MartinWW
@swaledalebirds.bsky.social
Birds, moths, flowers and everything else to do with the natural world.
Records on iNaturalist as ‘martinww’
Land manager living in a “world of wounds”. VC65
Partner in renaturing project heggscastlecluster.org
Waldgenga. Nephophile. Absurdist.
Records on iNaturalist as ‘martinww’
Land manager living in a “world of wounds”. VC65
Partner in renaturing project heggscastlecluster.org
Waldgenga. Nephophile. Absurdist.
Yellow brain, common bonnet and Hairy curtain-crust x2.
All seen on dog walk (nr Low Row, Swaledale) yesterday afternoon in the sun! 🍄🍄🟫
All seen on dog walk (nr Low Row, Swaledale) yesterday afternoon in the sun! 🍄🍄🟫
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yellow brain, common bonnet and Hairy curtain-crust x2.
All seen on dog walk (nr Low Row, Swaledale) yesterday afternoon in the sun! 🍄🍄🟫
All seen on dog walk (nr Low Row, Swaledale) yesterday afternoon in the sun! 🍄🍄🟫
A coppice Oak, a ‘phoenix’ Holly and two Cherry Galls from Tees Bank Wood upstream of Barnard Castle yesterday.
A lovely wood well worth exploring!
A lovely wood well worth exploring!
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A coppice Oak, a ‘phoenix’ Holly and two Cherry Galls from Tees Bank Wood upstream of Barnard Castle yesterday.
A lovely wood well worth exploring!
A lovely wood well worth exploring!
Brilliant day at South Gare today… wasn’t the case sadly. And only about an hour. Scenery etc was up to scratch tho, as was weather, with heavy showers!
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Brilliant day at South Gare today… wasn’t the case sadly. And only about an hour. Scenery etc was up to scratch tho, as was weather, with heavy showers!
Is this Yellow field-cap perchance? 🍄
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Is this Yellow field-cap perchance? 🍄
Anyone any idea what’s growing on this Wolf’s milk?
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Anyone any idea what’s growing on this Wolf’s milk?
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
1 1/2” of rain in 3 hrs have left Swaledale a tad damp this morning!
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
1 1/2” of rain in 3 hrs have left Swaledale a tad damp this morning!
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
A bit of wild swimming this evening. Sadly I had to take pix whilst wifey n cohorts enjoyed some chillin’ swimmin’ 😂😂😂🥶🥶🥶
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A bit of wild swimming this evening. Sadly I had to take pix whilst wifey n cohorts enjoyed some chillin’ swimmin’ 😂😂😂🥶🥶🥶
Sat in a wet Wales for the weekend due to wifey attending the British Canoe Symposium.
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sat in a wet Wales for the weekend due to wifey attending the British Canoe Symposium.
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
I knew ObsIdentify would be able to help😂😂😂😂😂
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I knew ObsIdentify would be able to help😂😂😂😂😂
I like testing ID apps on known examples of difficult taxa.
Tried your pic and Obsidentify comes down heavily in favour of G oppressana…🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Amazing!
Tried your pic and Obsidentify comes down heavily in favour of G oppressana…🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Amazing!
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I like testing ID apps on known examples of difficult taxa.
Tried your pic and Obsidentify comes down heavily in favour of G oppressana…🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Amazing!
Tried your pic and Obsidentify comes down heavily in favour of G oppressana…🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Amazing!
Over 50 moths this morning including 13 Yellow-line Quakers (my record). A late Snout was a surprise as were two more new for the 🔲, Mottled Umber and Acleris rhombana.
#teammoth
#teammoth
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Over 50 moths this morning including 13 Yellow-line Quakers (my record). A late Snout was a surprise as were two more new for the 🔲, Mottled Umber and Acleris rhombana.
#teammoth
#teammoth
A quieter night due to the heavy rain early on. 15/7
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A quieter night due to the heavy rain early on. 15/7
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
Sunday was a fungi sort of day!
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Sunday was a fungi sort of day!
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
A few hours at a grey and cold @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few hours at a grey and cold @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
38/14 last night.
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
38/14 last night.
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
Hope this is a Pearly underwing.
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Hope this is a Pearly underwing.
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
Ah… any ideas on this one?
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ah… any ideas on this one?
Cold afternoon dog walk. Another nice winter title flock, today with Siskin.
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Cold afternoon dog walk. Another nice winter title flock, today with Siskin.
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
BUT don’t buy a pork pie from ⬇️
£2.85 for a small pie that you couldn’t tell where the pastry ended and the meat began. I’ve had some poor ‘growlers’ and this was up there with the worst.
Tasteless rip-off shite.
£2.85 for a small pie that you couldn’t tell where the pastry ended and the meat began. I’ve had some poor ‘growlers’ and this was up there with the worst.
Tasteless rip-off shite.
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
BUT don’t buy a pork pie from ⬇️
£2.85 for a small pie that you couldn’t tell where the pastry ended and the meat began. I’ve had some poor ‘growlers’ and this was up there with the worst.
Tasteless rip-off shite.
£2.85 for a small pie that you couldn’t tell where the pastry ended and the meat began. I’ve had some poor ‘growlers’ and this was up there with the worst.
Tasteless rip-off shite.
40+ moths in the traps last night.
Mervs, Bricks and Sattelites were nice, but this fella has me confused? (R-L Quaker?)
🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
#teammoth
Mervs, Bricks and Sattelites were nice, but this fella has me confused? (R-L Quaker?)
🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
#teammoth
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
40+ moths in the traps last night.
Mervs, Bricks and Sattelites were nice, but this fella has me confused? (R-L Quaker?)
🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
#teammoth
Mervs, Bricks and Sattelites were nice, but this fella has me confused? (R-L Quaker?)
🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
#teammoth