Andy Millar 🇬🇧

This account is mostly for birds and moths. Pastor at Medway Vineyard.

[Andy Millar 🇬🇧 @AndyMVMillar]

Cracking afternoon at Dungeness. I went down for the Greenish Warbler found early this morning by @SBO_Jason. Whilst watching it, two Bee-eaters were found on wires at Kerton Pit. They went on a loop of the estate, returning to wires along the pit. Ropey pics! @DungenessBO

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@MigrantMothUK any chance this was a migrant, or is it re-establishing here?

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First spell of warm weather and decent overnight temperatures and I caught Phtheochroa schreibersiana last night here in Rainham. Looks to be the first VC15 record since 1923. A couple were caught near Cobham (VC16) in 2024, so perhaps it is making a comeback… @mothsinkent

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I twitched @BEACHYBIRDER Eastern Subalpine Warbler today and it showed well occasionally but never sat still for long enough to even lift my camera up! On the walk back up, a Weasel ran up one of the footpaths and I managed a few record shots….

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https://t.co/3PngbhsUy9 @DungenessBO you forgot the 14 Gull sp and 2 Carrion Crows on the beach for the 3/5 log! 🤣🤣🤣
@AndrewRLawson1, @SBO_Jason , Steve Gale, Josh…

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@Baldbirder1 @LeeEvansBirding @SBO_Jason @DungenessBO @RareBirdAlertUK Amazing shots!

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Pretty decent BH weekend @DungenessBO with @AndrewRLawson1 . We saw Pom Skua, Arctic Skuas, BT and RT Divers, Little Gulls, Turtle Dove, Temminck’s Stint, Wood Sand, G Ibis and on the 4th(!) @SBO_Jason found a cracking Iberian Chiffchaff first thing in the trapping area!

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@whjoliver Well done, an amazing find!

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Red-flanked Bluetail within a few hundred metres inside Kent this afternoon! A lovely bird to brighten up January!

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@_jdbirder @KentishPlover Cracking shot of the P Swift!

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@Baldbirder1 @RareBirdAlertUK @LeeEvansBirding @KentishPlover It was the most showy Dusky either of myself and @AndrewRLawson1 have ever seen. Andy picked it up on call this morning and we located it feeding between the cliff and the scrub, calling frequently. Cracking wee bird. BOC attached.

[Andy Millar 🇬🇧 @AndyMVMillar]

Good day with @AndrewRLawson1 mostly on Thanet. Westbrook gave us 41 Pinks E, Whitethroat, Andy picked up a Dusky on call which we found on the cliff. We twitched the Pallid Swifts then chec ked local areas b4 twitching the Desert Wheatear at Seasalter thanks to @burtmeister80

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@StevenClinch1 @NeilBurt5 Happy birthday! A worthy gift indeed!

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Popped up to Dunwich Heath in Suffolk today for the cracking wee Red-tailed (Turkestan) Shrike. Great scope views and I managed enough of a compilation of record shots to capture the main features.

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Finally caught Dewick’s Plusia in the garden trap (Rainham, Kent) last night.

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@RLBUZZARD @birdinglothian @BirdGuides @Britnatureguide @RareBirdAlertUK @Recordshotmyars

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Decent day @DungenessBO. 2 hrs seawatching - 13 Arctic Skua, 2 Black Tern. On the land the clear vismig of Hirundines was spectacular. 1000s of Sand Martin and Swallow with 10s of House Martin. Very confiding Spot Fly* and D. ramburalis. @RSPBDungeness two Pintail on ARC.

[Andy Millar 🇬🇧 @AndyMVMillar]

Decent night here in Medway, Kent. P. vitrealis and P. xylostella plus Oak Processionary (NFG) and a couple each of Gypsy Moth and Box-tree Moth.

@MigrantMothUK @mothsinkent

[Andy Millar 🇬🇧 @AndyMVMillar]

Decent night for my urban garden in Rainham, Kent:
Four-spotted Footman
Delicate
Plenty of P. xylostella
@MigrantMothUK

[Andy Millar 🇬🇧 @AndyMVMillar]

@peterlynas @elonmusk @grok I tried the same thing and nearly got there but ended up with the following response: