Unusual Chiffchaff song @fscblencathra.bsky.social with a regular triple-element phrase.
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The sound of summer...
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), Blencathra, Cumbria
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Timeline of bird song during the dawn chorus at Blencathra FSC field centre in The Lake District, England, 11 June 2025.
Up with the lark...
Dawn chorus chronology @fscblencathra.bsky.social from the Skylark at 02:58 to the Cuckoo at 04:21
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Thank you @FSCBlencathra, see you next year. Hopefully under drier circumstances... 🤞 #FieldCourseFortnight
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Walking back from the pub on the last evening of #FieldCourseFortnight, and what should fly past and settle on a tree trunk but a moth. Devon Carpet I believe, only the second I've ever seen (both @FSCBlencathra) #TeamMoth
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Scallop Shell moth. Densely marked with wavy lines.
Having run 38 traps at FSC Blencathra this trip, student Zoe finds Moth of the Week this morning on the accommodation kitchen window frame. Scallop Shell, an absolutely stunning insect, and a lifer to boot 😀. #FieldCourseFortnight #TeamMoth
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Having run 38 traps @FSCBlencathra this trip, student Zoe finds Moth of the Week this morning on the accommodation kitchen window frame. Scallop Shell, an absolutely stunning insect, and a lifer to boot 😀. #FieldCourseFortnight #TeamMoth
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Red Squirrel playing peek-a-boo.
A Spotted Flycatcher perched on a rock.
A pleasant wander around FSC Blencathra this morning ahead of the forecast rain. A pair of Red Squirrels were more focused on each other than on me, and then on the Stoat that shot past. The local Spotted Flycatchers were working hard feeding nestlings. #FieldCourseFortnight #UKBirding #LakeDistrict
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A pleasant wander around @FSCBlencathra this morning ahead of the forecast rain. A pair of Red Squirrels were more focused on each other than on me, and then on the Stoat that shot past. Spotted Flycatchers were working hard feeding nestlings. #FieldCourseFortnight @UCLCBER
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Coxcomb Prominent moth. Named for its extravagant pompadour.
Clouded-bordered Brindle moth. Several shades of brown.
A couple more NFY from the FSC Blencathra moth traps this morning - Coxcomb Prominent and Clouded-bordered Brindle. Numbers still low unfortunately. #FieldCourseFortnight #TeamMoth
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A couple more NFY from the @FSCBlencathra moth traps this morning - Coxcomb Prominent and Clouded-bordered Brindle. Numbers still low unfortunately. #FieldCourseFortnight #TeamMoth
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A fluffy fledgling Tawny Owl in a field of green leaves.
Maintained our 100% record of finding Tawny Owls
at FSC Blencathra on #FieldCourseFortnight. Blackbirds spooked the adult before I could get a photo, but the fledgling was much more relaxed.
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Maintained our 100% record of finding Tawny Owls @FSCBlencathra on #FieldCourseFortnight. Blackbirds spooked the adult before I could get a photo, but the fledgling was much more relaxed.
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That time of the week when the students take the lead running the #FieldCourseFortnight moth traps. And they came up trumps with an unequivocal Larch Pug, a lifer for me. Small Angle Shades, Brown Rustic and Broom Moth were NFY in a better catch in improved conditions. #TeamMoth
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Low numbers again in the London moth trap, but another 3 NFY among 19:13, with Hoary Footman (annual here now), Eudonia lacustrata (by the looks), and Swammerdamia pyrella. Off to the Lake District today as part of #FieldCourseFortnight so hoping for a few more species up there... #TeamMoth
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Low numbers again in the London moth trap, but another 3 NFY among 19:13, with Hoary Footman (annual here now), Eudonia lacustrata (by the looks), and Swammerdamia pyrella. Off to the Lake District today as part of #FieldCourseFortnight so hoping for more up there... #TeamMoth
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A couple of moths from a morning of @UCLCBER #FieldCourseFortnight sampling on @CityCorpHeath this morning - Yellow Shell and Blood-vein. #TeamMoth
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And here we go again - @UCLCBER #FieldCourseFortnight 2024. Incredibly, it’s not raining…
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Drinking in the last morning @FSCBlencathra before the journey back to London. #FieldCourseFortnight
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The final night of trapping @FSCBlencathra was the best of the lot, with 46, 56 and 40 species in the three traps. Two more micro lifers in Elachista luticomella and Epiblema scutulana. Green Arches and more Garden Tigers amongst the macro eye candy. #FieldCourseFortnight
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More moths materialised in the student's traps this morning, including Satin Lutestring, Muslin Footman, and Pale-shouldered Brocade. Almost 100 species now for the week @FSCBlencathra. #FieldCourseFortnight #DoYouSeeWhatIDidThere
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The @UCL field course students caught a Tiger this morning: Garden Tiger. Highlight of a good haul across 6 traps that included Barred Red, Fox Moth and Gold Spot. #FieldCourseFortnight #TeamMoth
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Great start to the morning when @fssbirding texted to say he'd found the Tawny Owl chicks. The adult arrived shortly after me with a shrew which it passed to its two well-grown young. #LoveNature #FieldCourseFortnight
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Our annual @UCL visit to the summit of Blencathra mountain, and my annual check in on the mountaintop moth Catoptria furcatellus. Also a lifer for me in Ancylis unguicella, and large numbers of Orchid Beetles at the summit. Quite the mini Serengeti up there. #FieldCourseFortnight
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The final total from last night @FSCBlencathra was 78 macro-moths of 33 species across 6 traps. Not a huge return, but some nice moths - Devon Carpet was new for me (as was Tansy Plume), Welsh Wave was a trap first, and we caught both Elephants. #FieldCourseFortnight
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And breathe. In the Lake District with our group of @ucl students, 6 moth traps set. What will the morning bring? #FieldCourseFortnight.
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It must be difficult to please all users, but props to @CityCorpHeath for leaving so much of the grass unmown. Dragonflies, moths, butterflies, flies, wasps, nomad bees, bees – all loving this meadow. #FieldCourseFortnight
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While the students were working on trees, I was looking for insects. This is a regular on @CityCorpHeath – Downlooker Snipe-fly, looking down on me. #FieldCourseFortnight
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