Reposted by James LowtherSzabolcs Kókay @artkokay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I'm honoured and proud contributing with my illustrations to a recent article on the evolution of Darwin finches in Nature journal: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @matteoseba.bsky.social 04213
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I saw rather a lot of stonechats (6+) in the Wey valley between radipole and nottington today also 110
Reposted by James LowtherSzabolcs Kókay @artkokay.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I've spent the weekend with my relatives in Somogy (SW Hungary). They have a small, lovely forest pond at the end of their land, with many European Pond Terrapins. I've always loved sketching these fantastic models, so took the opportunity. Here is the result of these few days. 0102
Reposted by James LowtherSzabolcs Kókay @artkokay.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Two very contrasty subject from this morning: Marsh Warbler and Bee-eater from the outskirts of my district. I love both challenge: capturing the olive-brown tone of the warbler, and the bright colours of the Bee-eaters. 0131
Reposted by James LowtherAngus Croudace @anguscroudace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Unbelievably stoked when these two beauties passed right overhead! @caithnessbirds.bsky.social A couple of futile trips to the coast here this week turned up little, so to have two inland long-tailed skua migrate N over me at Broubster was literally a fantasy come true! 👌 #birdingscotland 417613
Reposted by James LowtherDave Gandy (Bangkok) @davegandybkk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Local patch birding this morning: three migrant Pittas in one hour - Fairy, Western Hooded & Blue-winged. 2355
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 24/03/2026These measures don’t affect conservation work, only visitor facilities like platforms etc. paths will be kept open 120
Reposted by James LowtherSzabolcs Kókay @artkokay.bsky.social · 09/03/2026My Merlin hunting Western Sandpipers watercolour is available as giclée print. Size: 30 x 40 cm, limited to 95 copies. Price: 170 EUR, half of it goes to our Artists for Nature/Native Conservancy project, publishing our book on the Copper River Delta. PM for details! 082
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Hi Nick, I saw what was almost certainly the same bird briefly on Saturday evening. Light was poor and I wasn’t sure it was a red-rumped. Assumed it was just passing through so wasn’t expecting to see it today. It could have been hanging around all day as I didn’t head out until the afternoon 100
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 01/03/2026@birdguides.bsky.social why’s there a correction on the red-rumped swallow report from Weymouth? Has been seen by multiple observers including @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social and there are photos 410
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 01/02/2026This shows differences in bill/head shape and colour of both head and particularly the back too 010
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Proposed 3 way split of Euro/Tenerife/Gran Canaria Robin was on the IOC proposals list for many years but never resolved, there’s a chance it might be picked up by Avilist in the next few years I guess. They are certainly very different looking! 100
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I would recommend getting more opinions, to my eye the tail length (long) and shape (narrow, square ended) looks better for sparrowhawk. 120
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I think the first bird is a sparrowhawk, narrow hips, long square ended tail and (in particular) dainty beak 120
Reposted by James LowtherWild Beijing @wild-beijing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver 616130
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I’m not sure about range, palmate are common at e.g. powerstock 010
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 17/01/2026It’s a juvenile I think, very hard to ID. Something about the pale stripe along the back and whether it starts in front of the shoulders…. 110
Reposted by James LowtherJess Morrissette @decafjedi.com · 01/01/2026Grok's new "feature" that allows users to undress women in photos posted to X is a new low for the platform. If you're somehow still active over there, I urge you to let this be your final straw. 23859323
Reposted by James LowtherHarry Hussey @harryhussey.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Went to see this interesting gull found in Cork city yesterday by Alex Lynch. It seems most likely to be an adult Black-headed x Bonaparte's Gull, a very rare pairing and not conclusively proven anywhere as yet, as far as I can see, but with two strong candidates from Spain and France. 4628
Reposted by James LowtherTom Bedford @tombedford.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Is this the world’s first Siberian Thrush Christmas cake?! My cake celebrates this bird, seen with @sheldonbirds.bsky.social on our way back from Fair Isle in October. Made from clay & painted (badly) in acrylics. Happy Christmas all! #SiberianThrush #ChristmasCake #UKbirding #UKwildlife 2272
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Maybe it’s the angle but that bill looks quite hefty? 110
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The name is similar in Icelandic I think it means Thor’s hen. Red-necked phalarope is Odin’s hen! 110
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Juvenile green woodpecker in the trees at the edge of the north end of RSPB radipole reserve. It or another very noisy bird has been hanging around here for the last couple of weeks 050
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 20/07/2025With the UK’s combined sewage system (foul sewage and rainwater runoff in the same pipe) complete elimination of pollution is essentially impossible. Infrastructure improvements can reduce it but the system’s designed to bypass sewage treatment and discharge directly under heavy rainfall conditions 010
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I need my armour replacing too, do you know if they replace with the new more robust armour? 100
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 05/07/2025There are extra complications with hyphens and capitalisation though, e.g. in Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle 110
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The landslip at Seaton in east Devon has huge number of marsh helleborines, I guess similar habitat. Also a few marsh fragrant orchids there 100
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 13/06/2025That’s two big “ifs”. No indication Avilist will follow US preferences (at the moment it’s taking IOC English names as default). And no indication that BOU will abandon local vernacular names. At present BOU uses IOC taxonomy but provides IOC English names as alternatives to vernacular names only. 000
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Saw some there last year when the scarlet darters were there 110
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 13/06/2025BOU list has always included British English names. This also includes a different type of case where the local name makes no sense globally e.g. wren, blackbird, robin, eider etc see here bou.org.uk/wp-content/u... no reason to think that will changebou.org.uk 010
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Avilist hasn’t addressed English names properly yet so I wouldn’t worry too much about what they are currently 001
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Well…hate to say it but Manx and/or Balearic were still showing pretty regularly up until 1300 when I left. Mostly pretty distant, beyond the race 110
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Sooty shearwater off Portland Bill 1140-1220 at least, mostly sat on the sea at long range, almost impossible to pick up if you don’t know it’s there. But originally picked up flying around at medium range. Lots of Manx and Balearic milling around too, some showing quite well 1131
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Agree with Geoff, spotted leaves are pro spotted orchid ancestry 120
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Stock dove showing nicely on neighbours roof (phone-binned photo) 061
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Spotted flycatcher north end of radipole RSPB Weymouth 071
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Followed almost immediately by a mating pair of hairy dragonflies (too distant to photograph). Also beautiful and banded demoiselles, blue-tailed and azure damsels, no wonder the hobbies are out in force at radipole at the moment! 020
James Lowther @remblax.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This dragonfly in my garden in Weymouth is scarce chaser correct? 290
