Ringer, patch birder & medium distance Twitcher ('medium' in a relative sense 😉)
Leicestershire
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There are great birds, then there are 'mythical' birds an WTN is surely one of those. Although not as impressive (if that's the right word) as @ClevedonMoths dip history, I have my own with it, so yesterday will stay with me a long time. So pleased for you Paul, fabulous photo.
Better views today of juvenile White-throated Needletail at Scarborough Castle, Yorkshire. I used to have stories of woe - missing by 30 mins, guillotined merger meetings, wind turbine misery, days of searching, etc. I now just have the wonder. Proper review of pics tomorrow. 😀
ALT White-throated Needletail Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire 9th October 2025
Silent Spring. A country lane I've walked for years, poignant silhouette of a lost time. The only surviving Tree Sparrow box on trees that used to hold a healthy population, all now silent. Thankfully just 200m away Yellowhammer, Linnet & House Sparrow cling on, just @LandRbirds
Just taking the dog for a walk down Springwell Lane Whetstone & had a Hummingbird Hawkmoth fly by! @LandRbirds @BritishMoths
Can anyone l ID these tracks please? Sent in to me, thanks @LeicsWildlife
A friend of mine has 14 Green Sandpiper wintering in the Soar Valley north of Leicester (a known site, but easier to count in flood conditions). Anyone know of any other sites with those kind of numbers in winter? (image courtesy Birdguides app)
Hadn't realised just how close the American Yellow Warbler is to the site of the legendary Golden-winged Warbler we saw in the Tesco car park back in Feb 1989! (boc shot grabbed from the gent next to me, thanks 🙂) @BirdGuides
Really slow at Hicks Lodge this morning, although a few Lesser Redpoll in the last 30 minutes has livened things up. @LandRbirds @ForestryEngland
Is this just a Silver Y? Probably the result of having too few moths to look at 😂 thank you @MOTHIDUK
Saw my first Dipper at Dovedale Derbyshire when I was 14, a magical moment for a YOC 'Young Ornithologist' I remember like it was yesterday! Been back numerous times since, but no Dippers, until today with 3! Seems like the flood state has brought them up river. @Natures_Voice
Immature male Sparrowhawk ringed this beautiful crisp Autumn morning at Hicks Lodge Leicestershire @LandRbirds @ForestryEngland
Just walking down a main path a Bradgate. Several Red Deer stags belowing this afternoon & getting ready for the rutt. Antler rubbing & drooling, fabulous time of the year. @LeicsWildlife
Ringing at Hicks Lodge (pretty quiet 😢) a few Goldcrest including this male which sat for a few seconds before heading off. It left a little present 🫣. @LandRbirds
My wife Jane is cycling 100 miles around Leicestershire in aid of LOROS Hospice on 7th September. This is in memory of our friend Simon, who sadly passed away there in February aged just 35. If you are able to support please visit justgiving.com/page/jane-hag… @LandRbirds @LREntSoc
Thanks to everyone who supported Jane, she did it 🙂 The LOROS ride was amazing (250 riders), so well organised, such a great spirit and raised lots of money for an incredible organisation @LandRbirds @LOROSHospice
Great session at Hicks Lodge Leics this AM @ForestryEngland with 7 species of Warbler. Huge surprise and delight with juv Willow Tit but tinged with sadness as they fade in to oblivion in this part of the world 😢 Adult Reed Warbler with huge bill was a head scratcher. @LREntSoc
A rare thing in VC55, a cob (mud) wall which no doubt over many many decades, has served as a perfect 'bee hotel'. Ashby Magna, Leicestershire @LREntSoc
First ringing session of the 'Autumn' at Hicks Lodge near Ashby, Leics. Good selection of mainly juvenile birds, but numbers quite low. Did include this lovely juv Lesser Whitethroat with typical loose juv feathering & dull grey eye. @LandRbirds @ForestryEngland
