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 · 05/10/2026Any chance of holding on to one whilst I walk up from the car park? 000
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Thanks for the replies. Time to go back over previous years' photos and see if I've actually had one before and not noticed! 000
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 · 28/08/2026That's a much better view than last night! 110
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 · 17/08/2026Definitely tickable, I reckon. After all, if you stay on Fair Isle or somewhere like that, the main way you see rarities is in someone else's hand unless you're a ringer yourself. 030
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Thanks Nick, that does look like a good shout. 010
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 · 19/06/2026I walked the full circuit of the airfield, but I wasn't really early. I'll try the evening sometime, thanks. 110
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Is evening best? I tried this morning and saw plenty of corn buntings, red kite, kestrels, but not a peep out of any quail! 100
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 · 24/05/2026Thanks! Caddis flies always catch me out! 000
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Thanks. It's not the first time a cadis fly has caught me out! 000
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 · 21/05/2026Wouldn't worry about that. The Parkstone bucket trap had its best night so far this year: 18 of 12! 010
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 · 05/03/2026Yes, it was perched at such an odd angle and at such range that it had everyone fooled. The 2 birders who were on it before me thought they were looking at the Forsters until I showed them someone else's photo from earlier in the day. 010
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/03/2026You could be right. I never saw this one fly so I might have misjudged its size. But earlier I saw definite sandwich terns and then others which looked smaller and didn't seem to fly in the heavy way that Sandwich terns do. However you now have me wondering whether that was just range. 000
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Unfortunately not. This was phonescoped at 45x zoom on my scope and then enlarged. I did wonder about Roseate but it was too far away. There were several common sized terns fishing far out between about 3-4 pm so I assumed the Brownsea ones had returned. 200
parkstonebirder.bsky.social @parkstonebirder.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Unfortunately not. This was phonescoped at 45x zoom on my scope and then enlarged. I did wonder about Roseate but it was too far away. There were several common sized terns fishing far out between about 3-4 pm so I assumed the Brownsea ones had returned. 000
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 · 01/01/2026There's a good description of the differences in the Collins bird guide. If you don't have one I'd recommend it as virtually essential for any birder. As well as a book, you can also get it as an app for your phone. 110
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 · 26/08/2025Thanks very much. I thought about Turnip but couldn't see any online photos that didn't have the upper darts. All a learning process! 010
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 · 24/08/2025Now lost from view due to Osprey flushing everything! 021
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 · 31/07/2025Thanks very much. One of those that's very different from the 'standard' photo. 000
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 · 15/07/2025Thanks. Best I can estimate from the photo (knowing the size of my trap) is 6 or 7 mm long which doesn't seem very conclusive! It does look most like some of the sturnipennella photos lve now found online though. 110
