John Marchant

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

@FI_Obs @puffinpassion @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @birdobs_council @NatureInShet @shetlandbirds @NRonBirdObs @Natures_Voice @RSPBScotland @ScottishBirding Good to know. Thank you.

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

The wanton slaughter of tens of millions of migrating birds around the Mediterranean, and especially in Egypt and Lebanon, is ecocide on a monstrous scale. These birds are disappearing from the world.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

@Alexander_Lees Well done to Nick! Incidentally, I found the first for Herts without getting out of bed.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Two more new moths for me last night! The garden moth list is now (nominally, provisionally) 499. @norfolkmoths

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

@MurrayOrchard @BTO_Cornwall @BirdTrack @CBWPS1 @_BTO Was a priority job for me on retirement. I found it really rewarding and enjoyed reliving some good times in my youth! Still managed a bit of actual birding alongside the inputting.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

@CleyBirds The general answer is to post them to the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme, https://t.co/gCvIAg3xYY, but that scheme is currently suspended due to avian flu. Not helpful now but may be to someone on another occasion.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Two special captures in the garden yesterday: a young female Kestrel ringed under licence for @_BTO and this lovely Clifden Nonpareil that came to the outside lights. @norfolkmoths

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Barred Red - abundant across Britain but a new one for me today and another first record for TM18. From last night’s trap but I didn’t actually spot it until putting the trap away this evening. Lucky it stayed!

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

An amazing purple patch for mothing in the garden last week! None of these had previously been recorded in my home 10-km square.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Temminck’s Stint this morning- a much anticipated patch tick at Dickleburgh Moor.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Looks a bit worn, but is it identifiable to species, please? Mompha epilobiella seems a good fit. Thanks ⁦⁦⁦@MOTHIDUK⁩

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Beautiful Marbled!

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Three moths, two birds, two beetles and a fearsome bug all added to my British list - and maybe more to follow: it’s been quite a day! And all without leaving home.

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

@DeansMatthew It’s been a long day!

[John Marchant @jhmpch]

Extraordinary numbers of Little Egrets have been gathering at Dickleburgh Moor recently, as the water level continues to drop: 42 for me today, 58 last week, and I’m told >70 in late June.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

The Green Party is calling for a new approach to education 💚

✅ £8bn for schools including a £2bn pay uplift for teachers
✅ Boost funding for special needs provision in mainstream schools
✅ Guarantee a qualified counsellor in every state school and college

[Jack Wallington @jackwallington]

Pretty much every nature organisation, 350 of them, tens of thousands of scientists, conservationists and growers march through London to tell the UK the manifestos are woefully inadequate to protect nature and us. Unprecedented. @BBCNews … nothing 👀

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

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