Steve Lister
@lufbrabirder.bsky.social
Birds, moths and general wildlife. Mainly local these days, Lufbra 10k including Swithland Reservoir, but still interested in my old haunts like Yorkshire, south Devon and west Cornwall. Leics/Rutland now, list 275 post Avilist, with 238 self-found.
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A crowdfunding appeal has been launched to secure the future of the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project – one of the UK's most successful seabird conservation programmes:
Appeal launched to save East Yorkshire Little Tern project
A crowdfunder has been launched to help secure the award-winning Beacon Ponds [[Little Tern]] Project ahead of the 2026 breeding season.
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM
A crowdfunding appeal has been launched to secure the future of the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project – one of the UK's most successful seabird conservation programmes:
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If you can support the appeal, or help by sharing it more widely, we would be incredibly grateful.
You can donate here:
👉 gofund.me/31d302f20
Please help us give Little Terns at Beacon Ponds the protection they need in 2026.
You can donate here:
👉 gofund.me/31d302f20
Please help us give Little Terns at Beacon Ponds the protection they need in 2026.
Donate to Save the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project, organized by Spurn Bird Obs
Without urgent support, the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project may not be able … Spurn Bird Obs needs your support for Save the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project
gofund.me
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
If you can support the appeal, or help by sharing it more widely, we would be incredibly grateful.
You can donate here:
👉 gofund.me/31d302f20
Please help us give Little Terns at Beacon Ponds the protection they need in 2026.
You can donate here:
👉 gofund.me/31d302f20
Please help us give Little Terns at Beacon Ponds the protection they need in 2026.
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We are now half way through the first month of #PWC2026! Are you going to be out on your patch this weekend? Remember to keep us updated with pictures and sightings with the hashtags, good luck!
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
We are now half way through the first month of #PWC2026! Are you going to be out on your patch this weekend? Remember to keep us updated with pictures and sightings with the hashtags, good luck!
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I gave up over a month ago but my mate Tony is keeping going and had a very suprising Dark Arches yesterday. #TeamMoths
December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I gave up over a month ago but my mate Tony is keeping going and had a very suprising Dark Arches yesterday. #TeamMoths
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We have now updated the blog with the November update for #PWC2025! Check it out to see where participants are in their mini-leagues at a crucial time of the year and read about an exciting month in the Islands mini-league!
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We have now updated the blog with the November update for #PWC2025! Check it out to see where participants are in their mini-leagues at a crucial time of the year and read about an exciting month in the Islands mini-league!
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
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Anyone else unable to access Birdguides on their android this morning?
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Anyone else unable to access Birdguides on their android this morning?
Odd cloud effect over Lufbra at present. Is there a name for it?
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Odd cloud effect over Lufbra at present. Is there a name for it?
@djrlincsbirder.bsky.social Hi Dave. Is it OK if I include this in my VC55 Ring-reading bulletin?
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
@djrlincsbirder.bsky.social Hi Dave. Is it OK if I include this in my VC55 Ring-reading bulletin?
Quality over quantity, just 7 of 6 in my garden trap today but Grey Shoulder-knot is a lifer and both Blair's Shoulder-knot and Red-green Carpet NFY. Plus two Black Rustics and another 2nd gen Uncertain - is anyone else getting them?
October 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Quality over quantity, just 7 of 6 in my garden trap today but Grey Shoulder-knot is a lifer and both Blair's Shoulder-knot and Red-green Carpet NFY. Plus two Black Rustics and another 2nd gen Uncertain - is anyone else getting them?
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For any bird recorders who want to easily convert eBird data into a more recorder friendly format
Hi Jared, Mark - here's a link to the app: dbradnum-ebirdcountyrecordcleaner.share.connect.posit.cloud
It's also built in R, a Shiny app, and can share a link to the underlying code if helpful. See the instructions tab for details, and feel free to drop me a DM if any questions or issues.
It's also built in R, a Shiny app, and can share a link to the underlying code if helpful. See the instructions tab for details, and feel free to drop me a DM if any questions or issues.
eBird County Data Cleaner
dbradnum-ebirdcountyrecordcleaner.share.connect.posit.cloud
October 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
For any bird recorders who want to easily convert eBird data into a more recorder friendly format
Just 10 moths of nine sp in my garden trap today but Cypress Pug is a lifer and Feathered Thorn is NFY. Also what looks like a 2nd brood Uncertain or Rustic.
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just 10 moths of nine sp in my garden trap today but Cypress Pug is a lifer and Feathered Thorn is NFY. Also what looks like a 2nd brood Uncertain or Rustic.
Only five moths for me this morning but three of them a bit late now - Swallow-tailed, Square-spot Rustic and Tachystola acroxantha #teammoths #VC55Moths
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Only five moths for me this morning but three of them a bit late now - Swallow-tailed, Square-spot Rustic and Tachystola acroxantha #teammoths #VC55Moths
Only 13 moths this morning but two NFY - Beaded Chestnut and Red-line Quaker. Also a second brood Swallow-tailed.
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Only 13 moths this morning but two NFY - Beaded Chestnut and Red-line Quaker. Also a second brood Swallow-tailed.
Just 19 of 10 for my Lufbra garden (VC55) this morning but a lifer Sallow, thee NFY in Barred Sallow, Frosted Orange and Brindled Green, and my second Rusty-dot Pearl of the year so not bad. #teammoth #VC55Moths
September 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Just 19 of 10 for my Lufbra garden (VC55) this morning but a lifer Sallow, thee NFY in Barred Sallow, Frosted Orange and Brindled Green, and my second Rusty-dot Pearl of the year so not bad. #teammoth #VC55Moths
My mothing/birding mate Tony greeted me with an apology this morning. He knows I've never caught the Big Bue CP but he was about to show me one he had caught, just three days after he had shown me another on Friday. He lives hardly more than a mile away too.
September 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My mothing/birding mate Tony greeted me with an apology this morning. He knows I've never caught the Big Bue CP but he was about to show me one he had caught, just three days after he had shown me another on Friday. He lives hardly more than a mile away too.
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One of the @ldvnnr.bsky.social reintroduced Corncrakes has pinged our MOTUS Tower! On 24th August at 21:32 it was picked up migrating over Spurn for 6 minutes! Amazingly, the same bird was detected just 90 minutes later at Weybourne, Norfolk! More info here www.facebook.com/share/p/1Arw...
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
One of the @ldvnnr.bsky.social reintroduced Corncrakes has pinged our MOTUS Tower! On 24th August at 21:32 it was picked up migrating over Spurn for 6 minutes! Amazingly, the same bird was detected just 90 minutes later at Weybourne, Norfolk! More info here www.facebook.com/share/p/1Arw...
My home patch is on fire at present - not literally. Birds and moths - Glossy Ibis Friday, Scarce Bordered Straw Saturday, Rusty Dot Pearl Sunday and Turnstone today. Plus 4 Greenshanks, 4 Blackwits, Spotted Redshank all locally rare. #PWC2025
September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My home patch is on fire at present - not literally. Birds and moths - Glossy Ibis Friday, Scarce Bordered Straw Saturday, Rusty Dot Pearl Sunday and Turnstone today. Plus 4 Greenshanks, 4 Blackwits, Spotted Redshank all locally rare. #PWC2025
Not as impressive as yesterday's SBS but still an uncommon migrant round here, Rusty-dot Pearl #teammoth #VC55Moths
September 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Not as impressive as yesterday's SBS but still an uncommon migrant round here, Rusty-dot Pearl #teammoth #VC55Moths
After a good morning's birding it was nice to get a decent moth last night - my first ever Scarce Bordered Straw. Old Lady, Straw Underwing and Beautiful Plume all NFY too.
September 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
After a good morning's birding it was nice to get a decent moth last night - my first ever Scarce Bordered Straw. Old Lady, Straw Underwing and Beautiful Plume all NFY too.
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A great morning on patch. My first self-found Glossy Ibis (6 pts for #PWC2025) plus caught up a couple if scarce waders mates had yesterday.
A great morning on patch. My first self-found Glossy Ibis (6 pts for #PWC2025) plus caught up a couple if scarce waders mates had yesterday.
eBird Checklist - 5 Sep 2025 - Swithland Reservoir - 46 species
Submitted by Steve Lister.
ebird.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A great morning on patch. My first self-found Glossy Ibis (6 pts for #PWC2025) plus caught up a couple if scarce waders mates had yesterday.
A great morning on patch. My first self-found Glossy Ibis (6 pts for #PWC2025) plus caught up a couple if scarce waders mates had yesterday.
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Farage on Dorries.
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Farage on Dorries.
My second three-figure catch in a row, most unusual without an ermine invasion. NFY Flame Carpet and this Small Blood-vein. #teammoth #VC55Moths
August 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
My second three-figure catch in a row, most unusual without an ermine invasion. NFY Flame Carpet and this Small Blood-vein. #teammoth #VC55Moths