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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 19h

#teammoth #mothsmatter

MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

Thanks. 🙏

MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

😂

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Or use a dawn/dusk sensor?

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

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

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MartinWW @swaledalebirds.bsky.social · 5d

Liking this!👏👏👏👏👏👏

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/08/e...

‘Eyes on the Skies’ – new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

Following the recent collapse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Bird of Prey Partnership (due to its failure to tackle crimes against birds of prey), and the news that since 2015, 29 Hen Harrier…

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