@swaledalebirds.bsky.social
Birds, moths, flowers and everything else to do with the natural world. Records on iNaturalist as ‘martinww’ Land manager living in a “world of wounds”. VC65 Partner in renaturing project heggscastlecluster.org Waldgenga. Nephophile. Absurdist.
The Dam Castors.
30.10.2025 12:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0If someone had said Man U would be above Liverpool at this stage, most would have thought it mad😂😂😂
27.10.2025 11:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I have an old one from the 80’s I think. Might have to get it out and compare 🤔🤔🤔
27.10.2025 11:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I was talking to a local expert and author (in his 70s?) on lead mining (primarily) and other local historic stuff a bit ago and he said “ the older I get, the more I want to know”
Exactly!
Thanks. The older I get, the more important these things are😂😂😂
25.10.2025 22:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Rainbow over Llyn Tegid (Lake Bala)
Sat in a wet Wales for the weekend due to wifey attending the British Canoe Symposium.
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
Does she not realise the reason adverts are “full of black people, full of Asian people…” it’s exactly because of revolting individuals like her?
25.10.2025 20:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I knew ObsIdentify would be able to help😂😂😂😂😂
25.10.2025 11:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You need to be like me. Live in a massively under recorded area and get loads of firsts 😂😂😂😂
Seriously tho 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We have no option but to massively restrict the use of poisons. Routine use has short term gains but it’s utterly unsustainable and damaging.
24.10.2025 18:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How do they spread? Is the dispersal mechanism similar to fish?
24.10.2025 18:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Tek it back and mek a fuss!
24.10.2025 09:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Cracking skyscape!
23.10.2025 12:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Good to hear. As someone teetering on that very rabbit hole it could be very helpful as a starting point😂😂😂😂😂
22.10.2025 13:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pic or you’re making it up😂😂😂
22.10.2025 10:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Don’t Irish farmers use baler twine? 😂😂
22.10.2025 09:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I like testing ID apps on known examples of difficult taxa.
Tried your pic and Obsidentify comes down heavily in favour of G oppressana…🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Amazing!
I should be blocking posts about leaf mines. I appear to be slipping down that particular rabbit hole😂😂😂😂
22.10.2025 08:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Umbrella
21.10.2025 21:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Turns out to be 54/21 with 14 Y-L Q’s.
Away sadly for a few days. Could be the last trap of the season but ending on a high with two newbies for me (and the 🔲).
Started similarly with Oak beauty (NFM & 🔲)
Mebs quit whilst I’m ahead? 😂😂😂
#teammoth
😂😂😂😂😂.
Definitely not. Haven’t used a wallet in decades!
😍
21.10.2025 08:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Can’t understand why I’m suddenly getting so many moths, 50+ last night for instance.
My last two traps in May (I was away a lot of the summer) produced only 20+ each night (decent weather too).
Btw I’m 200m up a hillside surrounded by pasture in the N Pennines.
#teammoth
(Not complaining) 😂
Typical Southern softies. My first was 10 days ago😂😂😂😂
#itsgrimupnorth
The Black rustic is only the second this century in SE09
21.10.2025 08:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Over 50 moths this morning including 13 Yellow-line Quakers (my record). A late Snout was a surprise as were two more new for the 🔲, Mottled Umber and Acleris rhombana.
#teammoth
Hope u got em the veggie ones? Nicer and with a similar meat content😂😂😂
20.10.2025 14:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In addition to an MV trap
20.10.2025 11:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A quieter night due to the heavy rain early on. 15/7
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
