Fraser Simpson

Birding, Orthoptera, Nature, Sound Recording, Ayrshire SOC Recorder, Ambient Music, Ultracyclist, #AyrshireBirds News to @ayrshirebirds

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Total of 62 Cetti's Warbler territories mapped on the last leg of my cycle from work between Rainham-Purfleet (NCN Route-13), Apr-Jun 2021. Each bird has a single unique song type not shared with any other individual. #londonbirds #song #repertoire #spectrogram #lowcarbonbirding

[JeI(😊)SoL @JeI_SoL]

https://t.co/qM5Ta3jMz1
Johnny Marr - Spiral Cities - Official Music Video [HD]

[Nature Recordist 🎧 @naturerecordist]

Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas https://t.co/yW0X93VAQP

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Interesting orthoptera from the Costa de la Luz this week...
Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus), Common Stick Grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha conica), Common Maquis Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae), Lamenting Grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans) #biol0028 #uclecolgen

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

A rare morning with no wind on the Costa de la Luz - Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) singing from Pistacia lentiscus scrub #birdsong #biol0028 #uclecolgen

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

@PaulHawky 34h, including a night in Barcelona

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Great train trip from London to Malaga via Paris & Barcelona. Highlights inc Marsh Harrier, Black Redstart, Black Kite, Greater Flamingo, Black-winged Stilt, Short-toed Eagle, Whiskered Tern & Griffon Vulture
#birdingbytrain #lowcarbonbirding
#biol0028 #uclecolgen

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Arrived late in Zahara de los Atunes to the sound of a singing Vineyard Mole-cricket (Gryllotalpa vineae) #Orthoptera  #biol0028 #uclecolgen

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

It's been a great month for new books on Orthoptera...and it's not even my birthday yet 😁

Grasshoppers, Locusts, & Crickets of the World by M Husemann & O Hawlitschek

Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland by P Sutton, B Beckmann & R Lewington

[ZooKeys @ZooKeys_Journal]

New Caledonian Forests are full of hidden natural treasures! 🌿🦋

This study describes two spectacular new species of Caloptilia moths - 𝘊. 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘴 and 𝘊. 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘢 - discovered in the Parc des Grandes Fougères.

Read the full study: https://t.co/7lkV8BOWWS

[Rare Bird Alert @rbabox]

A Common Crane has just been confirmed in Santa Fe County, New Mexico! (CODE 4) https://t.co/LZPLhNMBKE Photo: T. Jay Adams #ABARare #birding

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Three Blackcaps heard sub-singing (probably in French or German 😃) this morning in Purfleet-on-Thames, favouring dense, ivy-clad trees.
#birdsong #subsong #UKBirding

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

Sea star fans, wake up — it’s the third week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting echinoderms. Visit iNaturalist to learn more: https://t.co/ijcSjTTJcp ⭐💫

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

@c2c_Rail What if you've been delayed for (currently) three hours?

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists
Redwings in Winter

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

[David Morrison @DaveMo57]

Superb morning @BatterseaPwrStn , female Peregrine still present at 15 and pair Black Redstarts also. #londonbirds @BatterseaBrew

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

@Photos2Print Thanks Mark!

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina) butterflies active after this morning's rain in the Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de los Alcornocales, Andalucía #biol0028 field course #uclecolgen

[Richard Lewington @rlewington2]

*It's Arrived!* After the longest gestation period of all my books - an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers', and it looks pretty fantastic. So, very pleased.

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Excerpt of a track I made this afternoon on the Korg Electribe EMX2. Visuals from my aquarium reflections on the wall.

[Fraser Simpson @fssbirding]

Burning the candle at both ends: two sympatric thrushes are equally detectable and sing at similar rates at dawn and dusk
https://t.co/yzFlGK1ph1