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oued massa morocco monterey pelagic trip this has always been a lifelong ambition to do and had a fantastic experience in august 2014 and this is covered in detail in my blog at that time if you ever get the chance just do it black footed albatross monterey uae i have been fortunate to spend a couple of long weekends in the uae once in spring and again in the autumn what a fantastic place to see lots of birds and some real cripplers in beautiful scenery and great light the estuaries offered up fantastic views of thousands of waders breeding plumage greater and lesser sandplover great knot crab plover broad billed sandpiper pacific golden plover and terek sandpipers there were plenty of bewildering races of gulls including summer plumaged great black headed gulls crested lesser crested and white cheeked terns an absolutely stunning country and one i would love to return to fall of yank warblers point pelee early may 1979 at canada s premier migration hot spot point pelee was a fantastic experience i think there were 12 of us in our rented house and the early morning walks around the point was a mind blowing introduction to american birds particularly the warblers no matter where you looked the trees and bushes were crawling with birds and i spent many hours tracking down the species present having had all my kit stolen in america two months later i no longer have the photos or notebooks so recollections are a little hazy however i do know that it was possible to see over 30 species of warbler in a day in their stunning breeding plumage and on one occasion nearby at rondeau having a crippling male prothonotary warbler actually perched on my boot far too close to photograph phassouri reed beds cyprus in july august 1982 i spent a fantastic couple of moths birding in cyprus the hot summer months are not that well covered by visiting birders so there was plenty of scope for interesting records one of my favourite sites was phassouri reed beds on the akrotiri peninsula from the very first visit it was obvious that there were birds there not usually recorded in summer these included night herons which were seen carrying food into the reeds at least three little bitterns including a juvenile up to six baillon s crakes all but one were juveniles great reed warbler a pair feeding young and penduline tits calling and seen frequently in the reeds all were either breeding or strongly suspected of breeding and the records were sent to messrs flint and stewart who were preparing the updated birds of cyprus thankfully most of the sightings just made it into the new book how can i forget sitting in a very hot and cramped canvas hide photographing some of these birds with a baillon s crake scratching at the canvas at my feet and a singing great reed warbler sitting inches above my head on top of the hide silver jubilee this long weekend falling in the first week of june 1977 proved an exciting few days for a couple of then low listers a route was planned for andy and i in his trusty mgb which would offer us some new birds virginia water for mandarin duck stodmarsh for cetti s and savi s warblers and then up to the brecks golden pheasant self found male montagu s harrier golden orioles and stone curlew minsmere produced a fine adult woodchat plus the usual wetland birds red backed shrike nearby and then the ouse washes to see an adult female wilson s phalarope and a flyby pratincole which only a handful of us saw unfortunately i had to return a couple of days before andy and he went on to summer plumaged white winged black tern and honey buzzards in north norfolk i think the following weekend i passed the 200 mark on my british list but as a weekend i do not think i have seen so many quality birds in such a relaxed atmosphere good company and great weather purple heron cornwall i was spending a few days on the lizard with andy in may 1988 mid afternoon following a moment for delirious premonition mixed with wishful thinking we announced we were off to gunwalloe reedbed to see a purple heron which at that time was new to both of us gunwalloe has always been one of my favourite cornish sites and we arrived to walk up the reedbed and had great flight views of a hoopoe and loads of newly arrived summer visitors i was amazed to see what was clearly and adult purple heron launch itself from the reedbed and fly up the valley before dropping down what a fantastic view of such a great bird in a fabulous place but such wishful thinking on subsequent occasions has not proved so fruitful cream coloured courser in spain in the august of 2001 on a family holiday to southern spain based at zahora near cape trafalgar in a part of spain the spanish went on holiday and with very few english with the exception of the villain kenneth noye who was hiding there an estuary nearby at barbate was an attraction for the big flock of stone curlew but on one visit i was amazed to see two cream coloured coursers one of my favourite birds the habitat was stony sand with small clumps of low scrub and was very reminiscent of the places i had seen them in north africa there were only a handful of spanish records at that time but subsequently found out that a pair had bred elsewhere in southern spain the same year cream coloured courser a moroccan one rather than spanish oukeimeden morocco is one of my favourite places and had two fortnight trips there and a couple of long weekends on one of the weekend trips to marrakech in march 2005 i had spent a day at oued massa and oued sous and then fought my way over the mountains and spent on of the coldest nights i can remember sleeping in the car at the atlas mountain ski resort of oukeimeden always a pleasure to visit but how can i ever forget waking up to see crimson winged finch on my wing mirror hundreds of rock sparrows on most buildings and alpine choughs flying over on driving down the mountain i at last caught up with the endemic levaillant s green woodpecker something i had missed on three previous visits it was calling and i rang my mate andy hoping he could hear it i will try and add a few more photos as and when i find them again posted by grampybustard at 10 07 no comments labels birds california cornwall rarities sea birds saturday 1 january 2022 2021 a look back what a year 2021 was who would have thought that everyone would have been so affected by the impact of covid across the world with the recurrence of illness back in march i am just happy to have made 2022 to keep me going i look forward to having the opportunity to be able enjoy some summer sun and associated wildlife keep setting goals and achieving them having spent 45 years amassing a decent library of natural history books many for identification of numerous different family groups it was with the sole intention of spending my retirement actually putting them to good use too much focus on birds in the early years moths in more recent years at the expense of so many other species a few notable finds of these other species included only the second british record of a harvestman opilio canestrinii and himerta sepulchralis a new parasitic wasp for yorkshire and rare nationally so much more to see my initial recollection of 2021 was that it was a poor year a very slow start due to the poor spring weather then very limited opportunity for trapping out at my usual local sites during the summer and autumn i was surprised to find that it was actually my fourth best year in yorkshire with 379 species of moths 19 of which were new for me in yorkshire with a great family week away in cornwall in august fairly modest catches in a private garden in gorran haven contributed to my national total for the year which included 16 lifer moths the year is well documented on the blog so not wishing to duplicate i will just choose one highlight of the new ones this year perhaps the most rewarding was a tortrix moth trapped at brafferton which i am sure i have trapped before but mis identified and on now being aware of its occurrence in the county i despatched it to charlie the cmr who had dissected the only other three previous records it came back confirmed as pammene ignorata new for vc62 pammene ignorata 16 jun 2021 brafferton vc62 i expect to have the time to reminisce on the numerous highlights i have enjoyed over the years and will try and document them here posted by grampybustard at 10 17 no comments labels books brafferton spring cornwall diptera gen det ichneumon wasp identification micros moths sunday 24 october 2021 several new ones back to reality after the great week away in cornwall with limited trapping at my work premises in roecliffe boroughbridge and several forays out looking at leaves for leaf mines although an industrial site the works premises backs on to a small willow fringed pond with open fields next to the river ure which tantalizingly marks the vc64 65 border trapping site at work nine nights trapping at work in september produced small numbers of moths 368 of 52 species and three nights so far in october offered 67 of 29 species but included several of interest of which two macros were new to me juniper carpet roecliffe vc64 18 oct 2021 sprawler roecliffe vc64 8 oct 2021 i had wondered whether i had overlooked juniper carpet in the past but on seeing this one i was immediately struck by the distinct apical dashes i addition there were fairly late records of blood vein on 5 october and light emerald on 7 october after a few days stuck in hospital in early october i just had to get out and walk locally in the pleasant saturday sun on 16 october probably the best find was two london plane trees between langthorpe and kirby hill vc65 which held numerous mines of phyllonorycter platani phyllonorycter platani mine on london plane langthorpe vc 65 16 october phyllonorycter platani mine on london plane langthorpe vc 65 16 october the same as above underside a casual stroll round the yorkshire arboretum on 23 october yielded a few leaf mines the best was a few mines on sweet chestnut which were proper mines rather than the numerous phyllonorycter messaniella blotches and could only be stigmella samiatella a new one for me common on oak where it needs to be bred through to confirm it is thought to be the only stigmella on castanea the only other mines of interest were some more phyllonrycter platani this time on oriental plane stigmella samiatella mine on sweet chestnut stigmella samiatella mines on sweet chestnut phyllonorycter platani mines on oriental plane phyllonorycter platani mines on oriental plane on checking the 30 sweet chestnut at allerton park south of boroughbridge vc64 there were probably several thousand phyllonorycter messaniella blotches but despite careful searching not one s samiatella mine could be found posted by grampybustard at 17 52 no comments labels identification leaf mines micros moths roecliffe thursday 2 september 2021 a week in cornwall thanks to the generosity of my brother in law kev and his partner liz who arranged a week 21st 29th august in a beachside cottage in gorran haven cornwall vc2 i seized the opportunity to trap in liz s nearby garden each night the weather was fabulous during the day with mainly wall to wall sunshine the clear skies and large moon affected the catches overnight the one cloudy night on 26th august gave the best results with 154 moths of 52 species the catches were fairly modest but did provide me with three new species and a selection of southern species which i haven t seen since leaving dorset in 2006 the new species were azalea leaf miner caloptilia azaleella lobesia littoralis and a jersey mocha cyclophora ruficiliaria while those that i had seen before when living down south were sharp angled peacock black arches and l album wainscot the last three have just about made it as far as yorkshire but i have yet to see them here 15 007 azalea leaf miner caloptilia azaleella 23 aug 21 49 185 lobesia littoralis 23 aug 21 70 034 jersey mocha cyclophora ruficiliaria 25 aug 21 gorran haven beach fantastic scenery beautiful weather great company very tasty food some good moths all in all a great week posted by grampybustard at 11 17 no comments labels cornwall identification leaf mines micros moth traps moths rarities sunday 1 august 2021 another unwelcome addition to the garden list langthorpe vc65 on the night of 25 july i ran the robinson trap on my parking spot adjacent to the house one of the first moths seen was on the underside of the trap collar a box tree moth as good as it is to get a new species this adventive is not a popular addition to the uk list and perhaps significant that my small garden is dominated by two large box bushes about the only plant that thrives there a first for vc65 63 054 box tree moth cydalima perspectalis in addition there were several moths new for the garden and a selection of the more colourful ones are included 49 338 codling moth cydia pomonella 62 035 acrobasis advenella 73 084 marbled beauty bryophila domestica posted by grampybustard at 19 07 no comments labels langthorpe micros moths rarities saturday 31 july 2021 july records at work roecliffe vc64 i have worked at the alexanders site in roecliffe vc64 near boroughbridge since 2013 and regularly recorded moths attracted to the security lights and more recently operated a 125w mv robinson trap on waste ground adjacent to a small pond at the rear of the premises i operated the trap on six nights in july on the 1st 19th 20th 21st 23rd and 26th at slightly different locations when on subsequent nights fairly modest totals each night but managed a total of 807 moths of 143 species many of these are new for site and there were a fair number of significant records the most numerous were chrysoteuchia culmella garden grass veneer bird cherry ermine and common footman working through the list the moths of interest with comments as follows some of this family are difficult to identify to specific level but this is noticeably dark with a distinct spur shaped white mark on the forewing 15 010 caloptilia stigmatella this tiny moth was very mobile and difficult to photograph three were seen in total 28 015 batia lunaris another tiny moth a damp grassland species larval plant canary reed grass and one i have seen at staveley and the brafferton woodland area 38 039 elachista maculicerusella one of the mompha species this quite a distinct one the larval plant is willowherb spp of which the site has many plants 40 004 mompha propinquella this next moth provoked some interest in that i knew which page to look on for the family the photos were taken in poor early evening light boosted by leds giving an orange cast to the image typically after photographing it the moth made a dash for freedom so was just left with the images to try and put a name to it it should have been easy but the unusual colour made it less straightforward initially cochylis flaviciliana was considered but after input from charlie and 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