Three year ✔️ last night among 82 of 25 sp: Orange Swift, a smart Eucosma campoliliana and a slightly worn Acleris forsskaleana. Luckily the rain guard worked as it should so a heavy shower didn’t flood the trap. Durham VC66. #TeamMoth

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My good deed for the day was to help this Old Lady over the road (it had landed on the pavement next to the busy A167). Durham, VC66. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social

Sooty tern on Coquet Island and Bridled Tern on Inner Farne! Quite a fun discussion as we tried to work out if we'd mis-ID'd or the Farnes had, only for them to get eyes back on theirs while we were looking at ours! #BirdingNE

Did you know that the spinning top is one of the most common forms of traditional play worldwide? Our research found tops to be nearly universal across human cultures. Wherever you come from, your ancestors probably spun tops. New preprint: Top of the World osf.io/preprints/so... Thread:

A Poppy growing defiantly through a crack in concrete in Durham #wildflowerhour

An adult and a juvenile Roseate Tern by the South Shields Pier today afternoon. The adult tried to ignore the begging juvenile as long as it could, but eventually gave up and flew out to sea to catch fish. #NEbirding @teesbirds.bsky.social 🪶

Back home after travelling, so I run the garden trap on the last two nights & added 16 year ✅ including Dusky Thorn, Lime-speck Pug and (finally 🙄) garden ✅ of Small Mottled Willow & E.pinguis. Some common ones low in numbers, eg only 9 LYU last night! @teesbirds.bsky.social #TeamMoth

I think the top one looks like it fits Ling Pug? Features - Greyish compared to WW below. Darker shadow along outer edge. Distal Line is solid rather than a row of dots. No black bar on abdomen. Unless its something different altogether? Any ideas please? #teammoth #Northumberland

Stewart@stewchat.bsky.social · last wk.

A Wormwood Pug with the greyish tones and darker outer wing of Ling Pug about it? Any comments welcome. #Northumberland #Teammoth

Visiting Finland for a few days - nice to hear a Corncrake during a short evening walk by the River Aura at Lieto. 🪶

Epic job vacancy: North of England Golden Eagle Project Manager www.goldeneaglessouthofscotland.co.uk/blog/north-o...

Last night and the previous one were chilly and a bit disappointing with 70 of 26 and 48 of 25 sp, respectively. The few new year ticks were regular seasonal moths, nothing scarce or spectacular. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social

Grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris growing on machair grassland, Ardnamurchan #wildflowerhour #stillflowering

What really shocks about this is that anyone who has house martins on their house knows that they’re lovely things, chirrupping around the house all summer. It’s quite upsetting that someone would do this.

Jamie Rohu@jamierohu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Absolutely shocking story here 👇 House martins, an amber-listed migratory species, are routinely targeted and vilified for doing what comes naturally to them - making a home to rear their young. What the estate agent done is illegal. Well done NPWS 👏 www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/crime-c...

#BigButterflyCount is here! Between now and the 9th August: - spend 15 mins in a sunny spot - count the butterflies you see - submit your sightings Find out more at bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org Happy counting folks! 🦋🦋🦋

Lina thinks that the trip to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is so fantastic that zoomies on the beach are needed. #Labrador #dogs #Ardnamurchan

Holiday moth trap in Ardnamurchan last night. 27 sp, highlights included Purple Bar, Oblique Carpet, Pretty Pinion, Peach Blossom & also 3 Antler Moth, 3 Garden Tiger, 2 True Lover’s Knot and Gothic. #TeamMoth

View from the veranda of our holiday cabin in Ardnamurchan yesterday evening. A small wet meadow hosts several Snipe, a squealing Water Rail and a few Sedge Warblers. #birdingScotland 🪶

A beautiful hike to the summit of Ben Vorlich today. Plenty of Redpolls, Red Kite, Buzzard, a couple of Ravens and a Golden-ringed Dragonfly on the way up. Also, an Osprey at St Fillans end of Loch Ern #BirdingScotland

Back to running only one trap last night, 200 of 54 sp, but nothing exceptional. Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Carcina quercana & Crassa unitella (as well as A.advenella) were nfy while a V-Pug was the freshest of the rest. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social

Worrying results from the 2025 national Dotterel survey, with a decline of 73% since the last survey in 2011, and 89% since the late 80s www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... #ornithology #birds

As some of you may know, I run The Plankton Project, and I'm excited to announce that I'm ready to launch the microscopy-based citizen science project (UK)I've been talking about all year! I'm holding a Zoom meeting on 6 August at 6pm if any of you would like to find out more #citizenscience 🦑🧪

The strangest thing happened today. We went to the uninhabited island of Lunga, west of Mull, to look at the puffins nesting there. I was just taking photos when I felt a thump as something landed quite heavily in my head. It was a puffin! It stayed for about a minute before flying off.

Two traps in the garden last night as I wanted to check that our travel trap is still working. Combined total 207:58, including 10 year ticks. Crambus pascuella was a welcome garden ✅. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social

The long-staying Turtle Dove at Ingoe, Northumberland, was still singing actively late morning and midday today and occasionally dropped down from the trees to a flat roof to sunbath. #NEbirding @teesbirds.bsky.social

A nice haul of 251 moths of 57 sp last night. The highlight was a stunning new garden ✅, Scarce Silver-lines. The supporting cast included 11 further year ticks, such as Poplar Grey, Narrow-winged Pug and Common White Wave. Durham, VC66. #TeamMoth @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · last mo.

Sorry All Other Caterpillars! WE HAVE A WINNER! Not only do they have wicked cool looks - but... Best common name ever: Funerary Dagger Yup. One of the very few (only?) moths where there are more pics of the pillar than the adult online. (Acronicta funeralis) #inverts #becurious

Long-t Shrike- Park at Barnsmuir Farm fruit shack W of Crail. Walk E along track to Oldbarns sign, then N following tarmac road to farm house past the first farm buildings you come to. Don’t park on roadside, farm tracks or field entrances. @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Royal Mail special stamp issue on moths! #mothsmatter shop.royalmail.com/special-stam...

Lucky break on today’s 🐕 walk at Low. Burnhall WT reserve as a Purple Hairstreak landed next to us on an Oak leaf at low height. The first one I have seen there 😃. #UKbutterflies @teesbirds.bsky.social 🦋