Nick Richards

Appreciating the natural world

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

I've now moved over to Bluesky so anyone who wants to follow me over there, my link is https://t.co/Xf7OG9lD24

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak That's amazing! I've never seen more than one stalk on a single caterpillar! Any idea on what causes multiple stalks?

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak That could have lasted you through the winter if it was full!

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak @ManxRinging Amazing!!

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak Well done!!! Really impressed with all the effort that went into producing this year after year. One of my favourite reads every year :)

[Rathlin Stickybeak @_Stickybeak]

Twin-spotted Quaker turning up under building lights this morning - a new species for the Rathlin moth list! A super find by the eagle-eyed @nickrich101

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak Welcome back 🎉

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak With the weather calming down, I'm sure it'll be in the next two days or so. Then you can start getting up early each day for moths!!

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak That's a shame with the clouded yellow. It must have been a great year for them in the UK as I had my best ever season for them. Fingers crossed for next year 🤞

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak I love the eyes!

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak That's interesting! Did it match up with the long hot spell we had earlier on in the year?

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak Great catch! I still vividly remember finding the dark spinach on the house wall that day!!

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak Hooray! Some good news then :)

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak @BrennanMartine What stage have you been seeing failures? At Cemlyn on Anglesey, we've had high numbers of nesting pairs, but fewer juveniles showing, so we're having a higher than average failure of eggs or young chicks before they get old enough to venture away from the nest into view.

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak A big day!!! Fingers crossed the chick does well

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak As urban as you can get on Rathlin!

[Nick Richards @nickrich101]

@_Stickybeak Little espresso is on its way!!

[Rathlin Stickybeak @_Stickybeak]

🎉The 2024 Rathlin Bird Report is here!
Another action-packed year of birding on the island, with no shortage of good stuff to cram into our 7th annual report. Available now at https://t.co/IejFGy1o7S