growth from base.
Latest blog post focuses on Common Elder and #bats:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/21/i...
#biodiversity #wildlife #botany #ecology
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/21/i...
#biodiversity #wildlife #botany #ecology
Is Common Elder an under-appreciated habitat for bats?
Regular readers of my blog may recall that I have an obsession with something of an interest in Common Elder (Sambucus nigra) that goes back to my childhood, as I recounted in an article for Britis…
jeffollerton.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Elder is prob the very best cavity-bearing shrub, far better than hawthorn, hazel, blackthorn (very poor). Important nesting shrub for Marsh Tits & Willow Tits, but only if left to develop old trunks and cavities, not cut. Like Hazel, they self-coppice without management, with new growth from base.
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PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
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Great day at mid-Essex survey area. Highlights, a surprise ♀️Goshawk twice hunting along main wood ride briefly buzzing local Buzzards. Marsh Tit, Brambling and 6 Woodcock also. Nearby, my 2nd ever Otter was also surprise, showing twice at 10 ft range. 6 Snipe….⬇️ 1/2
March 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Great day at mid-Essex survey area. Highlights, a surprise ♀️Goshawk twice hunting along main wood ride briefly buzzing local Buzzards. Marsh Tit, Brambling and 6 Woodcock also. Nearby, my 2nd ever Otter was also surprise, showing twice at 10 ft range. 6 Snipe….⬇️ 1/2
Ringers: what's the bill length of a Starling please?
March 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ringers: what's the bill length of a Starling please?
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Good example of why feeding stations on reserves with Willow Tits are a Bad Idea: Willow Tit, Jay & Sparrowhawk attracted to same area by people providing food.
Unfortunately for the Willow Tit, he's the food.
A Willow Tit lost in March/April means the breeding territory fails for the whole year.
Unfortunately for the Willow Tit, he's the food.
A Willow Tit lost in March/April means the breeding territory fails for the whole year.
Managed to spend a couple of hours at Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve today. Highlights were a superb Male Sparrowhawk and my first ever Willow Tit.
March 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good example of why feeding stations on reserves with Willow Tits are a Bad Idea: Willow Tit, Jay & Sparrowhawk attracted to same area by people providing food.
Unfortunately for the Willow Tit, he's the food.
A Willow Tit lost in March/April means the breeding territory fails for the whole year.
Unfortunately for the Willow Tit, he's the food.
A Willow Tit lost in March/April means the breeding territory fails for the whole year.
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Nemapogon clematella (Black-barred Fungus Moth) larval silken tubes on Hazel. It's the older (uncoppiced) Hazel trees with standing dead stems that support the Hypoxylon fungus - which in turn support the moths! At least, that's where I'm finding them. #longmelford #suffolk #mothsmatter
March 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Nemapogon clematella (Black-barred Fungus Moth) larval silken tubes on Hazel. It's the older (uncoppiced) Hazel trees with standing dead stems that support the Hypoxylon fungus - which in turn support the moths! At least, that's where I'm finding them. #longmelford #suffolk #mothsmatter