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Chris Mills

@norfolkbirding.bsky.social
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Norfolk birder, self-employed guide & bird surveyor. Love Vizmig. Pics at www.flickr.com/photos/182278254@N02

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andysims49.bsky.social @andysims49.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A 3 day trip to Norfolk with Ali started well with good views of the 2 Spotted Crakes at Titchwell @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social @norfolkbirding.bsky.social
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Another good moth trap sesh in Cornwall. Convolvulus Hawk, 7 Striped Hawks, a real surprise Portland ribbon wave, Grass Eggar, Vestal Scarce Bordered Straw & Bordered Straw 57 sp/280 moths. Then a call from mate down the road for a Blair’s Mocha! #moths @mandymyers007.bsky.social
Convolvulus Hawk
Grass EggarVestalPortland Ribbon Wave
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The @dailymail.co.uk as ever, misinformed, misguided, fact-free, clueless and shameless.
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Fantastic set of moths out of our ‘holiday’ trap down in Cornwall, this morning! Stunning (2) Striped Hawks were new for us, also Lackey, Scarce bordered Straw, Ni Moth, White Speck, Mullein Wave, Olive Tree Pearl, Dark Swordgrass & Marbled Green. #moths #Cornwall @mandymyers007.bsky.social
Striped HawkmothNi Moth Mullein WaveMarbled Green
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Dan Martin @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great to see @norfolkbirding.bsky.social this weekend and @tg42birder.bsky.social today on his patch. The Black-winged Kite performed this afternoon, much better in flight! Eventually settled but distantly. Hobby was nice and then we did your Little Tern colony! Superb and so many! #Norfolkbirds
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Couple of great moths and one a nice surprise this weekend from our garden moth trap in Harpley! Plus good to track down several Sundew Plumes locally. #moths #norfolk @mandymyers007.bsky.social
Breckland PlumeOak EggarSmall Elephant HawkSundew Plume
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JAMoth @jamoth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Amazing looking Eared Leafhopper (Ledra aurita) came to light last night. @norfolknats.bsky.social
Eared Leafhopper - Ledra aurita
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Recent moths….microtastic ♥️ #moths
Phyllonorycter leucographellaMetzneria metzneriellaArgyresthia goedartellaPyrausta purpuralis
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We like to encourage accelerated recycling! #toxic #waste
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Dave Appleton @applewildlife.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This little Cosmopterix scribaiella (Reed Beauty) was a nice surprise in my garden moth trap on Tuesday night. They’re spreading but not many record in Norfolk yet. There are no reed beds in my little garden so presumably it wandered here from somewhere else. #NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth
Cosmopterix scribaiella (Reed Beauty).

A very elongated moth with a red eye and long palps curved up and back.  The wings are mostly dark brown but there’s a broad orange band crossing them at about two thirds of the way along.  This orange band is bordered both sides by thin bands of shiny silvery-white scales.  The orange spoils through the rear silver band (which is characteristic of this species) and continues in a line until it meets a fine white line that carries on to the apex.  There are also several fine silvery-white lines through the base of the wings.
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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Can we finally all agree that the argument “we should run the country like a business, and therefore elect businessmen to run it” has been a failed experiment?
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Gib Point Bird Obs @gibpointbirdobs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Icterine Warbler trapped at the Bird Obs this morning. @birdguides.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social Photo’s by George Gregory and Kev Wilson.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Farage is now on a losing streak. He keeps losing by-elections, his party’s vote share peaked last year and is on a downward trajectory. Most deliciously of all, his vote is fracturing thanks to Restore - which wouldn’t exist if Farage’s ego had let Lowe stay www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A losing streak? Makerfield shows mounting dangers for Nigel Farage
From Restore and tactical voting to questions over that £5m gift, the Reform leader faces challenges on several fronts
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Some nice moths this weekend & I do love micros. But these two cracking macros stole the show! Great find yesterday by @mandymyers007.bsky.social the Scarlet Tiger & this Lilac Beauty out of the garden trap was new a moth for us. #moths #norfolk
Scarlet Tiger
Lilac Beauty
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The referee and VAR are awful. A definite penalty for Egypt (anywhere else on the pitch that’s a foul!) followed by a free kick for barely any contact on Doku!? #Belgium #Egypt
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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A really quite incredible 24 hours on the Severnside patch! Avon's first record of Great Shearwater followed Thursday's scarce Pomarine Skua sighting. Then our first ever June record of Leach's Petrel (left) turned up alongside six-plus Euro Stormies. Pics: @severnsidebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A few pics from a recent visit up to the Scottish Highlands. Plus spectacular views of a 2 close Golden Eagles during a 20km hike…no camera! 😀
OspreyWhite-winged ScoterDipperRed Squirrel
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I’m going to enjoy watching the FIFA Club World Cup on TV, but the whole economic model and pricing is a disgrace, is FIFA still as corrupt as ever!? $1000 a game ticket prices??! Plus official FIFA resale of tickets & taking a cut?! Shame on you. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #FIFACWC
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Why the economics make this the craziest World Cup ever
From trade wars to soaring ticket prices, the 2026 World Cup is unlike any before it. Faisal Islam explores what this tournament reveals about our changing global economy.
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Andy Brown @andyinnorfolk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A grand day in northwest Norfolk, with a good movement of passerines along Hunstanton cliffs followed by Great Grey Shrike in the nearby dunes and a fine display of Bog Beacon and my first ever Red-headed Pine Sawfly (a female) in the woods at Dersingham
Counts of birds migrating past Hunstanton between 06.15 and 08.45 on 3rd April 2026A portrait of a medium-sized black, grey and white shrike towards the top of a small bushA picture of a black female sawfly with a brighy orange head resting on a pine coneA group of orange-coloured fungi growing and glowing in a peaty stream
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Central India trip report is now up and online www.oriolebirding.com/wp-content/u... @oriolebirding.bsky.social
Asian LeopardDohl or Indian Wild DogTickell's Blue FlycatcherTiger
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Mike Warburton wins today's Photo of the Week for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait:
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Photo of the Week: 23 February-1 March 2026
Mike Warburton wins this Monday's award for his outstanding Eurasian Goshawk portrait.
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So all I’ve heard is 6 US serviceman have died on mainstream media. Whatever your opinions on the war, the tragic deaths of school children & teachers in Iran should be equally portrayed. @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @nbcnews.com
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Phil Woollen @philwoollen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Little Owl ‘singing’ from our garden this evening. Reminiscent of Scops Owl #ukbirding #cheshirebirding
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It was good watching the local Pink-feet earlier this week and not too difficult to find some nice Tundra Beans amongst them, especially when there was a total of 18 amongst them! Also 3 Russian White-fronted Geese with this group.
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Some decent weather at last! Good to see my local Goshawk population is doing very well, managed at least 3 different males this morning, possibly four! @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A good long walk yesterday down Blakeney Point with @mandymyers007.bsky.social proved worthwhile with a Merlin, Great N Diver and this beefcake Glaucous Gull on the end, which unfortunately got flushed before I could get some better pics, real chunky one with a colossal bill.
First winter/2cy Glaucous Gull
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them. They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear. While helping to consign us all to catastrophe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We have had multiple Yellow Weather Warnings and one Amber Weather warning for snow this winter covering our Peak District village. Snow depth peaked at about 7 cm with nothing on the last Yellow. Meanwhile images of yesteryear below... #ShiftingBaselines #ClimateChange
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We're delighted to be welcoming 10 new BTO Youth Reps! 😀 Read all about their passion for nature and connect with your local rep at www.bto.org/our-work...
A collage of 10 portrait pictures of BTO's new Youth Reps. An orange banner at the top of the image reads: Meet our new Youth Reps. BTO Youth logo is top right.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Out locally on the bike this pm. Rode past these fields with margins and cover strips, but might we be better off putting those subsidies towards educating #farmers on how to cut hedgerows? Plus not smash all the bramble down, a really important nectar source? #farmland #conservation
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Great morning around Salthouse & @nwtcley with Steve Lewis, Twite, Jack Snipe, lots of Red-throated Divers and a Pale-bellied Brent showing at point blank range. Some nice shoreline delights to be found too!
Pale bellied BrentPale bellied BrentThornback Ray eggcase
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch
A Goldcrest perches on a plant showing its small size, olive plumage and yellow stripe on the top of its head.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Jared Wilson @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Blimey, the Firecrest was ringed on 03/11/25 at the Skagen Fugelstation on the northernmost tip of Denmark #birdingFife
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
China has the largest installed wind capacity in the world.
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
There was a wonderful selection of the rare & scarce showing well at Filby broad but you couldn’t ignore this showy stunning ♂ Goldeneye!
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A thoroughly enjoyable day out East started with sifting through a few thousand Pink-feet, great to watch at least 7 Tundra Beans, this group of three showing nicely!
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A wonderful experience to have guided this Botswana tour for @oriolebirding.bsky.social the full trip report is now online here www.oriolebirding.com/.../Botswana.... This tour runs again in November 2026 - if you're interested, an amazing trip!
LeopardLionessAfrican Wild DogSouthern Carmine Bee-eater
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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
For me, the prettiest flower of our New Year Plant Hunt had to be the exquisite soft indigo & snow white of the Ivy-leaved Toadflax. I mean, this is just wow! @linnetincley.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #cleyplants
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Looks like keeping dogs on a lead might just be about to happen!? It was probably a matter of time before bird flu started jumping across to other mammals.
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Farmed Salmon is not good for you or the environment, in fact it’s a disaster for the environment. Amazing how many people eat Salmon unaware of how it’s reared and think it’s good healthy food. Antibiotics, colourants, pesticide sprays and still so many infected and lice ridden.
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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🦢 What a swan’s 570km U-turn could tell us about water, wetlands, and a changing climate.... www.linkedin.com/posts/kane-b...
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Any wildlife conservation is good! But trying to work out whether the UK’s concept of a ‘vast area for conservation’ is just that we generally have such small reserves here or that the BBC don’t have an understanding that 15 sq/miles is just 5 miles x 3 miles?! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate - BBC News
Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic", says a conservation manager about the growth of a colony of 2,000 sooty tern seabirds. Previously, invasive rats had destroyed their eggs, making it impossible for the native birds to persist on the islands. www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/inv...
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Scientists stunned by results after removing 1 harmful creature from island chain: 'The transformation is dramatic'
The successful removal of an invasive species of rat saw nature spring back to life on two islands in the Marshall Islands.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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Dylan Daunt @alpine-swift.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It all kicked off yesterday afternoon on North Ron with a Radde’s Warbler trapped at the obs! And then a Northern Bullfinch caught at HH I didn’t think it could get any better until Alison and I found this Black-throated Thrush in a net during the roost catch! #BirdingScotland #OrkneyBirding
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Another good day with @sconebirding.bsky.social & @andyinnorfolk.bsky.social started yesterday with 33,000 Starlings & over 800 finches! Followed up with a nicely picked out migrating Hen Harrier by Nick at Holme & rounded off at the end of the day with this obliging juvenile Purple Sand!
Purple SandpiperPurple SandpiperStarling wave Dark bellied Brent’s
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Steve Blain @steveblain.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Some vismig at Hunstanton with @sconebirding.bsky.social and @norfolkbirding.bsky.social produced some good passage with lots of Chaffinches heading north, unusually. A walk to the beach at Holme produced a ringtail Hen Harrier over and plenty of Blackbirds and Robins for company.
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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Best day so far this autumn for me. Lovely wander around Holkham & Overy with @sconebirding.bsky.social busy skies with 300+ Redwing, 40+ Brambling, 2500+ Starlings, 1-2s Fieldfare, Siskin, 20+ Blackbirds, flushed a SE Owl, Peregrine & 2 Yellow-browed Warblers.
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