Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Revisited the long-staying Stone-curlew at Ryall Court Pits on Sunday #WorcsBirds 0220
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Eurasian Sparrowhawk in the garden yesterday morning in Bewdley, apparently defecating like this is called slicing, I didn’t know that #WorcsBirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0120
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Garganey at Grimley CLP this evening, showing very well in some late sunshine, even called #WorcsBirds 0200
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Stone-curlew at Ryall Court Pits earlier today, only the second one I’ve seen in Worcestershire, the other being at Shenstone in 2008 #WorcsBirds 0181
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Grimley sunrise yesterday on the #westmidsalldayer 91 species our final total, nothing added after lunch. Highlight for me was Yellow-legged Gull, new to an alldayer list here. At least 25 Clouded Yellow across the site and a couple of Vestal in Church Farm fields #worcsbirding 0200
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This has been calling unseen from my kitchen roof in Bewdley (Worcestershire) for 3 nights. I’ve listened to numerous recordings on Xenocanto. House Cricket or another species? What do people think, happy to hear suggestions 🤔 #orthoptera #invertebrates 011
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 15/08/20263 new moths for the garden in Bewdley (Worcs) on 12 August… Rusty Acorn Piercer (Cydia amplana), Marsh Pearl (Anania perlucidalis), Drab Pine Knot-horn (Dioryctria simplicella), also had one or two Small Mottled Willow with 23 in the ACT trap and 17 in the MV #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter 080
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Goldcrest family in the garden viburnum on Saturday evening, probably nested in the nearby cedar. The four juveniles spent a couple of hours being fed by both adults, nice bush cricket for one of them, still poking out of its bill in the last photo #worcsbirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0190
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The latest clearwing addition to the Bewdley (Worcs) garden list this week… Six-belted Clearwing, plus another Red-tipped Clearwing, both attracted to the HOR pheromone lure #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth 0201
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Lauca National Park, north Chile (grainy slide from 1997) - with England preparing to play in the Azteca at an altitude of 2240 m, imagine playing here at 4400 m! Coca tea in the hydration break? Can’t see Harry Kane sliding on his knees if he scored a late winner on that surface 😳 #WorldCup #WC26 020
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Also seen Yellow-legged and Red-belted here too! 110
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Cheers, apart from the Beautiful Knot-horn some scarce moths in these parts 010
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Four new moths this weekend for my garden in Bewdley (Worcestershire), it paid off running both MV & actinic; Gromwell Ermine (Ethmia dodecea), White-barred Knot-horn (Elegia similella), Beautiful Knot-horn (Rhodophaea formosa) and Yarrow Pug (Eupithecia millefoliata) #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter 1140
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Four more clearwings in the garden this weekend, Bewdley (Worcs)… Orange-tailed Clearwing, Currant Clearwing, Red-tipped Clearwing and Lunar Hornet Moth #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter 180
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 19/06/2026In between bird surveys in mid-Wales I had a spare morning yesterday, headed to Gilfach Nature Reserve. Despite it being windy and quite cool I eventually found this male Welsh Clearwing resting on a birch leaf. Habitat photo showing the birch #teammoth 0150
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Yellow-legged Clearwing in my Bewdley garden yesterday afternoon (Worcestershire) #teammoth 0120
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Hedge Beauty (Alabonia geoffrella) came to the MV trap this week in my garden in Bewdley (Worcestershire), a long awaited garden tick, stunning #teammoth 0281
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Scorched Wing and Puss Moth in Bewdley (Worcestershire) this week #teammoth 0130
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Migrant moths to my Bewdley garden in Worcestershire this week. First time I’ve managed to put the traps out during the hot weather due to work; Ni Moth (albeit a bald one), Small Mottled Willow and White-point #teammoth 0140
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Hobby yesterday over Retreat Farm, Grimley #worcsbirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0210
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Common Reed Bunting - this male was singing from various perches along the north causeway at Grimley CLP yesterday morning #worcsbirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0150
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Wood Sandpiper at Grimley CLP on Hippo Pool this afternoon #worcsbirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0291
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Common Tern at Grimley CLP this morning #worcsbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds 0211
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Grimley (Worcs) currently on 96, Garganey pair still on CLP #westmidsalldayer 091
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Rüppell’s Warbler - I found a gorgeous pair at the end of the Kourtaliotiko Gorge. Better views on the second visit with the male singing, calling and eating caterpillars. The female was very furtive in contrast. A long time since I’d seen one, Israel 1989 the last! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0223
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Italian Sparrow (male) and Spotted Crake - the sparrow was ubiquitous across the island, this one at the Palace of Knossos. Two of the crakes were seen at Agia Reservoir, along with a Little Crake #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0142
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Eastern Black-eared Wheatear and Collared Flycatcher - males at Kourtaliotiko Gorge and Spili respectively #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0142
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Marsh Sandpiper - three of these beautiful waders were at a very windy Katalyki Salt Lake on Crete #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0213
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Chukar - several of these seen on Crete, including these two birds near Gouverneto Monastery. The left hand bird was so confiding I think I could have stroked it! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0132
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Alpine Swift - great views of this species flying over the Minoan Palace of Phaistos on Crete #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0232
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Lesser Kestrel male - a family holiday for a week on Crete in mid-April, birds/botany/bricks. There was a flock of these beautiful falcons feeding on insects in the vineyard at Agia Triada Monastery #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete 0212
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Bird surveys across the hills in mid-Wales today, several Emperor Moths stole the show #teammoth 0556
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Black Tern yesterday at Grimley CLP #worcsbirds 0180
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Palawan produced the endemic Palawan Scops Owl, 2 roosting in a cave during the day and 1 perched beside the road at night. Then a night boat trip out of Puerto Princesa to nearby Cana Island to see Mantanani Scops Owl, one of the easiest owls I’ve seen, took 2 mins! #birds #owl #owls #philippines 071
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Two more endemic owls and a more widespread one… Luzon Boobook, Philippine Scops Owl and Spotted Wood-Owl #birds #owl #owls #philippines 072
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Of the 12 owls recorded 10 were seen, with just 2 heard only. Philippine Eagle Owl flew in to the edge of the hotel car park pre-dawn #birds #owl #owls #philippines 031
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The night birding on the Philippines was great, however, it led to 4-5 hours sleep a night, a classic sleep deprivation tour… 4 nightjars and 2 frogmouths all seen very well… photos of 3 endemics; Chirruping Nightjar, Philippine Frogmouth and the cute Palawan Frogmouth #birds #nightjar #frogmouth 061
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Three flycatchers seen on Palawan… Palawan Blue Flycatcher, Palawan Flycatcher and Mangrove Blue (Philippine) Flycatcher #birds #flycatcher #philippines 081
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Palawan was by far the easiest birding of the three islands I visited… Palawan Tit, Palawan Flowerpecker and Palawan Babbler #birds #philippines 0101
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Three of my most wanted species on Luzon… Ashy Thrush, Purple Needletail and Red-crested Malkoha, all stunning #birds #philippines 0142
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Four endemics, more widespread… Coleto, Rufous-crowned Bee-eater, Philippine Fairy-bluebird and Philippine Pied-Fantail #birds #philippines 042
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Bicol Ground-Warbler on the Infanta Road, Luzon. Great views of this tricky species, one of the highlights #birds #philippines 051
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Golden-crowned Flying Fox at Subic Bay, Luzon. Hundreds roosting in roadside trees, frequently taking flight when they were disturbed, the largest bat in the world #mammals #bats 050
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Palawan endemic mammals; Palawan Treeshrew and Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel, both at the same feeding area as the Peacock-Pheasant, Napsan Road #mammals 020
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (female) appeared in the feeding area in front of the hide on the Napsan Road within minutes of the seed being scattered, showing for 45 minutes. Unfortunately, the far warier male was a no show #birds #pheasant #philippines 071
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Ashy-headed Babbler and Falcated Wren-Babbler, two great Palawan endemics with loads of character #birds #philippines #babbler 051
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 01/04/2026White-browed Shama, White-vented Shama, Orange-tufted Spiderhunter and Pale Spiderhunter - all endemic and seen very well #birds #philippines 071
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Azure-breasted Pitta on Mindanao and Western Hooded Pittas on Palawan, one spotlighted at night roosting in a tree while looking for frogmouths, the other coming to mealworms #birds #philippines 0142
Martin Flack @martinflack.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Mountain Shrike, Blue-headed Fantail and Sulphur-billed Nuthatch, three more endemics at Mt. Polis, Luzon #birds #philippines 0121
