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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 2h

A garden full of newly arrived blackbirds also had
2 Mervs (getting common now😂), Dark arches, Feathered thorn, 3 SSDart, 7 Y-L Quakers, 6 autumnal, R-g carpet, Angle shades, Large wainscot (2nd for 🔲) and a Grey-shoulder knot (NF🔲).
The latter both being new for me!
#teammoth

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 1d

#teammoth #mothsmatter

MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 1d

13 Y-L Quakers in a busy trap last night. 4 Autumnal, 2 feathered thorn, a dark sword-grass, a red sword-grass, and a couple of SSDarts.

In addition to above (some of which are pictured below), a Lunar Underwing (NF🔲 if correct),a chestnut, a Spruce carpet, Blair’s shoulder-knot (NF🔲 if correct).

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nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn activities at Nosterfield Nature Reserve and Nosterfield Quarry!
Find out more at:
www.luct.org.uk/events-1

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nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for our next wellbeing walk at Nosterfield Quarry, this Wednesday 15th October!

Meeting at 10am at the Quarry Car Park, we have a gentle walk around Kiln and Flasks Lake. To find out more, visit:
www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Wellbeing Walks — The Lower Ure Conservation Trust

Join us every month for a 2.5 mile walk, starting at the Quarry visitor centre.

www.luct.org.uk

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 1d

13 Y-L Quakers in a busy trap last night. 4 Autumnal, 2 feathered thorn, a dark sword-grass, a red sword-grass, and a couple of SSDarts.

In addition to above (some of which are pictured below), a Lunar Underwing (NF🔲 if correct),a chestnut, a Spruce carpet, Blair’s shoulder-knot (NF🔲 if correct).

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 1d

Bet you say that to all the boys😂😂😂😂😂

Cheers. New for me and my 10k square?”!

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 1d

Silly Martin forgot the # 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂😂😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 2d

Only 2 in the trap on Saturday but night before was better.

Another Merv and Chestnut, Y-LQ?, The Brick? (If so NF🔲) and a December moth.

I caught 11 December moths on 6/11/24 so still plenty of reason to get the traps out!

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 2d

Very interesting LNR nr Carperby. Lots of Spring sandwort still in flower with some thrift and Rock-rose also still out. Ground was carpeted in places with Thyme.
Must come back in summer!

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 2d

Wife took us to Cotter Force nr Hawes for her “Dip a Day” challenge yesterday. www.sas.org.uk/take-action/...

Lovely sliver of temperate rainforest (?). Water temp 6°🥶
First coal tit of the year seen as well🤯😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks. 🙏

MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone seen fieldfare or redwing yet?

MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 4d

Cracking site. Ta 🙏

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone know if Environmental Impact Assessments can be seen through FOI requests?

I’m wanting one the EA supposedly did.

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 4d

Good point 👍

MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Had a play with ⬇️ from Twitter.

ObsIdentify said casp on all 4. Apple/Siri had Herring gull for all 4 whilst Seek just said ‘large white headed gull spp.

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Thankfully some mothy residents last night.
A Dark-sword grass, 3 Yellow-line quakers, RG carpet and an unknown (see pic)🤷‍♀️.

But I’ve just realised (after checking Yorkshire Moths database) that there hasn’t been a DS Grass record this century in my 🔲🤯. Today’s was the fifth this year!

5 Dark-sword grass moths and a Yellow-line quaker

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Walking along the other day with Seek open, I noticed it flashed up “ptarmigan”.
I couldn’t get it to replicate the ID sadly but I was near a plant with fluffy white seed heads so I can only presume…😂😂😂😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Standing next to experienced sea-watchers, it’s like they’ve got em already😂😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Wonder if the change to Northerly/Easterlies next week will improve things?

a woman with curly hair is crossing her fingers and making a face

ALT: a woman with curly hair is crossing her fingers and making a face

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Is that “Happys-burg” or “Haysber”? 😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

I am 200m high up an exposed hillside in the North Pennines. Numbers is never my game😂😂😂

I also left 3 led floodlights on all night🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 6d

😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 6d

Or use a dawn/dusk sensor?

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 6d

I left our outside lights on which probably didn’t help🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂😂😂

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