Steve Whitehouse

Pammene agnotana on wood near a lure at one of it's central England strongholds mid-afternoon yesterday. Probably under-recorded - I tried for 6 hours with MOL/FUN/SKI at an Oxon woodland last year, around this time in strong sunshine - not a sniff!

@carljones57 You may be able to crop the ring number and see where it has come from?

Grimley today, 65 species, beautiful morning, got our first, sedge and Reed warbler of the year ,several willow warbler, 3 common sand, Redshank, 3 L,R,P ,this Reed bunting sat up nicely for me

Bit of an enigma - Acleris lipsiana at what was thought to be England's best location for the species. Ecstatic with the first, 'comfortably numb' by the last at dawn. I can confirm it is now. (Thanks to Iain Leach for support on the night and the image)

You wait 20 Years for a Worcester garden Blossom Underwing -then two come along on the same night😍 (22 March)

@carljones57 moulting male!

Female Reed bunting

@secondtierpod Watching Stoke City FC!

This is unreal 😂😂 How do you fall asleep at a football match?! 😂😂

@Craig63jones @SHeadbirder @savebutterflies @WorcsWT Will make some excuse - they always do!

@SHeadbirder @savebutterflies @WorcsWT I don't know what the details of the contract were - but I can't imagine it was to leave the wood in the complete mess we saw today. Be interesting to hear what @WorcsWT have to say.

Devastating scene at Grafton Wood, jointly managed by ⁦@savebutterflies⁩ and ⁦@WorcsWT⁩ The heart of the wood has been near clear felled removing dozens of 100+ year oaks. They may know what they’re doing, but I don’t.

Following on from one at Winyates, Redditch exactly 2 years ago now a true VC37 Clancy's Rustic at Warndon, Worcester O/N - one of 30 species recorded.

@hairyleader The Burren Rocks!

An Irish P&T wall box on the Burren Co. Clare. Casting by Allen of London. Taken 2005. #PostboxSaturday

@NathanJudah That's what happens when you buy a whole team of mercenaries!

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@BredonHillSU admire your honesty!

@stevemothman Wandered over to them and they decided I was too close and flew away as I thought they might.

@trapsite Are you sure it's not a 'Bog Owl?' 😂🙄

The thing of beauty that is Porter’s Rustic.....from New Romney traps last night

To say that the history of Buttoned Snout in Worcs is puzzling is a understatement! Only 3 records between 1899 and 1975, despite an extensive Hop Growing area west of River Severn. Then none for 43 years. Waited 21 years here at Warndon then 2 come along in one night!

@WombourneNature @BC_WestMids @MigrantMothUK One of about 10 species formally considered as 'immigrants' - now part of local English scenery!

For the second time this week we have caught an immigrant moth in our Wombourne garden, this time a White-point, a new one for me. An obvious size and colour difference to the similar Clay's we catch regularly. @BC_WestMids @MigrantMothUK

@ivysuckle West Hagley was confirmed but may not be on database yet... Database is always 18+ months behind due to technical process.

@stevemothman Wasn't aware of the earlier record. CMR advised my record was first confirmed for VC37 (there was an unconfirmed sighting from Malvern a few years ago). Of course it is understood there is always a chance any record may be preceded.

No question which was the star moth in the garden on Thursday night! Webb's Wainscot (Globia sparganii), rare recent arrival in the West Midlands, a species associated with bulrushes (Typha spp). New for garden & first confirmed Worcestershire VC37 record 🦋💚🍃

@DeansMatthew @Bawdsey_Hall Its been at Aston Rowant for a few years!

Uncinus obductella, the Marjoram Knot-horn, from @Bawdsey_Hall last night - the second site record after one in 2022. Perhaps a recent colonist to Suffolk.

@WombourneNature @BelvideBirding Climate Change Result?

Five White-faced Whistling Ducks at Belvide ⁦@BelvideBirding⁩

@FPeplow You could probably write a chapter on each of the previous 6 birds and why they were not seen/shared. Shot, Politics, Paranoia, Incompetence, No Mobile Phones and Lack of Internet but not necessarily in that order!

After a lifetime of Worcestershire birding today was finally time to add Night Heron to the county list! #Grimley