The inspiring Wern Farm in adjacent Monts with the wildlife groups on Weds produced several of the fine Calliphorid Cynomya mortuorum, Small Copper and fleeting views of Barn Owl amongst others. #diptera @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #mybutterflyyear #ukwildlife

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Garden moths in #Shrewsbury this morning. Pristine Small Mottled Willow (it's been their year but this is the first for a while), Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) also as fresh as a Badger/Daisy. Autumnal feel w 1st Lunar Underwings (five) of the year and a 2nd Black Rustic. #teammoth #ukwildlife

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VP with G, less of the same after a clear night, no sign of Curlew Sand. Greenshank, Green & Common Sand, Snipe, 3 Lapwing, juv Shelduck, 31 Shoveler. 8+ new brood Clouded Yellow round arable w Brown Argus, Common Blue, Sm Copper etc. #shropshirebirding 🪶 #mybutterflyyear @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

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VP this morning with 3 Greenshank the highlight, 2 of them in & out, calling beautifully etc. Also a record 24 Little Egret, 2 GWE, 6+ Green & 2 Common Sand, 3 j LRP, 7 Shoveler, Yellow Wag, 3 Canlag etc #shropshirebirding 🪶 #ukwildlife

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It's that time of year again, almost exactly a year since the garden first, a bosting big Clifden Nonpareil in the garden trap! 18 Aug last year, 17th this. Otherwise quite busy but migrants just a Rush Veneer and a Small Mottled Willow. #teammoth #ukwildlife #shrewsbury

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