Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two male green woodpeckers face each other swaying their heads side to side. This rarely seen behaviour is an aggressive territorial threat display fighting over food or territory. It’s the first time I have ever seen this behaviour. Middleton Lakes. 060
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Slow motion Pectoral Sandpiper. Phonescoped this morning. Middleton 020
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Pectoral Sandpiper Phonescoped this morning. Middleton RSPB @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 051
Reposted by MoocherDamian John @damianjohn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obviously have a video featuring these little beauties 😎😀youtu.beI Spent A Morning With The UK's Most Beautiful BirdYouTube video by Damian John Wildlife 021
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 Saw a Hobby hunting over #LadywalkNR on a recent visit. 060
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026After this mornings torrential rain, I had decided on a rare day in. Feet up and catch up on some reading. I was tempted off the sofa by this fantastic find by @mattp1975.bsky.social 👏🏼 A very obliging Red-necked Phalarope. Kingsbury Water Park. 030
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026After this mornings torrential rain, I had decided on a rare day in. Feet up and catch up on some reading. I was tempted off the sofa by this fantastic find by @mattp1975.bsky.social 👏🏼 A very obliging Red-necked Phalarope. Kingsbury Water Park. 060
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Nice afternoon out birding. Black Necked Grebe. I stayed for 2 hours hoping it would come closer, but it didn’t. Photographed with iPhone through spotting scope. #LadywalkNR 050
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Was Monday afternoon. Reposted as I was experimenting with # and @ 000
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026What a find at #LadywalkNR this afternoon. 3 Hummingbird Hawkmoth actively nectaring together on Buddleia. The speed with which they from one bloom to the next in a darting motion is amazing. #Teammoth 0111
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026 400 grass and wildfires in the West Midlands in the last week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhy has the West Midlands had so many fires?The region has seen large wildfires during the hot, dry weather this summer. 000
Reposted by MoocherChasing__birds 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇺🇳 @carlhowe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026www.instagram.com/the_nature_o... 252
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 10/08/2026What a find @ladywalknr.bsky.social this afternoon. 3 Hummingbird Hawkmoth actively nectaring together on Buddleia. The speed with which they from one bloom to the next in a darting motion is amazing! @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 1243
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Hummingbird Hawkmoth @ladywalknr.bsky.social this morning. #Teammoth 060
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Juvenile Bittern enjoying the evening sunshine. @staffswildlife.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 040
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A couple of Juvenile Bittern interacting in the reeds. I saw these on an evening walk earlier in the week. 021
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Lunar Hornet moths I saw today at #LadywalkNR Tried 2 areas and saw 6 of these moths. This is stunning mimicry! #Teammoth 1160
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Elephant Hawk moths featured well in the trap this morning. Also FFY Early Thorn. #Teammoth 030
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 26/06/2026A couple of new for garden moths for me last night. There were more moths around the trap than in it! #Teammoth 0100
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I like the expression on the Hare's face in this picture. 030
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Garden first for me. Privet Hawk-moth. What a stunner! #moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter 2181
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Up and out at 4.30am this morning to have a wander before it got too hot. It was well worth the effort. 160
Reposted by MoocherPS @lastotw.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Got final totals checked this morning from the #LadywalkNR team and we finished the day on 101. Nothing amazing with Med gull probably the best bird of the day but one I missed. Always good to get a 100+ birds and good that predominately it was breeding birds with not much passage #westmidsalldayer 2193
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Thanks Alison. I’m not sure. Maybe? However. While these 3 were chasing about, another was booming from the reed beds. Only male bittern boom, so maybe we have an excess of males situation. 010
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 26/04/2026A Siege of Bitterns! @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @mercianbirding.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social 1100
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Interesting morning at #middletonlakes with plenty of Bittern activity #staffsbirdnews 0343
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Hooded Merganser Alvecote pools. I tried a bit of video. @mercianbirding.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social 090
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Like many I have visited Alvecote pools for the Hooded Merganser. It has proved difficult to photograph. Always distant and usually silhouetted. This is about the best I’ve managed. @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social 0111
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 04/04/2026#LadywalkNR Not sure what it found to eat whilst out marking its territory. But it was crunchy! 030
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Close cousins and both Mustelids, Badgers and Otters use scent glands to mark territory and as a way of communication. Badgers are decent swimmers when they want to. This one doesn’t like getting its feet wet. 020
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 17/03/2026 A lot of flood events @ladywalknr.bsky.social have made getting footage difficult. When water levels are lower, there is regular Otter activity on the cameras 171
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Home from a long weekend in Dorset. A highlight for me was watching Dartford Warblers. Even managed a couple of decent pictures. They took some finding, but it was worth the effort. 051
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Thank you. I’ve just attached the video to my profile for those that want to see it. 110
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Tame Valley Beaver records from WMBC Ladywalk Nature Reserve. To accompany article in the WMBC March edition. youtu.be/L5MqFkzMA_gyoutu.beTame Valley Beaver - Camera RecordsYouTube video by moochermania 2125
Moocher @moocher.bsky.social · 10/03/2026It's always a good day when I get to see Hares in action. 170