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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very happy with this: just minutes after being gripped off by news of @paulupwey.bsky.social's Maize Wainscot we find there's one in our moth-traps as well!

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Andrew Clarke @mrandrewclarke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Truly bizarre experience twitching a Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) feeding on the edge of the woodland whilst visiting Sheffield General Cemetery today. Has anyone seen them hunting in similar habitat? Left it ‘showing well’ at 1130 hrs. SK34248600 @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.

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Bucktonbirder @bucktonbirder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Montagu's Harrier HV is crossing the Pyrenees this evening at 10,000ft!

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wow. Watching this EGYPTIAN NIGHTJAR sat outside Roger Riddington’s house at Virkie, Shetland. What a bird! #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

East of a line from the Humber to The Solent, there are more Zitting Cisticolas living & breeding than there are Willow Tits (now effectively zero).

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Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of our team has just been out to an area just north of the harbour and found a field with 10+ singing (Verge)? Cricket!! Sounds like a scene from southern Europe. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Wonderful news alert! 🎉 One of the UK’s rarest breeding birds has had a remarkable year. Montagu’s Harriers have successfully bred in the UK for the second year running, raising six youngsters from two nests at a secret farmland location. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Do you illustrate birds? We are seeking new artists to contribute frontispiece illustrations for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, and would especially like to highlight artwork made by members of the WOS and our colleagues. Details here!

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Call for Bird Illustrators for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology!

Do you illustrate birds? We are looking for frontispiece illustrators for our journal!

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A welcome addition to the Portland suburban soundscape: Verge Cricket giving it some stick in our back garden at the Grove this evening - could almost imagine you're somewhere beside the Mediterranean.

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Bob Chapman @bobchapman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

By-catch top billing in Dibden Purlieu, S.Hants last night, with a Verge Cricket in the trap. I managed to pot it, but they are amazingly quick. Pictures all a blur, hopefully better later. #teammoth

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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Fork-leaved Sundew (Drosera binata). Native to Australia and New Zealand, but found naturalised in Dorset 6/8/26 #wildflower #sundew

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What we think is Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa, likely new to Britain. A seed contaminant in a Lucerne field in Hampshire. Very attractive thing. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Simon Phelps @simonphelps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This might interest you! bsky.app/profile/port...

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you agree with us, please take a minute to fill in the government's public consultation on restricting fireworks. We've filled in the answers so you don't have to! See here: protectthewild.org.uk/fireworks-co...

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UK Fireworks Consultation - Protect the Wild

TAKE ACTION: Ban the public sale of fireworksThe government is consulting on proposed changes to fireworks legislation amid growing concern about their impact on community safety, vulnerable people…

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Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I recorded my 10,000th species on Thursday at @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. Here's the full story... analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-sa...

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Also, some better photos of the Verge Cricket Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis caught last night by Nigel Jones and Mark Edgeller whilst they were moth-trapping at Freshwater Bay

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

An exciting find for Nigel Jones and Mark Edgeller at their moth-trap at Freshwater Bay last night: a Verge-cricket - seemingly the second record for Britain after the recent discovery in Sussex.

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Amazing #BiologicalRecording achievement by Graeme - congrats 👏👏👏🎉🏆

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

On our way home after a fantastic trip to Dungeness to look for Orthoptera (& moths)! We managed to see all our targets: Large Conehead, Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket, Southern Oak Bush-cricket and Tree Cricket. We even had a couple of bonus species, including Blue-winged Grasshoppers near Folkestone!

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Brian Small @cach22.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

With the cat out the bag, today I saw a minimum of 10 Zitting Cisticolas near Walberswick - there is almost certainly more. A single male paired with 2 females, one of which 2nd brooded; 1st autumn birds are spreading south, but can be seen from the beach. Please don't enter the fenced-off area

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Norfolk Moths (Jim Wheeler CMR) @norfolkmoths.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Banana Moth Opogona sacchari - New for Norfolk Trapped by David Bratt at Fakenham 2025, but not verified until a second specimen trapped by Steve West at Walpole Highway in July 2026. (Gen. Det. Male. D. Appleton) #norfolkmoths More Info… applewildlife.co.uk norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?bf=2780

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A sec cal + Buff-breasted Sandpiper was found today at Drift Res. (2nd Aug) by Louis Parkerson. It arrived with two Little Ringed Plover. There are c. 190 records for Cornwall but most are juvs.

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Steve Keen @swaystevek.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Accidentally deleted the earlier post🙄 Blastobasis glandulella (Hants 1st, UK 3rd) from May here in SW Hants. Confirmed this weekend by gendet, thanks to Peter Hall, via @wheatersdave.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you remember Bill Oddie for one thing, let it be for this 4 minutes of magic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuY9...

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Starling Magic

YouTube video by arcadeium

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alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social @alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

More sensational moth trapping last night on Portland at Freshwater Bay - These 7 Striped Hawkmoths were presumably locally bred:

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Thomas Miller @tmbirding.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A few (mostly landscape) images of the 2cy male Montagu's Harrier on the Oxfordshire downs yesterday evening. A Darvic-ringed bird hatched in England last year, and a long-awaited county tick for me after multiple previous dips #ukbirding

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mickturton.bsky.social @mickturton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Didn't have this on my expected list when I sat having a cuppa in the garden.😳🥳

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Another successful ringing day at the Bill: 131 new birds incl migrant totals of 19 Sedge W, 17 WW & 4 Sand Martin; also another 3 Storm Petrels overnight. News back on one of our 'control' Storm Petrels from two nights ago - it had first been ringed just the night before on the Isles of Scilly!

Although departing Sand Martins have been passing through for at least a month today was the first day that any had lingered to permit a few to be trapped

The vast majority of autumn Sand Martins trapped here are youngsters that are easily recognised by their fresh plumage, with buff scaling very prominent on particularly the scapulars, tertials and upper tail coverts

Very few adult Sand Martins are trapped but those that are are easy to spot by their duller, worn plumage that lacks any conspicuous scaling

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 22/07/2026

Stop scrolling!!! A puffling* has been spotted in Purbeck, Dorset for the first time in 30 years! *Baby puffin (yes, they have the cutest name)

A small bird - a young puffin - is seen in the gap between rocks on a cliff ledge

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Matt Hobbs @migrationmatt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A crazy morning spent soaking wet under two bridges in #Bristol counting roosting Old Lady moths. Found 44 clusters of up to 120, with a total of 1760 moths 😳 often exquisitely arranged into overlapping tiles of lacework wings. Thanks 4 the pics Lior Kestenberg! #moths @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Chris van Swaay @chrisvanswaay.eurosky.social · 19/07/2026

The last few weeks we have seen high numbers of Queen of Spain Frit. (kleine parelmoer, I lathonia) on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects. The map shows densities per 1000m from 1-18 July. Highest numbers are locally in the coastal dunes and on extensive used fields and new nature in C and S NL.

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George Gay @georgenorthron.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A nice little video of the bird just before it went into roost. #OrkneyBirding

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Big thanks to Ulf Berthelsen for amazing news about the ringed Little Tern I saw on Barra last week. Turns out it was ringed on 30th March 2025 4635km south of the Isle of Barra at La Langue de Barbarie National Park, SENEGAL! #birdingscotland

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Ian Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Iberian Lynx continue comeback from brink of extinction, their population increased by almost 11% from 2024 to 2025 with 2663 individuals in wild. #Goodnews #Conservation Predator conservation & reintroduction can work! @irishrainforest.bsky.social @deepfrieddna.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social

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Norfolk Moths (Jim Wheeler CMR) @norfolkmoths.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This was a surprise in the daily batch of photos, re-identified as the rare migrant Lamoria anella - New for Norfolk and 4th(?) British! Well done to @annterrys-7.bsky.social #norfolkmoths #migrantmothuk

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We seem to have a bit of an arrival of 7-spot Ladybirds on Kessingland beach this afternoon. Millions!

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Henry Wyn-Jones @henrywynjones.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Saturday night was immense with the traps holding 250+ species with an array of Kent specialities, recent colonists, migrants and a moths of all colours, shapes and sizes. But in all that diversity there could only be one highlight - The Goat! #TeamMoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Anyone familiar with Blastobasis glandulella (& its UK status), last night in Kessingland. @neilsmothman.bsky.social

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Matthew Deans @deansmatthew.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Rusty Wave (Idaea inquinata) taken at light in Ipswich, Suffolk, last night by Samuel Chamberlain. I'm very grateful to Sam for sharing his moth. Possibly the first wild caught example in the UK, occurring during record heatwave conditions. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Good news for Capercaillie! 170 male Capercaillie were recorded at breeding lek sites in the Cairngorms National Park this year, rising from 131 in 2025. At RSPB Abernethy, 35 lekking males were recorded, up from 30. @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

A camo hide in the forest where Capercaillie lek counts take place

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

White-billed Diver - the movie! Enjoy a minute of footage of this stunning bird filmed off West Burrafirth, Shetland last week. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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Roger Riddington @rogerriddington.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Great to attend the official opening of the latest Fair Isle Bird Observatory, on a gloriously sunny Saturday. Ann Cleeves was guest of honour - Tim would have enjoyed that. And a couple of pics of last month's star bird on the island, Shetland's first Northern Parula. #shetland #fairisle

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West Midlands Ringing Group @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🦅 A terrible year for West Midlands Peregrines. Of the 6 Peregrine Falcon nests we monitor, most have failed following very late breeding this season. It’s the first time since 2012 we’ve seen such poor results across our sites, with others also reporting low brood numbers. 💚

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