angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Long-tailed Skua at Steart Pt this morning, pic by Andy Harris @somersetbirds.bsky.social 1324
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Blurry picture of a White-letter Hairstreak nectaring at East Quantoxhead, Somerset this morning. 0101
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A new Pied Flycatcher nest on a fledged Blue Tit nest @piedflynet.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social @btosomerset.bsky.social 0256
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026This Wood Warbler was singing in a new spot on the Quantocks for me this year. Nearby a female Lesser Spot was quietly feeding. Only one new GSW nest found today (calling young giving them away) @somersetbirds.bsky.social @btosomerset.bsky.social 0425
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Here’s an example of LSW young calling from a nest (there were three young not far off fledging in this nest) @ukrbbp.bsky.social @lesserspotnet.bsky.social 14011
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026These 2m and 2f LSW young will fledge in the next few days. Two other Somerset nests have already fledged on Thursday. There will be young calling from LSW and GSW nests over the next two weeks @ukrbbp.bsky.social @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @btosomerset.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social 1215
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 22/05/20266 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests have been monitored in Devon and Somerset this year. One failed at the hatching stage, others will be fledging in the next few days, 1-2 weeks early. Young can now be heard calling in nests @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social 34510
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialBTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It’s May, so no more seed and peanuts in bird feeders. BTO Senior Research Ecologist Dr Kate Plummer, part of the Technical Steering Group that carried out the evidence review on which the new guidance is based, sets out the reasoning behind the changes in this BTO blog ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/new... 06144
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialLesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026May LSW nesting update. Go out now to look for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests. Adults actively feeding their young become more detectable. To find a nest this year, get out into the woods now, it will all be over in 4 weeks. Latest update on nests www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/news 0234
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Lesser Spotted Wdpkr nests monitored across Southern England are generally early this year, with several already hatching. Some nests will fledge from mid-May, with young birds audible preceding week. @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social 1378
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Foggy Exmoor morning today with an unpaired LSW still drumming. Wood Warbler singing with Firecrest, Redstarts, Pied Fly and Garden Warbler @somersetbirds.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social 07814
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialThe Rare Breeding Birds Panel @ukrbbp.bsky.social · 25/04/2026By submitting records of rare breeding birds, you can help inform their conservation. Don’t know how to submit records? Don’t worry, here’s RBBP Secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social to tell you how youtu.be/MWNq_JM9cZU?... #UKbirding #ornithology #birdsyoutu.beSubmitting records of rare breeding birdsYouTube video by Rare Breeding Birds Panel 22816
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Trip to the S of France with @naturetrek.bsky.social is going well! 0100
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialLesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Our new guidance note/protocol for using sound recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers gives practical details for using Song Meter Mini & Micro recorders from Wildlife Acoustics in woodland with suitable habitat & has proved a great success www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...woodpecker-network.org.ukWoodpecker Network - Setting up and using sound recorders for detecting Lesser Spotted WoodpeckersA forum to encourage and facilitate the study of woodpeckers in Britain and Ireland 02412
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialBritish Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Bioacoustics as a tool for the detection and monitoring of a scarce woodland bird – the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker paper now live in the latest British Birds journal. Read more:britishbirds.co.ukBioacoustics as a tool for the detection and monitoring of a scarce woodland bird – the Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerHaving declined massively in numbers and range in Britain over the last few decades, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor is a priority... 0236
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialBTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 14/12/2025⚠️ The UK’s smallest and rarest woodpecker, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is a shy and elusive bird. It’s rapidly becoming one of our scarcest breeding birds, with substantial declines since the 1980s. 🧵⬇️ #bioacoustics #ornithology 12913
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialLesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W... 719541
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Group of eleven Black-throated divers seen from the Applecross Inn, looking towards Skye. Earlier had a pair of WT Eagle overhead - so close the pic was with my phone. 0100
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialSomerset Ornithological Society @somersetbirds.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The latest issue of the SOS newsletter - the Bittern - is winging its way to members' inboxes this week. somersetbirding.org.uk/membership/somersetbirding.org.uk 033
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialLesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · 18/08/20251 Pleased to be presenting the latest results gathered by Woodpecker-Network volunteers on Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and what we can do to conserve them better #BOUatEOU www.woodpecker-netwo... 24214
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Three Green Woodpecker chicks in a Quantock nest this morning 2181
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Pied Fly pair have built a nest in this root hole, no eggs yet. Warm on thermal imaging. @piedflynet.bsky.social 1121
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 26/04/20254 Pied Fly eggs in the earliest of the nests on my Quantock run of boxes. 7/16 boxes have PiedFly so far and have really cracked on this week @piedflynet.bsky.social 0130
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025My first Cuckoo of the year calling in Aisholt wood, Quantocks today (view is towards Aisholt Common) 040
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Wood chips from an oak on the path - looked up to see a new GSW nest in progress in Hodders Co, Quantock Hills. (There’s an older hole below the new one too.) 092
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Lots of PiedFly on the Quantocks this morning, maybe five males on a loop walk. 0100
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Red Kite over Higher Hare Knap, Quantocks, plus all three woodpeckers on the route in and out of the Combes. 3 GSW, 3 Green, 3 LSW! 2231
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Three LSW were heard (one seen) on a Somerset OS Quantock walk today looking for signs and holes of woodpeckers. Sadly no LSW encounters yesterday on the same route, despite better weather. Thanks to the brave folk who braved the hills and I hope we find more territories and nest sites this year. 0213
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Very luck to see a pair of Three-toed Woodpeckers in Poland this morning. The 8th species of woodpecker today and a supporting cast of Hawfinch, Woodlark, Willow and Marsh Tit, Waxwing, Crested Tit, Cranes, Bean/WF Geese and Rough-legged Buzzard…plus other great birds and wildlife. 3120
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025From beginner to experienced birders who fancy some call call/drum revision: youtu.be/GEQBrT-587Q?...youtu.beWHAT BIRD IS THAT? EP 06 WOODPECKERSYouTube video by What Bird Is That? An Animated Bird Guide 041
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialLesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · 03/02/2025We are pleased to be working with Simon Gillings at BTO on this exciting project to use acoustic monitoring to help detect the presence of elusive Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. 24512
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025All three woodpeckers on Exmoor this morning @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @exmoornp.bsky.social 1251
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Beautiful morning on the Quantocks. Tentative but of GSW drumming and some LSW calls briefly too. The first Combe House hotel brunch of the year. 1111
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025All three woodpeckers heard on the Quantocks this morning, but all keeping a low profile. 080
Reposted by @angusrobin.bsky.socialLesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Sadly 2024 was one of the poorest breeding seasons for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers since we started in 2015. Only 11 nests were found/monitored & on average only just over one young fledged per nest. This is probably not enough to sustain the population, www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/news 27631
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025This usurped Blue Tit nest was under a successful Pied Fly nest, seen as I cleaned out the boxes ready for the Spring. Think we may have also found another LSW nest hole that we missed in ‘24. 130
angusrobin.bsky.social @angusrobin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Somerset Ornithological Soc AGM this Sat 1.30pm at Cheddon Fitzpaine hall. I’ll be talking about finding and monitoring breeding Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and how we can track down this declining and elusive species. There’ll be tea and cake too @btobirds.bsky.social 040
