@angusrobin.bsky.social
SW LesserSpot network volunteer, birder and GP based in Taunton
Group of eleven Black-throated divers seen from the Applecross Inn, looking towards Skye. Earlier had a pair of WT Eagle overhead - so close the pic was with my phone.
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Group of eleven Black-throated divers seen from the Applecross Inn, looking towards Skye. Earlier had a pair of WT Eagle overhead - so close the pic was with my phone.
Three Green Woodpecker chicks in a Quantock nest this morning
June 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Three Green Woodpecker chicks in a Quantock nest this morning
Four nests have been found so far across Devon and Somerset, including one brood of six). There’s still time to find more this week @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Four nests have been found so far across Devon and Somerset, including one brood of six). There’s still time to find more this week @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
Here are young GSW calling from their nest site (this was filmed in early June, but some GSW nests are noisy now) @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Here are young GSW calling from their nest site (this was filmed in early June, but some GSW nests are noisy now) @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
Here are young LSW calling from a nest site in a birch stump @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Here are young LSW calling from a nest site in a birch stump @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
…and thermal cameras do help find and monitor woodpecker nests!
Here’s a Great Spotted Woodpecker nest on a cool morning with older chicks making plenty of heat.
@lesserspotnet.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
(Hikmicro Falcon FQ35 but SW optics have kindly loaned a Hikmicro Lynx 2.0 too.)
Here’s a Great Spotted Woodpecker nest on a cool morning with older chicks making plenty of heat.
@lesserspotnet.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
(Hikmicro Falcon FQ35 but SW optics have kindly loaned a Hikmicro Lynx 2.0 too.)
May 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
…and thermal cameras do help find and monitor woodpecker nests!
Here’s a Great Spotted Woodpecker nest on a cool morning with older chicks making plenty of heat.
@lesserspotnet.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
(Hikmicro Falcon FQ35 but SW optics have kindly loaned a Hikmicro Lynx 2.0 too.)
Here’s a Great Spotted Woodpecker nest on a cool morning with older chicks making plenty of heat.
@lesserspotnet.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
(Hikmicro Falcon FQ35 but SW optics have kindly loaned a Hikmicro Lynx 2.0 too.)
Pied Fly pair have built a nest in this root hole, no eggs yet. Warm on thermal imaging. @piedflynet.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Pied Fly pair have built a nest in this root hole, no eggs yet. Warm on thermal imaging. @piedflynet.bsky.social
My first Cuckoo of the year calling in Aisholt wood, Quantocks today (view is towards Aisholt Common)
April 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My first Cuckoo of the year calling in Aisholt wood, Quantocks today (view is towards Aisholt Common)
Wood chips from an oak on the path - looked up to see a new GSW nest in progress in Hodders Co, Quantock Hills. (There’s an older hole below the new one too.)
April 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Wood chips from an oak on the path - looked up to see a new GSW nest in progress in Hodders Co, Quantock Hills. (There’s an older hole below the new one too.)
A day of two halves in Somerset too - started with woodpeckers, Pied Fly and Ring Ouzels on the Quantocks, then the Whiskered Tern on the way home to start Acoustic Pipeline woodpecker recording analysis. Fingers crossed!
April 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A day of two halves in Somerset too - started with woodpeckers, Pied Fly and Ring Ouzels on the Quantocks, then the Whiskered Tern on the way home to start Acoustic Pipeline woodpecker recording analysis. Fingers crossed!
These will both be listening for LSW at historical sites from today. Fingers crossed! Thanks for your work @simongillings.bsky.social @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
(And thanks to the Quantock Natural Landscapes team for the equipment loan.)
(And thanks to the Quantock Natural Landscapes team for the equipment loan.)
April 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
These will both be listening for LSW at historical sites from today. Fingers crossed! Thanks for your work @simongillings.bsky.social @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
(And thanks to the Quantock Natural Landscapes team for the equipment loan.)
(And thanks to the Quantock Natural Landscapes team for the equipment loan.)
Red Kite over Higher Hare Knap, Quantocks, plus all three woodpeckers on the route in and out of the Combes. 3 GSW, 3 Green, 3 LSW!
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Red Kite over Higher Hare Knap, Quantocks, plus all three woodpeckers on the route in and out of the Combes. 3 GSW, 3 Green, 3 LSW!
Three LSW were heard (one seen) on a Somerset OS Quantock walk today looking for signs and holes of woodpeckers.
Sadly no LSW encounters yesterday on the same route, despite better weather.
Thanks to the brave folk who braved the hills and I hope we find more territories and nest sites this year.
Sadly no LSW encounters yesterday on the same route, despite better weather.
Thanks to the brave folk who braved the hills and I hope we find more territories and nest sites this year.
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Three LSW were heard (one seen) on a Somerset OS Quantock walk today looking for signs and holes of woodpeckers.
Sadly no LSW encounters yesterday on the same route, despite better weather.
Thanks to the brave folk who braved the hills and I hope we find more territories and nest sites this year.
Sadly no LSW encounters yesterday on the same route, despite better weather.
Thanks to the brave folk who braved the hills and I hope we find more territories and nest sites this year.
We heard one that morning, but not everyone got it.
Perhaps Lesser Spotted Woodpecker should get one of the stamps on the bbc news this morning! @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
(Had 5+ heard this morning drumming this morning, somewhere else in the NF!)
Perhaps Lesser Spotted Woodpecker should get one of the stamps on the bbc news this morning! @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
(Had 5+ heard this morning drumming this morning, somewhere else in the NF!)
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We heard one that morning, but not everyone got it.
Perhaps Lesser Spotted Woodpecker should get one of the stamps on the bbc news this morning! @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
(Had 5+ heard this morning drumming this morning, somewhere else in the NF!)
Perhaps Lesser Spotted Woodpecker should get one of the stamps on the bbc news this morning! @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
(Had 5+ heard this morning drumming this morning, somewhere else in the NF!)
Had a pair of Syrian this afternoon. No Green in Poland, but that’s ok by me.
March 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Had a pair of Syrian this afternoon. No Green in Poland, but that’s ok by me.
Very luck to see a pair of Three-toed Woodpeckers in Poland this morning. The 8th species of woodpecker today and a supporting cast of Hawfinch, Woodlark, Willow and Marsh Tit, Waxwing, Crested Tit, Cranes, Bean/WF Geese and Rough-legged Buzzard…plus other great birds and wildlife.
March 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Very luck to see a pair of Three-toed Woodpeckers in Poland this morning. The 8th species of woodpecker today and a supporting cast of Hawfinch, Woodlark, Willow and Marsh Tit, Waxwing, Crested Tit, Cranes, Bean/WF Geese and Rough-legged Buzzard…plus other great birds and wildlife.
All three woodpeckers on Exmoor this morning @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @exmoornp.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
All three woodpeckers on Exmoor this morning @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @exmoornp.bsky.social
Beautiful morning on the Quantocks. Tentative but of GSW drumming and some LSW calls briefly too.
The first Combe House hotel brunch of the year.
The first Combe House hotel brunch of the year.
January 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Beautiful morning on the Quantocks. Tentative but of GSW drumming and some LSW calls briefly too.
The first Combe House hotel brunch of the year.
The first Combe House hotel brunch of the year.
This usurped Blue Tit nest was under a successful Pied Fly nest, seen as I cleaned out the boxes ready for the Spring.
Think we may have also found another LSW nest hole that we missed in ‘24.
Think we may have also found another LSW nest hole that we missed in ‘24.
January 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This usurped Blue Tit nest was under a successful Pied Fly nest, seen as I cleaned out the boxes ready for the Spring.
Think we may have also found another LSW nest hole that we missed in ‘24.
Think we may have also found another LSW nest hole that we missed in ‘24.
Somerset Ornithological Soc AGM this Sat 1.30pm at Cheddon Fitzpaine hall.
I’ll be talking about finding and monitoring breeding Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and how we can track down this declining and elusive species. There’ll be tea and cake too @btobirds.bsky.social
I’ll be talking about finding and monitoring breeding Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and how we can track down this declining and elusive species. There’ll be tea and cake too @btobirds.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Somerset Ornithological Soc AGM this Sat 1.30pm at Cheddon Fitzpaine hall.
I’ll be talking about finding and monitoring breeding Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and how we can track down this declining and elusive species. There’ll be tea and cake too @btobirds.bsky.social
I’ll be talking about finding and monitoring breeding Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and how we can track down this declining and elusive species. There’ll be tea and cake too @btobirds.bsky.social