Worth the wait…that is a fabulous first!

Congratulations!

The Day of the Grackle.

Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
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Boaty McBoatface...

*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...

Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
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We've had 2 species of Grackles alighting near ports in the last 2 years. Discussions need to happen re: Brown Thrasher, Spotted Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, various Sparrows (Lark, Song & White-throated for starters), House Finch & Evening Grosbeak maybe & that's just for starters.
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Really enjoyed a couple of days down south w/the Edgellers, where L & I took in the fun'n'funky Boat-tailed Grackle. It's arrival prompted renewed debate regarding the British List & categorisation of what are undoubteldy wild birds (but w/low to minimal *actual* vagrancy potential).
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That’s a great year, Steve, some stunning moths and fabulous records….looking forward to 2026!

...and here's this one for all the Turnip fans out there...
A fairly standard looking one side-by-side with the pale grey loner.
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A few more from the last few days ~ I really liked our pallid Turnip (a very striking looking individual) + a smart Chestnut, a white-spotted Satellite (we get more orange spots) & our latest-ever Dark Arches.
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Fortunately we are visiting friends near the New Forest and did a slight detour to see the Grackle yesterday. A fabulous creature, albeit a bit weird to see it foraging about in someone’s front garden.

Boo !

Good luck, Mavis. Have fun 😊

Thank you, Stephen

Thanks, Rob.

After much searching, hopefully we have found what we were looking for?
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Let’s hope he is diverted elsewhere!

An LBAM, Turnip and November moth agg so far at CMO… no sign of Terry tho 😊

A couple more Cley sky views from this morning & some wind-blown Eiders...
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So many stunning skyscapes at Cley today as showers rolled in & around us as the north wind blew. Offshore, well, it wasn't stellar this morning ~ a nice movement of Eider, 15 Little Gulls, a Bonxie, a couple of RB Mergansers, a few C Scoters.
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I really didn't want to be distracted by phone grabs of the Pallas's as I wanted to savour the moment. It was such a special moment ~ a Pallas's Warbler on the patch. The patch we do, pretty much, every day. It's not a BB rarity any more, not a county rarity either but when you've hit the wall and running on empty...yup, special moments 😊 It was so close at one point that I did weaken and try and get something just with the phone (no way of following it). There's been frame fillers all weekend of them, so here's the polar opposite 😅

It's in here as well, honest. Arse on, white dot above the main sun burst...

Anterton Hill is the best set of trees in village. I'd already said to folks at Walsey that it was my last roll of the dice & there had to be one here because I had seen one 25 years ago...!
Ten yards up lane, a tit flock.
Oooo...
Ten yards later, SPRITE!
Scenes!!!
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Here's the antithesis of all those gorgeous shots of Pallas's Warblers from the weekend! Buzzing to find another on the patch, think that's four now, including two here on Anterton Hill, albeit 25 years apart...
The "first view" magic when finding a Pallas's never fades 💚💛
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Lovely moths and lovely pics, Debbie!

A fab trap, Mavis! New for garden’s are always rather special at this time of year 😊

Wow, Debbie, what a wonderful first year of mothing!!
Some fabulous moths, lovely pics and you’ve cracked some really great moths. Especially your Figure of 8’s!!!

I love this, Lizzie, such graceful elegance.

12/8 at CMO
Diamond-back x 1
Turnip x 1, RDP x 7
Silver Y x 1
Phyllonorycter messaniella.
A December Moth for
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June here too, 29th!

A good trap, Hannah, with 3 nfgs 😊

Ooooo lovely, Owen!

Another breezy but mild night at CMO HQ & a respectable 21/14 including migrant Rusty Dot Pearls & a Diamond-back. Moth of the night, by a considerable margin, was this gorgeous Mottled Umber ~ not sure we've ever had a smarter one👌
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