Martin Weaver

@andyshawbirds1 Did you keep the receipt 🤞😂

@HikerMartin Gutted I missed that! Who needs new binoculars eh mate ! 😂👍

2 hrs netherton hill, early pm, very quiet with little over either! 5 raven( 3,1,1 ) and 3 mipit noted, gs and green woodpecker, goldcrest calling.

Saltwells NNR 5/10 - Stonechat in snipe field...

@ChaterTodd @Tomonabike46 @saltwellsbirder @andyshawbirds1 Along the bottom path at 2pm...

F type Stonechat on Netherton hill, lower slope towards cattle bridge 12.20 Looked a bit dark. Possibly young male. Poor silhouette views. @Tomonabike46 @saltwellsbirder @andyshawbirds1

Grafton Wood 30/8 - my first Painted Lady and Small Copper of 2024 finally spotted..!

Grafton Wood 30/8 - just when I thought all hope was lost two Brown Hairstreak finally made an appearance..!

@Tomonabike46 @CourtS2196 @DudleyNature @EcoRecording @savebutterflies And I thought I'd done well seeing a Purple Hairstreak 🙄😂

@CourtS2196 @DudleyNature @EcoRecording @savebutterflies @HikerMartin

Buzzing is an understatement for my find this morning! Purple Emperor butterfly Saltwells National Nature Reserve! Poor photo due to not wanting to spook it getting too close @DudleyNature @EcoRecording @savebutterflies

@Tomonabike46 👍

Fire pretty much out now, thanks for heads up @HikerMartin. Some nests lost but could’ve been much worse

@Tomonabike46 @yelloowec Just heard the fire service guy say they're going to have to break open the two gates onto Blackbrook Road.

@HikerMartin @yelloowec Rgr mate, in my way now. Have fire brigade been called?

Netherton Hill on fire. Gorse by middle bench. Several fires so looks deliberate @Tomonabike46 @yelloowec

@Tomonabike46 @yelloowec Guy from fire service here now. Says he's going to let it burn out as can't engine anywhere near.

@Tomonabike46 @yelloowec Yes, some guy has rang them. He thinks they're here already but I can't see any fire crew.

@Tomonabike46 @yelloowec Had a couple of Marbled White on Tailings yesterday along with a Meadow Brown. Still haven't seen a Small Copper this year.

Good numbers of Marbled White on tailings was a first for the year. Butterfly numbers still down though, small heath and a very battered Green Hairstreak too @yelloowec @HikerMartin

@yelloowec Was it the same place as before?

Over the moon to find Small Blue (Cupido minimus) on site again 😁. Last recorded sighting was in 2017. Saltwells NNR, Dudley. @BC_WestMids @DudleyNature @EcoRecording @HikerMartin @Tomonabike46

Fens Pool NR 24/5 - a morning visit to see the Garganey which eventually (4+ hours!) came close enough for a photo or two...

@m_cooper563 @ChaterTodd @WestMidsBirding @CourtS2196 @Tomonabike46 @saltwellsbirder @andyshawbirds1 @Reynardlejean Still present at 2pm...

@ChaterTodd @WestMidsBirding @CourtS2196 @Tomonabike46 @saltwellsbirder @andyshawbirds1 @Reynardlejean @HikerMartin Has it been seen since?

Drake Gargany on Fens pool this morning. Thanks to Laurie for the heads up. @CourtS2196 @Tomonabike46 @saltwellsbirder @andyshawbirds1 @Reynardlejean @HikerMartin et al. @WestMidsBirding

Saltwells NNR 6/5 - male stonechat still on Netherton Hill. Thanks to @saltwellsbirder for the find 👍

@andyshawbirds1 @Reynardlejean Yeah, I've found it. Still on slope now 👍

@HikerMartin @Reynardlejean Still on the slope in the scrub but very mobile.

Cracking male stonechat still netherton hill on the lower slope, a late record for here I would imagine! @HikerMartin @Reynardlejean

@Tomonabike46 Eric's

@HikerMartin Nice one Martin, where did you pick up the Green Hairstreak?

Saltwells NNR 5/5 - at long last my first Saltwells Holly Blue of the year with the added bonus of happening across a Green Hairstreak. Species tally now 12 thus far...