@dartmoorac.bsky.social
Self-employed ecologist and a rural social scientist worrying about Dartmoor: wildlife, hill-farmers, archaeology, peat & wilding. Also Associate Research Fellow Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter And Scilly!
Goldcrest
19.10.2025 18:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Male (black) and female (brown) Blackcaps feeding on apples
18.10.2025 12:27 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A cracking male Black Redstart - Porth Killier, St Agnes #islesofscilly
18.10.2025 11:22 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Male Redstart feeding, a couple of Greenshank and a Sanderling - St Agnes #islesofscilly
18.10.2025 08:03 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
1st winter Common Gull and Curlew- Periglis yesterday #islesofscilly
17.10.2025 09:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Some more St Agnes birds: Common Tern, Starling, Stonechat and Wheatear #islesofscilly
15.10.2025 23:35 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Some more birds from Bryher yesterday: Wryneck, Shag, Ring Ouzel and Mediterranean Gull #islesofscilly
15.10.2025 09:46 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Went to Bryher today - big influx of thrushes: Fieldfare, Redwing, Ring Ouzel and Song Thrush - birds from the far north #islesofscilly
14.10.2025 18:58 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
White Wagtail, Linnet, manky Blackbird with ring and Chiffchaff St Agnes #islesofscilly
13.10.2025 18:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Humming-bird Hawk-moth St Agnes #islesofscilly
13.10.2025 09:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A plump and content / lazy Mourning Dove this evening #StAgnes #islesofscilly
12.10.2025 17:39 β π 27 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Little Egret, Curlew and Stonechat from St Agnes today
12.10.2025 14:58 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Earlier I incorrectly posted this bird as a Black Redstart as it was flitting around on a beach frequented by that species - it is in fact a female Common Redstart! Thanks to those who put me right ....
11.10.2025 16:03 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Some birds feeding on the flies in the seaweed, Porth Killier, St Agnes: Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit and Rock Pipit
11.10.2025 08:27 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Mourning Dove yesterday evening before it went off to roost #islesofscilly
10.10.2025 07:55 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There are two other American vagrants on St Agnes in additional to the Mourning Dove: Spotted Sandpiper and Buff-bellied American Pipit #islesofscilly
10.10.2025 07:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hoopoe on Periglis beach St Agnes #islesofscilly
10.10.2025 07:29 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Turtle Dove - Lower Town Farm, St Agnes #islesofscilly
09.10.2025 13:49 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Mourning Dove - Lower Town Farm, St Agnes #islesofscilly
09.10.2025 10:14 β π 53 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Female Stonechat on St Mary's today #islesofscilly
07.10.2025 18:57 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tresco Abbey Gardens today
06.10.2025 18:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Always love a trip to the Tresco Abbey Gardens for the squirrels! They appear to be spreading beyond the gardens now - one seen today at Borough Farm! #islesofscilly
06.10.2025 18:26 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Incredibly close views of the Wilson's Phalarope today at Porth Hillock #islesofscilly
05.10.2025 14:20 β π 19 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Ruff and a Water Rail - St Mary's today #islesofscilly
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Rain stopped play
03.10.2025 12:53 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A day on St Martins #islesofscilly A nice Knot, some Sanderling, a Raven and a Crimson Speckled
02.10.2025 19:24 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla geisovii), Common Darter dragonfly, Western Seed Conifer Bug (US species naturalist in UK 2007) and a migrant Painted Lady butterfly St Mary's #islesofscilly
01.10.2025 19:13 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Revisited the Wilson's Phalarope and also saw a Rose-coloured Starling and a lovely Greenshank and a Brown Rat (who saw me too!) St Mary's #islesofscilly
01.10.2025 19:02 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
9 Cattle Egret flying into St Mary's today at noon
01.10.2025 12:12 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
