Andy Underscore

2 Raven circling low over Colmore Row near Snow Hill Station just. A tick for this area of Brum and great to hear their gronking calls echoing around the buildings here 👌@stevelilart @MrValley1 @NaturallyBirmi1 @CllrMajid @WTBBC @JimPanda @Andy_Underscore @JamieHicken

So this week, we lost both Tilt in the City Centre and Wildcat in Stirchley 😭 Soon, the only pub left in Birmingham will ironically be The Flapper after its 17th 'closing down' party...

It was great to record three new flies @BibbeysWildFarm this weekend, a Lance Fly of the Genus Lonchaea and two Soldier Flies: Yellow-legged Black (Pachygaster leachii) and Common Orange Leigionnaire (Beria vallata)

#30dayswild spotting orchids in the meadow at the University of Birmingham. @WTBBC

@BearwoodCouncil Erm, in Smethwick? 🤷‍♂️

@Andy_Underscore What's this abomination? Where is Bearwood?

With the talk around the recent (silly) proposal by the Reform Party to only allow UK, England or County Flags to be flown from public buildings I thought it would be a good time to reshare my Black Country flags project: andyunderscore.com/2022/01/02/fla…

And the results are in... Three species 🤣 (it was a bit cold last night) Clouded Drab x1 Pug (of some sort) x1 White-shouldered House Moth x6

Moth trap set up for tonight! As part of the City Nature Challenge my Wildlife Trust colleague Jake and I are engaging in a "moth-off" to see who can record the most species on a single night of moth trapping this weekend.

Eel, Speckled Wood, and approximately 52 Swans at Edgbaston Reservoir Today! @EcoRecording

I'm only 84 away from hitting 5,000 wildlife observations on @inaturalist I'll have to try to make my 5,000th onservation something interesting! ☘️🐝🐾

@Sewn_apart Just the brewery (and tap room) I think

@Andy_Underscore Is it just the brewery that has gone or Waterloo Street too? Know Harborne is still trading?

Sad to hear yet another Brum brewery, Sommar, is apparently no more....

Ricco - ageing like a fine wine

An essential festive watch for any Matt Berry fans youtu.be/JS1eTb6smNM?si…

"Bees" Can anyone spot what's wrong here? (nb The notebook cover is also the January image in the calendar)

@RedditchMatters @Redd_Advertiser @RedditchLibrary @RedStand

So here's my attempt at a flag for Redditch. It's based on the crest of Redditch Council. The Cross is a reference to St Stephen, patron of both the Abbey and the Parish Church. The green of the Cross commemorates Feckenham Forest. The Borough stands within this former Forest.

Hey there, Flag Fans! A while back, you may remember that I designed a load of hypothetical flags for areas of Birmingham and the Black Country andyunderscore.com/flag-gallery/ Anyway, every now and then, people get in touch with some flag based requests...

And as a bonus, here's a flag for Sandwell in the style of South Korea... (using the symbols and colours from the @sandwellcouncil crest)

* On re-reading the email, I realise the person asked for a flag of BOURNHEATH, not Bentley Heath. My bad. Oh well. Watch this space for a Bournheath flag I guess...