@joehobden.bsky.social
Naturalist & Conservationist π Assistant Warden RSPB Pulborough Brooks & Environmental Consultant
Black Hairstreak from Epsom Common Surrey recently
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Red-belted Clearwing from the garden in Surrey yesterday
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Commophila aeneana (Orange Beauty) from Noar Hill, Hampshire a few weeks ago. One for those who say micro moths are dull.
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Summer plumaged Grey Phalarope found by Phil yesterday morning. I got to see it in late evening light last night around 9pm! So glad I did! Look at those feet! #shetland #springbirding #greyphalarope
05.06.2025 08:02 β π 193 π 14 π¬ 2 π 1Take off of the Striped Hawk-moth today. Those underwings are amazing.
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A pretty special Striped Hawk-moth from the Pulborough trap on Saturday night
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Sword-leaved Helleborine from a recent trip to Hampshire. Like beacons in the Beech woodlands
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Part of a huge flock of 108 Ruff which turned up at Pulborough 29th April. Also 6 Wood Sandpiper & Greenshank mixed in.
Never seen a flock of Ruff quite like this in Britain before. Especially not on an inland site.
Anania funebris (White-spotted Sable) from the Bonsai Bank at Denge Wood. These are brilliant!
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Lady Orchid
Lady Orchid
Early Purple Orchid
Fly Orchid
A selection of Orchids from a trip to Denge Wood on Friday
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Pearl-bordered Fritillaries from Rewell Wood West Sussex on Thursday.
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Emperor moth season is upon us again
12.04.2025 18:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Adders dancing at Pulborough Brooks last weekend in the spring sunshine βοΈ
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Image of a Goshawk with the remains of its prey in its talons. Wording alongside reads: New BTO Goshawk Study. www.bto.org/goshawk-movements. BTO logo sits top right of image. Goshawk image by Edmund Fellowes/BTO.
1/π§΅New Goshawk research! GPS tracking of young Goshawks in lowland England has revealed fascinating movements and habitat use, how they change over the birdsβ early life and differences between the sexes. Discover more β¬οΈ or visit our website β‘οΈ http://www.bto.org/g... #Ornithology π π
04.04.2025 08:00 β π 81 π 24 π¬ 1 π 0Several Clarke's Mining Bees Andrena clarkella on the wing today at Bovey Heath, Devon - video from last year at Newton Abbot with their cuckoo bee the Early Nomad Nomada leucopthalma
18.03.2025 21:05 β π 105 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0Great advice from RBBP and Ken Smith on looking for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. It's very easy to add breeding evidence and comments on your BirdTrack records. This really adds value to the record.
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A collection of bee orchids Iβve encountered. Bee orchids mimic the look and smell of female insects to trick male insects into trying to mate with them: thrusting against the flowers, the male insects pick up and deliver pollen without reward (a process known as pseudocopulation).
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Yellow Horned living up to itβs name in the first trap of the year at Pulborough this morning.
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