I missed the main event, and clouds played havoc with the encore, but nice to see the #aurora again from the back garden last night
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Tom Lowe
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Gulls, Geese, Goshawks, Aurora, Astronomy and everything else in the sky. #lookup #salopobs - the unofficial bird observatory in the heart of Shropshire 😏
@saloplarus.bsky.social@saloplarus.bsky.socialThanks Ed. Although I thought I'd read that you'd disproved your theory?
@saloplarus.bsky.socialWhilst being very rare in the Greenland/Islay population, there are at least 6-8 of these lookalike leucistic individuals in the Svalbard/Solway population which are the ones that hit the Northumberland coast in autumn
@saloplarus.bsky.socialWith that pale bill and mixed in grey coverts and tertial, surely a 2nd-winter? Be interesting to see what the ringing details say
@saloplarus.bsky.socialAnother juv Peregrine today, this one caught its own Woodpigeon but lost it immediately to a Buzzard. Pinks everywhere, more Whoopers south, and my first Redwings of the autumn, 1,020 pouring west over the wolds with 9 Jays #yorkshirebirding #vismig #ukbirding
@saloplarus.bsky.socialVery lucky the older one brought the Woodpigeon down right next to me, light behind me, etc!
@saloplarus.bsky.socialThe day cleared into a fantastic slice of autumn on the Yorkshire Wolds, with southbound Pinks and Whoopers, a SEO in from high east, and some very showy Peregrines 😍 #loveautumn #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
@saloplarus.bsky.socialI'd agree with J, and maybe a 7 in the middle? And it will be Norwegian, yes, so send the photos to them and they'll sort it. But it's a Common Gull, not a BHG
@saloplarus.bsky.socialOops... at Fraisthorpe
@saloplarus.bsky.socialThe highlight of an hour to kill on the #yorkshirebirding coast this morning was this juv Sab's messing about with 28 Little Gulls 😍 Also a family of 6 Whoopers south, drake Scaup north, 2 Arctic Skuas... #ukbirding #seawatching
@saloplarus.bsky.socialWe had yellow ones in the immigrant waves, and like many others, we're getting pink ones now. Vestals were almost common in the failed silage field behind our house late summer, and I suspect they bred there. Homegrown ones being pink has been noted before: dorsetmoths.co.uk/index_mobile...
@saloplarus.bsky.socialBrilliant atmospheric glory just right of the Wrekin, and segments of fogbow too! I wondered where the fog spread to, could just see it pouring into the Severn Valley from my vantage point (the Wrekin is just out of shot to the left)
@saloplarus.bsky.socialThanks, not just me then!
@saloplarus.bsky.socialThanks, yeah!
@saloplarus.bsky.socialBonkers isn't it! Long may it continue!
@saloplarus.bsky.social...down at the pink Vestal club... 💗
Of an amazing 10 Vestals this morning, 7 were deep pinks, maybe born in the garden?! The other surprise amongst 88/23 was this apparent July Belle! In October. Unless anyone has any more autumnal suggestions?! #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@saloplarus.bsky.socialLove these sorts of things: how many SBS were on the move last night for the three of us to all get one?!
@saloplarus.bsky.socialTwo county rares amongst a catch of 72/15 was a good result from a cloudy night at #salopobs. Scarce Bordered Straw and Delicate, both lovely moths and immaculate #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@saloplarus.bsky.socialOctober getting into its stride at #salopobs. More #nocmig Common Scoters and the first Merveille du Jour last night, then a gorgeous 50spp morning including the first push of 2,580 #vismig Woodpigeons, raptors, Skylarks, Mipits, buntings... #loveautumn #ukbirding ebird.org/checklist/S3...
@saloplarus.bsky.socialYes, been a good autumn for Light Emerald here too