Rob Gilbert

I always thought thats one of the places the great egret that roosts at trentham goes.

Hahaha should be shot 😂

Crappy shit of ybw this morning

Westport scaup

2 of 8 RN parakeets

new years birding westport lake ybw, scaup, 7 pochard. Ford green singing willow tit ,3 teal. Holden lane pool 8 RN parakeets total 43 birds before having to go work. First moth of the year the hibernating hummingbird hawkmoth is still present on the wall #staffsbirds #teammoth #staffsbirding

You to mate probably see you out somewhere in the new year.

No westport bird still there reported while I was watching this one.

Number 103 for the trentham year list.

Scaup with a nice comparison tufted behind

Trentham gardens
Female/juv scaup , Mandarin, 35 gadwall , wigeon , 70 tufted , 2 goosander, 2 water rail. Last visit of the year to Trentham finished on 103 +ruddy shelduck from 119 visits. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Lucky to get all 3 of the rosy-finches in Dec 2023 at sandia crest on 2nd attempt.

It really is one of the best places i've been too.

6 barely visible golden plover

Parkhall cp Christmas walk around.
6 golden plover first I've seen here since 2021 but i know others have seen them more recently. A few winter thrushes around in the cold wind. 🎄 #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #merrychristmas

Sadly not this time. Not sure who did.

Male blackcap

Perfectly obscured ybw

Abit less obscured ybw

Part of the 17 pochard on the lake

Winter solstice Yellow-browed warbler at westport lake also 2 chiffs , blackcap and 17 pochard. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

The wall

Hummingbird hawkmoth wasnt what i was expecting when I spotted a moth shape on the wall

Not a moth i was expecting to come across in December but just found a hummingbird hawkmoth possibly hibernating at work. #mothsmatter #teammoth #staffsmoths

The new update to the BirdTrack app introduces several features aimed at helping us collect accurate bird data and alert you to those slip of the finger data entry errors #ukbirding

Brambling

Brambling

2 brambling and a Chaffinch

Another finch fest at burnt wood (loggerheads) 12+ brambling, 60+ linnet , 60+ Chaffinch roosting together also siskins , redpolls(lesser) , bullfinches and greenfinches also in the woods. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding

1 of 4 brambling roosting amongst chaffinch

1 of 3 crossbill

Tree sparrow at bent lane

Decent sunday for the last day of november with 3 crossbill , 4 brambling , 100+ linnet , 30+ Chaffinch and 4 redpoll (lesser) roosting in the burntwood (loggerheads) also tree sparrow bent lane #staffsbirding #staffsbirds

Otter on water of leith

Otter water of leith

Weasel holyrood park

Weasel holyrood park

Some wildlife in the capital of Scotland Edinburgh proving nature and cities can co exist. #Edinburghwildlife #Edinburghnature #uknature

Kingfisher river Avon

Bath river avon

Bath abbey

Roman baths at bath the oldest part in this photo is the water the rest was victorian design.

Bath was the next stop heading out of the capital a place I had never been before not much wildlife other than a local kingfisher but some great architecture. #Bath

Firecrest highgate cemetery

Red crested pochard

One of many capital foxes found

Tower of london

While touring the uk this October some highlights starting in london. Always amazing to see how much wildlife there is in the capital. #londonwildlife #londonnature

Common puffballs

Orange birch bolete

Fly algaric

Fly algaric

Park hall cp
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi

My first cypress pug was 7th sep 2023 in the garden.

Wheatear frantically feeding this morning

1 of 4 stonechat

Fox roaming the fields

Small copper

Morning up Berryhill fields
Wheatear , 4 stonechat, 5 skylark, 25+ mpipit, redpoll (lesser) 4 chiff also fox and still quite a few small coppers.

Lordship lane
24 lapwing ,snipe

#staffsbirds #staffsbirding

Osprey with its Jackdaw entourage

Osprey powering south

Lunar underwing

Trentham gardens this afternoon produced a site tick with osprey heading south at 16:33 Also 22 gadwall, 20 Cormorant, 8 little egret, 2 ring-neck parakeets. Found a lunar underwing on the entrance hut. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #teammoth

Small ranunculus

Ypsolopha scabrella was new to me something I've probably bypassed many times in the past

Spectacle

1 of 4 old lady

Dusted off the moth trap 35 sp highlights small ranunculus,4 old lady ,17 vine's rustic,flounced rustic,box tree moth. #teammoth #mothsmatter

Small red-eyed damselflies still showing in number.

2nd brood great crested grebe already raised a single chick this year now they have 2 more to raise.

Trentham gardens
Frustrating views of a possible lesser emperor while watching the small red-eyed damselflies showing the blue saddle before losing sight over the water. Also common sandpiper, 7 little egret, mandarin present. #dragonflies #odonata #staffsbirds

Wow another incredible record for staffs

Small red-eyed damselfly

Eristalis arbustorum

Eristalis nemorum

Melangyna sp or M.umbellatarum

An evening at trentham gardens more insect bothering and discovered a colony of small red-eyed damselfly a north staffs tick for me. #odonata #diptera #ukwildlife

Lime-speck pug

Small ranunculus

Blushing rosette

Face fly on giant goldenrod

Some work moths and other various things from this mornings walk. #mothsmatter #ukwildlife #diptheria

Sericomyia silentis

Melanostoma scalare

Dancing sawfly larvae probably (euura pavida)

Meliscaeva cinctella

Some more fly bothering over the weekend. #hoverflies #diphtheria

Chrysotoxum festivum

Chrysotoxum bicinctum

phasia hemiptera

Sphaerophoria scripta

Weekend fly bothering again. #hoverflies #diphtheria

Nice one, one i saw many years ago a long way from staffs.