David Bradley
@sciencebase.com
UK-based wildlife photographer, moth-er, birder, singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, chorister, author, allotmenteer, pondlifer, wild gardener, husband, father, oh and 36y+ a science writer #music #science #teamMoth #UKBirding Nature Matters
Anyone local to me, just north of Cambridge, fancy joining a community choir I'm putting together in the New Year?
The emphasis is on enthusiasm over experience. Pop, rock, maybe some gospel, a splash of classical.
Tenors and basses in demand (usual choir lament)
www.fenedgevoices.org.uk
The emphasis is on enthusiasm over experience. Pop, rock, maybe some gospel, a splash of classical.
Tenors and basses in demand (usual choir lament)
www.fenedgevoices.org.uk
Fen Edge Voices - Community Choir
Join our friendly community choir in Cottenham, Cambridge. No audition required – just enthusiasm!
www.fenedgevoices.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Anyone local to me, just north of Cambridge, fancy joining a community choir I'm putting together in the New Year?
The emphasis is on enthusiasm over experience. Pop, rock, maybe some gospel, a splash of classical.
Tenors and basses in demand (usual choir lament)
www.fenedgevoices.org.uk
The emphasis is on enthusiasm over experience. Pop, rock, maybe some gospel, a splash of classical.
Tenors and basses in demand (usual choir lament)
www.fenedgevoices.org.uk
As promised, "Life on the Other Side of The Pond" and how a Robin over here is a tiny Old World Flycatcher, but over there it's a beast of a Red-breasted Thrush #UKBirding #USBirding #NatureMatters
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More about this particular Robin in the ALT
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More about this particular Robin in the ALT
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As promised, "Life on the Other Side of The Pond" and how a Robin over here is a tiny Old World Flycatcher, but over there it's a beast of a Red-breasted Thrush #UKBirding #USBirding #NatureMatters
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More about this particular Robin in the ALT
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More about this particular Robin in the ALT
Regulus regulus, the Goldcrest. Its scientific name a tautonym, both genus and species the same because this bird is the "type" of the genus, it's the first and defining species. US viewers will perhaps recognise it as a kinglet and it is, indeed, a kinglet type species. #UKBirding
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Regulus regulus, the Goldcrest. Its scientific name a tautonym, both genus and species the same because this bird is the "type" of the genus, it's the first and defining species. US viewers will perhaps recognise it as a kinglet and it is, indeed, a kinglet type species. #UKBirding
A brave little moth kept Wogan at bay this evening #teamMoth
It's got a marking like this on each forewing, it's one of the The moths, you know it...
It's got a marking like this on each forewing, it's one of the The moths, you know it...
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A brave little moth kept Wogan at bay this evening #teamMoth
It's got a marking like this on each forewing, it's one of the The moths, you know it...
It's got a marking like this on each forewing, it's one of the The moths, you know it...
The mythical presence of the late, great Sir Michael Terence Wogan was felt in our Cambs garden last night, after many days, no weeks, nay months of awaiting his arrival #teamMoth
The current Mrs Sciencebase was not in the slightest bit surprised given that it persisted down all night
The current Mrs Sciencebase was not in the slightest bit surprised given that it persisted down all night
a man in a suit and tie is holding a wand with a star on it
Alt: Sir Terry Wogan flying moth-like through the Blankety Blank set
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November 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The mythical presence of the late, great Sir Michael Terence Wogan was felt in our Cambs garden last night, after many days, no weeks, nay months of awaiting his arrival #teamMoth
The current Mrs Sciencebase was not in the slightest bit surprised given that it persisted down all night
The current Mrs Sciencebase was not in the slightest bit surprised given that it persisted down all night
To be honest, the only sites I noticed as being down were my site, Cloudflare itself, and the sites I used to try and check whether a phone number was legit
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To be honest, the only sites I noticed as being down were my site, Cloudflare itself, and the sites I used to try and check whether a phone number was legit
Disabled Cloudflare on my site hours ago...could be I'm the only live website right now...
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Disabled Cloudflare on my site hours ago...could be I'm the only live website right now...
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sorry...not sorry...I had to use an LLM to write a plugin for a fairly complicated process I needed to run on my website. It worked first time. Maybe there was a shortcode or a plugin out there already, but I couldn't find it. Amazing that these sophisticated autocomplete tools can generate machines
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sorry...not sorry...I had to use an LLM to write a plugin for a fairly complicated process I needed to run on my website. It worked first time. Maybe there was a shortcode or a plugin out there already, but I couldn't find it. Amazing that these sophisticated autocomplete tools can generate machines
It's quite hard searching for a science friend online whose forename is Grant...he might as well be called Peers Review
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's quite hard searching for a science friend online whose forename is Grant...he might as well be called Peers Review
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
At this time of year, there's almost always someone who'll post a photo of a murmuration where the starlings are flocking and it looks a bit like a big bird in flight...
There are about 1000 birds in this flock, there were easily a couple of dozen such flocks on the patch we watched this evening
There are about 1000 birds in this flock, there were easily a couple of dozen such flocks on the patch we watched this evening
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
At this time of year, there's almost always someone who'll post a photo of a murmuration where the starlings are flocking and it looks a bit like a big bird in flight...
There are about 1000 birds in this flock, there were easily a couple of dozen such flocks on the patch we watched this evening
There are about 1000 birds in this flock, there were easily a couple of dozen such flocks on the patch we watched this evening
I was going to do another themed gallery for #teamMoth taking astronomy as a focus, but The Satellite aside, it's just a load of lunar things. Star-wort sort of
Lunar Double-stripe, Lunar Hornet Moth, Lunar Marbled Brown, Lunar Thorn, Lunar Underwing, Lunar Yellow Underwing, Lunar-spotted Pinion
Lunar Double-stripe, Lunar Hornet Moth, Lunar Marbled Brown, Lunar Thorn, Lunar Underwing, Lunar Yellow Underwing, Lunar-spotted Pinion
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I was going to do another themed gallery for #teamMoth taking astronomy as a focus, but The Satellite aside, it's just a load of lunar things. Star-wort sort of
Lunar Double-stripe, Lunar Hornet Moth, Lunar Marbled Brown, Lunar Thorn, Lunar Underwing, Lunar Yellow Underwing, Lunar-spotted Pinion
Lunar Double-stripe, Lunar Hornet Moth, Lunar Marbled Brown, Lunar Thorn, Lunar Underwing, Lunar Yellow Underwing, Lunar-spotted Pinion
Still no Wogan #teamMoth VC29 9C, dry
In fact, far better, an NFG last night - Scarce Umber. Almost missed it as it was resting on the conservatory window frame behind the trap and I only spotted it when I resetting the trap.
In fact, far better, an NFG last night - Scarce Umber. Almost missed it as it was resting on the conservatory window frame behind the trap and I only spotted it when I resetting the trap.
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Still no Wogan #teamMoth VC29 9C, dry
In fact, far better, an NFG last night - Scarce Umber. Almost missed it as it was resting on the conservatory window frame behind the trap and I only spotted it when I resetting the trap.
In fact, far better, an NFG last night - Scarce Umber. Almost missed it as it was resting on the conservatory window frame behind the trap and I only spotted it when I resetting the trap.
I occasionally put the phrase "wannabe rock god" in my social media bios...well to that end, this evening I will be rehearsing 1999, In the Navy, Everybody Wants to be a Cat, and Love is an Open Door with the panto pit band 🤘
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I occasionally put the phrase "wannabe rock god" in my social media bios...well to that end, this evening I will be rehearsing 1999, In the Navy, Everybody Wants to be a Cat, and Love is an Open Door with the panto pit band 🤘
For our sins, we just ordered a new dishwasher. The one we used for 13 years gave up the ghost a couple of years ago and has sat dormant in the kitchen while we did the washing up in the sink ever since. The new one has Zeolith drying technology...
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For our sins, we just ordered a new dishwasher. The one we used for 13 years gave up the ghost a couple of years ago and has sat dormant in the kitchen while we did the washing up in the sink ever since. The new one has Zeolith drying technology...
It was ridiculously wet here last night, as it presumably was almost everywhere...but didn't get below 10C
Still, I lit up #teamMoth 5 of 8 including a Brick and an Epirrita sp.
Still, I lit up #teamMoth 5 of 8 including a Brick and an Epirrita sp.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It was ridiculously wet here last night, as it presumably was almost everywhere...but didn't get below 10C
Still, I lit up #teamMoth 5 of 8 including a Brick and an Epirrita sp.
Still, I lit up #teamMoth 5 of 8 including a Brick and an Epirrita sp.
Not all ducks quack, some do Frankie Howerd impressions #UKBirding Seahouses, Northumberland May 2022, for what it's worth
I tried to upload here, but it's failing to process
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I tried to upload here, but it's failing to process
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Not all ducks quack, some of them do a Frankie Howerd impression #UKBirding There seem to be an awful lot of eider duck videos around with people expressing surprise at the sound they make, even on US...
TikTok video by Dave Bradley
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November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Not all ducks quack, some do Frankie Howerd impressions #UKBirding Seahouses, Northumberland May 2022, for what it's worth
I tried to upload here, but it's failing to process
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I tried to upload here, but it's failing to process
www.tiktok.com/@sciencebase...
Grey Shoulder-knot was 40th new for garden of 391 total species this year for me; previously I've only seen it in Hayley Wood, west of Cambridge in 2023 #teamMoth
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Grey Shoulder-knot was 40th new for garden of 391 total species this year for me; previously I've only seen it in Hayley Wood, west of Cambridge in 2023 #teamMoth