Clive Ireland

After the latest IOC revisions to the #worldbirdlist (IOC version 15.1) I have lost 10 ticks. But since most are relumps of recently split 'species' and are in line with #BirdLifeInternational, I'm not an unhappy bunny and hope instead it heralds the coming soon of a sensible 'unified' list. 🤞

17.03.2025 22:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Highlight of recent moth trapping in my Sheringham garden was my 1st Small Brindled Beauty. Also nfy were Grey Shoulder-knot, Satellites of both forms and a very unexpected gorse feeder Agonopterix umbellana. #UKmoths #mothsmatter #teammoth

11.03.2025 10:55 — 👍 27    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Despite missing the Grey-hd Lapwing, had a superb weekend's birding in Northumberland. Thanks to many local birders for their help and friendliness. A major highlight was seeing my 1st Willow Tit for over 10 years - a bird that has sadly almost completely disappeared from the south-east. #UKbirding

13.01.2025 11:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Arguably the three top iconic endemic birds of #NorthPeru photographed on a recent trip, Long-whiskered Owlet, Marvelous Spatletail and Scarlet-banded Barbet. Sadly all highly vulnerable due to the normal pressures of habitat loss and climate change (and bird-watchers?).

27.12.2024 23:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An excellent bird tour to #NorthPeru culminated with this amazing site on the very last morning - an adult male Spectacled (Andean) Bear at Chaparri Reserva Ecologica. Despite a host of spectcular endemic birds, this stole the show.

27.12.2024 23:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Always wanted to photograph Cock-of-the-Rock. At last. This is the Eastern subsp of Andean CotR seen on current North Peru trip.

14.12.2024 17:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just love the pic of the Black Scoter - perhaps you should enter it for Bird Photograph of the Year?

20.11.2024 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

15.11.2024 20:15 — 👍 16031    🔁 4322    💬 250    📌 447

If ever you come this way you'd be more than welcome to stay.
Cheers mate.

19.11.2024 08:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Dave. Yes we moved to Sheringham in May in order to 1) downsize, 2) get away from Sizewell 3) be nearer Fiona's family 4) see more birds; though not necessarily in that order of priority. Only got a small garden but it's secluded and woodland behind, so the mothing should be good. Keep well C & F

18.11.2024 16:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Hi there. I've just arrived on Bluesky. I'm a wildlife enthusiast based in Sheringham, Norfolk. I'll be messaging mainly about the birds and the bees but occasionally other stuff too. Here's an image I recently got on Beeston Common close to my home.

17.11.2024 12:42 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0