@manfrommarton.bsky.social
Lincolnshire (previously Hampshire) birder and all-round naturalist. Ecological surveyor. MCIEEM. Love exploring New Forest or Scottish Highlands. #SaintsFC
A great trip to Arnside Knott in Cumbria this morning. As well as Brown Hairstreak, Scotch Argus and Grayling, I also saw Purple Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Northern Brown Argus, Large White and Brimstone. #Savebutterflies
02.08.2025 13:17 — 👍 49 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
A hobby flying straight towards the camera low over a reedbed
What it looks like when a Hobby flies straight at you! 😲👀😍
#birds 🪶
Taken at Shapwick Heath in Somerset. 🐦
Yes, just needs a smaller Green or Night Heron at the end!
31.07.2025 16:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nice of these #birds to line up for me in size-order!
Little Egret, Grey Heron and Great Egret.
Hook/Warsash Local Nature Reserve, Hampshire, UK.
28 July 2025.
@daryllmarie.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
Least Carpet
White-lined Dart
Argyresthia semifusca
Yarrow Pug
Good #moth selection in Marton last night with 256 of 55spp incl. Least Carpet, White-lined Dart, Argyresthia semifusca + Yarrow Pug. Also,3 Diamondbacks, Rosy Rustic, Cloaked Minor, Ypsolopha dentella, 2 Dusky Thorn, 10 Blastobasis adustella @savebutterflies.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
26.07.2025 14:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finally confirmed that #dragonflies have bred in my small garden pond which was improved during Covid lockdown. Presumably Common Darters (Sympetrum striolatum)🐉
@britishdragonflies.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Egret
Spoonbills and Avocets
Red Knot
Damp morning around Gibraltar Point @lincswildlife.bsky.social
69 spp noted incl. Merlin, 29 Spoonbill, Knot, Siskin, 2 Great Egret, Stonechat, 5 Little + 350 Sandwich Terns, 6 Green+2 Common Sandpipers, Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 70Avocet #birds @lincsbirding.bsky.social
It's not just the weather Gods shining on us at the moment - the Orca Gods are too! An amazing morning for our @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social 'Walk Shetland' group as we watched the '65s' pod close inshore off Gulberwick and Easter Quarff 🖤🤍
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
Mauritius Bulbul
Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher
Echo Parakeet
Spotted Dove
A few #birds from recent holiday to Mauritius. Not too many species present but some rather good ones to see. @daryllmarie.bsky.social #Mauritius
19.07.2025 13:30 — 👍 46 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0Yes please 👍
19.07.2025 05:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Early @PatchBirding.bsky.social visit to Trent Port this AM.
46spp incl. Kingfisher,
3 Raven, both Green and GS Woodpeckers, both Red-legged and Grey Partridges, 4 Little Egret,2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch, Goldcrest @Lincsbirding.bsky.social @LincsWildlife.bsky.social
Wall Brown butterfly
Shaded Broad-bar moth
Lovely to catch up with some Wall Brown butterflies yesterday (Saltfleet, Lincs). Not an annual species for me these days unfortunately (same with Grayling). Plus plenty of Shaded Broad-bar and Silver Y moths @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@LincsWildlife.bsky.social
#butterfly #wildlife
Public asked to count butterflies
#Lincolnshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
Excellent! Bet you were a tad surprised. Glossy Ibis next?
13.07.2025 10:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Wormwood Pug
Burnished Brass
Brown-line Bright-eye
About 110 moths of 43spp in garden (Marton, Lincs) last night with 5 new for year: Shaded Broad-bar, Brown-line Bright-eye, Maple Pug, Common Rustic agg and Epilblema foenella. Also Crassa unitella and 3 Wormwood Pugs, Burnished-brass @savebutterflies.bsky.social
12.07.2025 10:41 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
