Brian Hill
@creechsm.bsky.social
Birder within Somerset. Rarely elsewhere.
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Dusky Warbler at South Landing this morning #yorkshirebirding
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Dusky Warbler at South Landing this morning #yorkshirebirding
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Pallas's Warbler just trapped in the Crown Estate Field
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Pallas's Warbler just trapped in the Crown Estate Field
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) pair in tandem egg laying on the local canal today.
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) pair in tandem egg laying on the local canal today.
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A crystal clear sky tonight meant our first proper chance at observing Comet Lemmon. Best viewed through binoculars though my phone did a fairly decent job at capturing proceedings. #astrophotography #photography #nightsky
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A crystal clear sky tonight meant our first proper chance at observing Comet Lemmon. Best viewed through binoculars though my phone did a fairly decent job at capturing proceedings. #astrophotography #photography #nightsky
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Here is another sample page from my forthcoming book THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out February 2026.
October 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Here is another sample page from my forthcoming book THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out February 2026.
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Sensitive Species in Winter #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #BeautyAndWonderOfNature #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifeMatters #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall #ILoveCornwall #Cornwall #Kernow #UK
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Good morning from Exmoor 💛
“A lovely last lunch at Horner Vale Tea Room as Mike and Janet retire after 42 yrs, and close for their final time Sunday.”
Photos by Adrian Campbell.
“A lovely last lunch at Horner Vale Tea Room as Mike and Janet retire after 42 yrs, and close for their final time Sunday.”
Photos by Adrian Campbell.
September 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Good morning from Exmoor 💛
“A lovely last lunch at Horner Vale Tea Room as Mike and Janet retire after 42 yrs, and close for their final time Sunday.”
Photos by Adrian Campbell.
“A lovely last lunch at Horner Vale Tea Room as Mike and Janet retire after 42 yrs, and close for their final time Sunday.”
Photos by Adrian Campbell.
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UK is well on course for losing Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher & Wood Warbler as breeding species in our lifetime. Wood Warbler already virtually gone from England. I think Willow Tit would be first extinction of a resident bird since Capercaillie in 1700s or White-tailed Eagle in 1918. #ornithology
3. The Woodland indicator has shown worrying recent short-term declines, but shows signs of stabilising. Favourable climatic conditions may explain this, favouring species like Blackcap. Nightingale too is shows a recent increase. But Willow Tit and migrants like Spotted Flycatcher are in decline.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
UK is well on course for losing Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher & Wood Warbler as breeding species in our lifetime. Wood Warbler already virtually gone from England. I think Willow Tit would be first extinction of a resident bird since Capercaillie in 1700s or White-tailed Eagle in 1918. #ornithology
Large&leggy Wheatear Cheddar Res yesterday. Suggestive of Greenland but certainty impossible.
Good cluster of waders. among which Temmincks/Little Stint & Wood Sandpiper #somersetbirding
Good cluster of waders. among which Temmincks/Little Stint & Wood Sandpiper #somersetbirding
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Large&leggy Wheatear Cheddar Res yesterday. Suggestive of Greenland but certainty impossible.
Good cluster of waders. among which Temmincks/Little Stint & Wood Sandpiper #somersetbirding
Good cluster of waders. among which Temmincks/Little Stint & Wood Sandpiper #somersetbirding
6 Whinchats West Moor Creech St Michael this morning. Pre-dawn drizzle likely helped. #somersetbirding
September 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
6 Whinchats West Moor Creech St Michael this morning. Pre-dawn drizzle likely helped. #somersetbirding
3+ Whinchat Grasshopper Warbler 9 Cattle Egrets and Clouded Yellow West Moor Creech St Michael this mng #somersetbirding
August 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
3+ Whinchat Grasshopper Warbler 9 Cattle Egrets and Clouded Yellow West Moor Creech St Michael this mng #somersetbirding
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Britain has gained a new butterfly!
The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.
The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.
From Landguard, Obsidentify says Southern Small White although this species is not on the British List yet so is the AI correct ! It has spread into the Low Countries from Southern Europe in recent years so is expected to arrive sometime.
August 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Britain has gained a new butterfly!
The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.
The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.
Female Brown Hairstreak found by a friend yesterday in his Monkton Heathfield garden.
First for year in Somerset I think.
First for year in Somerset I think.
July 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Female Brown Hairstreak found by a friend yesterday in his Monkton Heathfield garden.
First for year in Somerset I think.
First for year in Somerset I think.
Spotted Flycatcher catching moths well into twilight. Several bats. 2 Glowworms & Noctilucent Cloud. Must stay up late more often.
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Spotted Flycatcher catching moths well into twilight. Several bats. 2 Glowworms & Noctilucent Cloud. Must stay up late more often.
Brown Hawker Shapwick Heath. I rarely see them resting.
July 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Brown Hawker Shapwick Heath. I rarely see them resting.
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Fortunate to witness an astonishing spectacle at the beach tonight: tens of thousands of (mainly Small) white butterflies pouring in over the sea, as far as you could see. Pulses of butterflies swept in-off everywhere, an extraordinary sight.
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June 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fortunate to witness an astonishing spectacle at the beach tonight: tens of thousands of (mainly Small) white butterflies pouring in over the sea, as far as you could see. Pulses of butterflies swept in-off everywhere, an extraordinary sight.
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Smart male Purple Hairstreak in Creech just now @rogermusgrove.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Smart male Purple Hairstreak in Creech just now @rogermusgrove.bsky.social
4 very active Norfolk Hawkers RSPB Greylake today. Reluctant to settle so this photo from a 2017 trip to Norfolk with @rogermusgrove.bsky.social Never expected to see them in Somerset.
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
4 very active Norfolk Hawkers RSPB Greylake today. Reluctant to settle so this photo from a 2017 trip to Norfolk with @rogermusgrove.bsky.social Never expected to see them in Somerset.
Bright Aurora visible Creech St Michael
June 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Bright Aurora visible Creech St Michael
Cattle Egret. Unremarkable now in Somerset but only my second within walking distance of the house.
June 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Cattle Egret. Unremarkable now in Somerset but only my second within walking distance of the house.
Green Hairstreak Exmoor today. Seem to be a few around this year.
May 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Green Hairstreak Exmoor today. Seem to be a few around this year.
Around 5 fresh Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries zooming around Hurscombe Reserve Exmoor this afternoon.
May 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Around 5 fresh Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries zooming around Hurscombe Reserve Exmoor this afternoon.
Single Heath Fritillary Haddon Hill this afternoon @rogermusgrove.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Single Heath Fritillary Haddon Hill this afternoon @rogermusgrove.bsky.social
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A rather special songster kept me company on last night's crake survey at #RSPBLakenheathFen #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding 🪶
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A rather special songster kept me company on last night's crake survey at #RSPBLakenheathFen #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding 🪶
Small Eggar larvae baling out. Creech St Michael yesterday.
May 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Small Eggar larvae baling out. Creech St Michael yesterday.