Alan Roe

Peregrine on the north elevation of York Minster central tower at 17:00 today @yorkbirding.bsky.social

21.05.2025 20:57 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Well done on the mountain hare, they are always good to see. Green hairstreak are dull brown above but always settle with the wings closed showing the bright green underside. A characteristic butterfly of high moorland, where the larval food plant is bilberry. On the wing May & early June.

09.05.2025 18:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lots of green hairstreak butterflies on the wing yesterday while combining two of the routes from Mountain Walks Kinder by @abouttheadventure.com

08.05.2025 17:09 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

A more typical view!

16.04.2025 11:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is great weather. RO was between Ollerbrook clough & the Nab - flew back towards Ollerbrook. Pair of stonechat also.

04.04.2025 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Panoramic view south from Upper Tor

Combined routes 3 & 8 from Mountain Walks Kinder by @abouttheadventure.com on Wednesday. Great views and a nice male ring ouzel.

04.04.2025 11:53 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Blackcap on our garden feeders today, the first of the winter. @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

15.01.2025 15:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sonogram of a common pipistrelle on the wing at 03:57 this morning in south Derbyshire. Air temperature -6°C! #roostswitching @batconservation.bsky.social

09.01.2025 13:13 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Mistle thrush enjoying the fallen rowan berries on our South Derbyshire lawn this morning. @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

08.01.2025 12:14 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Happy New Year Phil. It’s a WA MiniBat. We have 3 of your pippygs but as it’s a long term study - this is the 6th winter of monitoring - I wanted to keep the equipment consistent. I’m sure yours would work just as well, at a tiny fraction of the cost!

04.01.2025 10:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

First bats of 2025 on the S. Derbyshire static detector on 1st January - a Natterer's bat at 19:16 (4°C) and a social calling common pipistrelle at 20:16 (3.25°C). @batconservation.bsky.social

03.01.2025 23:31 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1