denisewawman.bsky.social
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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Hopefully the other papers on louse fly ecology and taxonomy and avian pox will be published soon. Thank you to everyone who collected louse flies, helped with lab work, gave me advice, or supported me in other ways. 5/5
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and the third, the first detection of Avipoxvirus in two species of louse flies in the UK with additional phenological data that would support their role as vectors: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 4/5
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The second describes range shifts in the UK species of louse flies: doi.org/10.1111/mve.... 3/5
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So far 3 of the 7 manuscripts which formed my thesis have been published. The first documents the colonisation of the UK by 3 species of louse fly (flat fly/ Hippoboscid) which had previously only been recorded as vagrants: doi.org/10.1111/mve.... 2/5
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The wing shape doesn’t look quite right, but it could be the camera angle
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Bigger, wing shape seems wrong, reminded me more of Alder Kitten
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Verifed. Thanks for the record.
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Ornithomya avicularia, male, an interesting early record, but not surprising after such a long period of warm weather.
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Well done! Any spoilers?
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It’s a great photo & an excellent record - not many from that area. I can’t be 100% sure from the photo. It’s either Ornithomya chloropus (edge of its range) or an early O. avicularia. Do you have a photo of the underside? Or can you get one that shows the pattern of tiny hairs on the wings?
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Thanks to all the @btobirds.bsky.social bird ringers who collected flat flies, my co-authors, @stevenfiddaman.bsky.social at @biology.ox.ac.uk ogy.ox.ac.uk and the team at APHA who did the lab work, @turnershbo.bsky.social and Adrian Smith. Plus @sheldonbirds.bsky.social for his advice. 2/2
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Thanks Rob, I got stuck thinking of entirely the wrong genus!
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Somewhere in settings you can inactivate it, but be prepared for it to reappear after updates.
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Liked because of the alt text. We all need to start doing this to help beginners and people who don’t have species in their area.
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Liking this one because you have helpfully labelled it with alt text, which is great for anyone new to moths who wants to know which is which. We all need to start doing this to help beginners or those who haven’t seen species in their area.
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Merlin always seems to ID Chiffchaff calls as Redstarts.
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Next I need to work through a separate historical collection in the darker brown drawer and the 2 drawers of the world collection, which may take a while if I spend over an hour confused by a fly because I miss read Tasmania as Tanzania!
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Although it is quite low for a Swift box, was really surprised when I eventually worked out where the Robins’ the nest was!
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Someone mowed all the grass yesterday.
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I also get Robins in my Swift box.
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Thanks, that’s made me laugh.
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One problem is that as species decline people are less likely to come into contact with them making it is harder to increase awareness and nature literacy.
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That should say Exmoor this afternoon!