It's the Lake District, so what are you going to do? Have an ice cream of course.
It must be windy! We get paid to use electricity from 05:00 tomorrow morning unt 16:00. The house battery is a bit run down at the mo. Tomorrow we'll get paid to charge the car and battery. We haven't bought petrol since 2017 šš
A few shots of breeding summer migrants from a walk around the Threlkeld area today. Males of Pied Flycatcher and Redstart with food for nestlings, followed by female and male Redstart from a different pair, plus fledgling. #UKBirding
A couple more NFY (for me) in the student moth traps overnight @fscblencathra.bsky.social - Devon and Flame Carpets. This is the only site where I've seen the former, and in 3 of the last 5 years. #TeamMoth
Sticky toffee pudding ice cream. Pied Flycatcher nest in the tree beyond.
I believe this features me, assuming the interview wasn't a total disaster (or it was and they want me to look bad...).
Either way, it was a total pleasure talking to Chris both off and on camera.
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The locals @fscblencathra.bsky.social are putting the telegraph poles to good use. Great to see a pair of Redstart feeding a brood. #UKBirding
The @ucllifesciences.bsky.social field course students are now running moth traps @fscblencathra.bsky.social to collect data for their mini-projects. Three NFY for me in today's sample in Satin Lutestring, Sallow Kitten and Pale-shouldered Brocade, bringing my year total to 425 species. #TeamMoth
My annual visit to see Catoptria furcatellus at the top of Blencathra. A four hour round walk up to 868 metres, apparently some people do it for the views... š¤·. #TeamMoth
Professor of Invasion Biology at UCL. Amateur father, birder, moth-er. Mainly post wildlife photos, occasionally science and politics. Author of The Jewel Box, winner of the ZSL Clarivate Award for Communicating Zoology.
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Maintaining my record of finding a Tawny Owl @fscblencathra.bsky.social every trip.. (To be fair, it's the Blackbirds that do the hard work.)
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TX: 15th June at 8pmĀ Ring-necked parakeets are among Britain's most divisive birds, loved for their beauty and blamed for harming native wildlife. Chris Packham follows a family of parakeets as they g...
