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VP w G a sum plum schinzii Dunlin the highlight, 2 Green & 2 Common sands, 20 BHGull incl a very fresh juv (where from?), 290+ Greylag, Canlag, 9 Egyptian Goose, 5 Teal, 3 Whitethroats, Reed Bunting but hedges and arable quiet. 9 Clouded Yellow, Conops quadrifiasciatus. #shropshirebirding 🪶 #diptera

I don't usually go to such lengths in fairness

Following the sad news about Bill Oddie, here's our own little tribute from BUBO Listing bubo.org/bill-oddie.h.... RIP Bill.

One in ours too, but I think of pellucens as common in woodland glades, however I haven't seen many of late as with several once common hovers (even in my fairly recent experience of them, c10 years)

Tree-lichen Beauty in the garden in Shrewsbury yesterday was an unexpected garden tick, only my 2nd ever and maybe only one previous county record if West Midlands Moths is up to date. A second this morning was just mad (marked differently but the first had been released several 100m away) #teammoth

Yes, pretty lucky, inanis is probably the one I see least often

Volucella fest along the cycle path to Mereside WeBS this morning. 2 V zonaria on Buddleja on the way there, then V inanis and V pellucens on Hogweed on the way back. #diptera #ukwildlife #hovers

VP 2 Green & 1 Common Sand, Marsh Tit on thistles, Redstart, 270 Glag, 9 Egyptian Goose, 3 L Egret, 2 Green Woodp, 2 Reed Warb, Swallows over hay stubble etc. Mereside WeBS - two late Mallard broods of 5 & 3 with 75 ads/fg juv, 2 summering Tufteds, 20 Canadas incl juvs etc. #shropshirebirding #webs

A rare Wednesday wildlife group out-of-county foray to N Herefordshire's Mowley Valley this week, where it was nice to find some Isolepis setacea (Bristle Club-rush) on the new scrapes. #wildflowerhour #wetlandplants

The wildlife group specialises in finding this tiny but distinctive wasp on almost every site we visit almost throughout the year. Mainly down to hawk eyed Jim Cresswell and vac samplers😄

Well not everything... Callitula pyrrhogaster | NBN Atlas share.google/CSqsw6gHC9IC...

Also at Mowley Valley w the wildlife group, other highlights included yet another Clouded Yellow, a fine little bunch of Lispes (Muscidae) running about & courting on damp mud and the spotty eyed hover Eristalinus sepulchralis. #ukwildlife #mybutterflyyear #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Mowley Valley in N Herefordshire yesterday w Wildlife Group. Their new scrapes were good for odonata including Emerald Damselfly new for the site, Common Darter, Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmer, Four-spotted Chaser, Common Blue & Blue-tailed Damselflies. #odonata #dragonfly #ukwildlife

#shropshirebirding #butterflies

VP this a.m. w G. Birds similar to yesterday incl Common Sand plus Green Sand, Green Woodp, Sand Martin, 15 BHGulls (c6 this year's juvs). We counted 10, possibly 1-2 more, Clouded Yellow around the arable including a helice. At least one f hanging around the Lucerne. #ukwildlife

Sadly there were no takers over the weekend for the freebie Macmillan Guide, so if anyone would like this copy of a still brilliant little guide, ping us a DM or message me here & we can sort it from there. It has a slight rip on the back cover, which I'll sellotape up for free too 😉

Look on the fruiting plants as that's what they eat (the larvae)

VP this morning, late summer Greylag flock grown to 190, 9 Egyptian Goose, Mandarin, 6 Teal, L Egret ad, Common Sand, 18 Lapwing, Green Woodp, Kingfisher, L Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, Redstart, M Thrush, Nuthatch etc. 1st Prosena siberita of the season. #shropshirebirding #diptera #ukwildlife

4-5mm so yes quite small. Widespread in NL on the foodplant, it seems

Excellent - will do.