parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Little bunting at Portland as well as yb warbler. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 0131
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I initially put this moth down as a Pale Mottled Willow but some online photos of Clancy's Rustic look quite similar. What's your opinion, @mothiduk.bsky.social or anyone else who has experience with the variability of Clancy's? 420
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Had to go up country on a family errands so just happened to make a diversion on the way back... LT Shrike occasionally singing to itself in the breezy autumn sunshine. 121
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Frankin's gull showed between 8 pm and 8:10 to @alexlovegrove.bsky.social and me on Blackberry Point in fading light . Terrible extreme range shaky phonescope. Bird is in dead centre! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 090
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Two mystery moths for your help please @mothiduk.bsky.social. Is the first just a very faded Turnip or something more interesting? The second seems like some kind of faded tortricidae but I can't pin it down to anything? 320
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Osprey hunting low over Lytchett Fields at midday. Seen from A35. @harbourbirds.bsky.social 0124
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Hawk like bird flying towards me up Middlebere track with a pipit in hot pursuit. I immediately assume cuckoo. But the wingbeats are wrong and there are white flashes in the wing tips. Then it croaks! Nightjar at 9:45am! @harbourbirds.bsky.social 0152
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social , Another season, more mystery moths! Please can you help with these two. First I wonder if it is a small mottled willow but no brown? Definitely slightly shorter and a lot slimmer than treble lines I caught alongside it. The micro I have no idea! Thanks 220
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Red footed falcon still present at Holt Heath this morning but pretty elusive. Waited all morning for 10 mins of poor flight views. (Others briefly saw it perched). A good selection of other raptors and very showy cuckoo. All birders seemed well behaved! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 091
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Morden bog this am. Woodlark, trippet, cuckoo, hobby, Dartford, and common heath moth. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 060
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Worth braving the showers and the flies for (Insect repellent highly recommended!) Bluethroat still showing well at Swineham this morning. 030
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 18/03/2026No sign of the bluethroat at Swineham this morning but loads of snakes, including a grass snake mating frenzy. (all photos taken from the road/path) @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 0263
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 06/03/2026No tern confusion today at Poole Park! @harbourbirds.bsky.social 0101
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/03/2026No sign of Forster's tern later pm off Baiter but several smaller terns with full black caps (such as pic) which I think is a common although the legs appear rather short. @harbourbirds.bsky.social 2122
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 01/03/2026At least a dozen cattle egrets at Longham Lakes this pm. In vegetation at s end of flooded fields to west of lakes. Also greater numbers of Little Egrets, hundreds of bh gulls and tens of Meds. B N Grebe and Goldeneye still on South lake. Single sand Martin over. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 191
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Killdeer showed well but distantly this morning, hence the poor phonescoped record shot. Bonus little gull also present. 180
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 09/01/20261 Purple sandpiper plus 4 Sanderling on the curved groyne near Haven Hotel plus another PS on the most northerly groyne on the Bournemouth side of the main Sandbanks carpark this afternoon. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 0112
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Finally got to visit the Grackle today. It wasn't particularly cooperative but at least it's survived the cold weather so far! 080
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Managed to sneak in a couple of birding trips into the Christmas in-laws visit to Norfolk. Black-winged kite performed but only distantly. Eastern black redstart much more cooperative along with a photogenic grey wagtail. 040
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 30/11/2025After dipping on Friday when most saw it, I happened to be at the right end of the compound for the Desert Wheatear this afternoon. Phonescoped record shot. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 0101
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Firecrest in my Parkstone garden for only the second time ever. Came with ltt flock. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 072
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 22/10/2025BN Grebe and female Goldeneye the best at a balmy Longham Lakes this morning. Both on west side of south lake. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 061
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Disappointing seawatch this morning 8:45-11:45 from the Obelisk at Portland. A single Balearic Shearwater, the only bird of note on the sea! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social 071
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Lytchett bay and fields this afternoon: several ospreys, 2 common sand, 2 green sand, 2 spotshanks, and numerous greenshank. 181
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social Please can you help with the mystery micro? I can't even work out which family! Also is the other a strange square spot rustic or something else? Thanks. 100
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Some kind of marsh tern hunting in river mouth from Rockley view. Probably black tern from hunting style but too far and against the light! @harbourbirds.bsky.social 171
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Went to see the Boyton Marshes young black stork whilst on a family holiday in the area. To say it's tame is an understatement! ( I didn't stalk, I sat on the bank and it decided it wanted to go past) 050
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social. This one from yesterday's trap has me puzzled. Please can you help? 100
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social . 2 mystery micros and a pug from recent traps in my Poole garden which I'm unsure about. Please can you help? 310
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social. Please could you help with these two? First looks like some kind of pyralidae but the marking seems wrong. Is the other a Roeslerstammia erxlebella even though can't see white antennae? 100
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Marsh harrier over the gull islands from Admiralty view at 11:15am. 110
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social Please can you have a look at this mystery micro? Spent ages trying to identify this one myself but can't find anything that matches. Thanks. 110
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social Is this a poplar grey or just a worn knot grass? Thanks. 100
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social . Please can you identify this micro hiding on the bulb frame of this morning's trap? Thought it was a diamond backed moth to start with, but the shape seems wrong. Thanks. 100
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 18/04/2025A lovely Brindled Beauty this morning is the 200th moth species seen in my urban Parkstone garden since I began trapping 4 years ago. Still using the home made bucket and funnel trap with an actinic bulb. 010
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Great how birding can provide excitement on so many levels. Whilst it's the time of year to look for arriving ospreys and unusual migrants, nothing I see this weekend is going to beat the song thrush which was just hopping round our lawn. First for over a decade! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 020
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/03/2025First moths of the year in the Parkstone garden. Okay so they're just about the commonest you could expect for the time of year but it's still an event! 010
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 22/02/20251, probably 2 Hawfinches at St Mary's Church, Lytchett this afternoon showing occasionally. Also red kite over. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 020
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Garden magic this morning in Parkstone with 5 species of finches. The usual Gold, Chaff, and Green, with 2 bullfinches de-budding our cherry plum tree and a nfy pair of siskins. 010
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Flat calm conditions at Jerry's Point this morning. 9 BN grebes in a flock plus 2 slavs, 2 gn divers, plus many RB mergansers and GC grebes. Also gn diver in Shell bay and a 20 strong flock of Sanderling. Bar t godwits from Shore rd. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 0113
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Lesser Scaup still present this morning on south-east side of south lake at Longham. Female Goldeneye the best amongst 6 other species of duck. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 040
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Bt diver still off Whitecliff/ Baiter park in Poole earlier this morning plus GC grebes and RB mergansers. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 091
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Firecrest in hollies below Constitution Hill viewpoint this morning. Also bullfinch in the garden for the first time in years. Anyone else had unusual visitors in the cold weather? @harbourbirds.bsky.social 291
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Arrived Ham Common Lookout to find a juv wt eagle riding the updraft 30 ft above it! Glided along the shore for about 5 mins before heading over to Arne. Snow bunting also still present at Hamworthy @harbourbirds.bsky.social 091
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 22/12/2024BT diver still off Whitecliff Poole this pm. Also 2 GC grebe, 10 turnstone, and on the grass at Baiter approx 250 Oystercatchers and 260 Brent geese. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 151
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Firecrest by the pond at North road field, poole this morning. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 071
