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Bird ringer. Birder. UK Hippoboscidae Recorder (flat flies/louse flies/keds). Natural history. Former NHS GP, studying flat flies & bird diseases for a DPhil (PhD) at the Edward Grey Institute. Bird related side projects. Based in Oxford and on Exmoor.
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Can anyone ID this moth seem in deciduous woodland (mostly Sessile Oak) in Somerset today? @mothiduk.bsky.social

submitted 12 hours ago • 7 comments

🆕 Today, UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have confirmed the first detection of West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK. There is currently no evidence of wider circulation in birds or mosquitoes, and the risk to the public remains very low. 📰🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

A great early record. Has anyone else seen any flat flies (louse flies) or keds yet? Don’t forget to add the records to iRecord, or to get in touch if you need help with IDs.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We are have updated our research into which garden plants attract the most pollinators. Our original research included 5 years of data. We then moved house so this is now 9 years of data over 2 different locations. www.rosybee.com/research-study

submitted 63 days ago • 8 comments

New in "Parasitology" today, first detection of Avipoxvirus (APV) in louse/flat flies with additional phenological information supporting their role as probable vectors. We found APV in 50% of the flies tested and a peak in avian pox infections in Dunnocks 3 weeks after the flies peaked. 1/2

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

One of at least 5 Painted Lady butterflies on a small area of North Hill, near Minehead, Somerset this afternoon.

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Can anyone ID this fly from the inside of a bird box on Exmoor this morning? @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

NEW PAPER: Human disturbance and birds: recreational activities do not predict nest box occupancy in great tits, but individuals nesting in disturbed areas are more exploratory and have lower fitness. ➡️ vist.ly/3n43727 #ornithology #birds #animalpersonality #anthropocene #urbanization 🪶

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Moths almost outnumbered by Common Cockchafer & Black Sexton Beetles in the MV trap on Exmoor this morning, but good to see Lesser Swallow & Great Prominent & Least Black Arches. #TeamMoth

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Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Exmoor. #wildflowerhour

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

And so it begins, the Exmoor Pied Flycatcher breeding season is underway! @piedflynet.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Our new paper is out in "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment" ‪@esajournals.bsky.social‬ on "Integrating #ClimateChange, #BiologicalInvasions, and infectious wildlife #diseases" Free open access download here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Previously only recorded once in the UK in 2018, records of Pammene juniperana have been increasing since 2022. Pleased to finally share this paper with @jamesehammond.bsky.social confirming that this lovely moth is breeding here, probably both on both wild and garden Junipers: shorturl.at/E2LrU

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Amazing behaviour. Have Barn Owls been recorded eating moths before?

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

I find it strange adding my name to specimens that are, in some cases, over 100 years old. Today, I finished working through the main UK Hippoboscidae collection at Oxford University Museum of Natural History, checking the IDs of existing specimens & IDing new accessions. @morethanadodo.bsky.social

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Amazing difference in bird song at Burgess Field Oxford today compared to yesterday. Lots of Blackcaps, none yesterday. Little change in the numbers of Whitethoats and Willow Warblers but the Chiffchaffs were a lot quieter. Common Gull, single pairs of Oystercatchers and Shelduck on Port Meadow. 🦉

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

It looks like one of the pair of Pied Wagtails that nest under the solar panels may have been replaced as this female wasn’t ringed.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

UK native wild Bluebell and Spanish Bluebell, in two patches of woodland on the edge of Exmoor today. Guess which was nearest to the town. Differences are listed in the Alt text. #wildflowerhour

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

As well as a new presence here, @egioxford.bsky.social has a refreshed website launched today - please visit if you are curious about who we are, the research we do, our history and more! egioxford.web.ox.ac.uk

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Phone photo of a Peacock Butterfly on and old farm gate, Except this afternoon,

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Phone photo of a Red Kite just outside Minehead today circling with two Buzzards this evening. Unlike Oxford, they are rare around here. 🦉

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

At last! A Dark-edged Beefly! Not quite on Exmoor, just over the national park boundary near Minehead. @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Marsh Marigold or King Cup (Caltha Palustris), Exmoor. #wildflowerhour

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

My first Peacock Butterfly of 2025, Exmoor today.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Dogs Mercury, on the north east boundary of Exmoor today. #wildflowerhour

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A crane fly by the pond on Exmoor last night. Can anyone ID it? @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

Insight into the top field craft skills employed to see the Mallard x Eider hybrid at Seahouses this morning 😉 #NEbirding #birds

submitted 59 days ago • 5 comments

Redpoll safely on its way after being ringed on Exmoor.

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