Rob S
@rbstrng.bsky.social
Birding, music, Walsall FC.
Birding since 2014. Ultra-local Midlands twitching only, usually to see birds found by Stuart Hares. UK 'life' list 250.
https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs project
Birding since 2014. Ultra-local Midlands twitching only, usually to see birds found by Stuart Hares. UK 'life' list 250.
https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs project
Best day of new-music-from-old-people so far this year?
New Van Pelt, new Prolapse and this totally unexpected Peter Jefferies comeback.
grapefruit1.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...
New Van Pelt, new Prolapse and this totally unexpected Peter Jefferies comeback.
grapefruit1.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...
The Day They Let You Out Is The Day They Might Not Let You Come Back, by Peter Jefferies
30 track album
grapefruit1.bandcamp.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Best day of new-music-from-old-people so far this year?
New Van Pelt, new Prolapse and this totally unexpected Peter Jefferies comeback.
grapefruit1.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...
New Van Pelt, new Prolapse and this totally unexpected Peter Jefferies comeback.
grapefruit1.bandcamp.com/album/the-da...
Cross marks where the Wryneck was first seen, arrow marks direction of flight @midlandsbirder.bsky.social #worcsbirds
September 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Cross marks where the Wryneck was first seen, arrow marks direction of flight @midlandsbirder.bsky.social #worcsbirds
Nothing so far.
Bredon Hill - Wryneck - flushed from scrub area south of the tower. Seen to land. Trying to relocate. #worcsbirds
September 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Nothing so far.
Bredon Hill - Wryneck - flushed from scrub area south of the tower. Seen to land. Trying to relocate. #worcsbirds
September 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Bredon Hill - Wryneck - flushed from scrub area south of the tower. Seen to land. Trying to relocate. #worcsbirds
Find four current members to nominate you, then wait 30 years to reach the head of the queue, then spend nearly 2 grand on fees and outfit.
August 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Find four current members to nominate you, then wait 30 years to reach the head of the queue, then spend nearly 2 grand on fees and outfit.
Costa del Edgbaston 7.30am
Lovely stroll. Birding highlights - 5 Swift, 20+ House Martin
Lovely stroll. Birding highlights - 5 Swift, 20+ House Martin
August 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Costa del Edgbaston 7.30am
Lovely stroll. Birding highlights - 5 Swift, 20+ House Martin
Lovely stroll. Birding highlights - 5 Swift, 20+ House Martin
On this day in 2019 - Northern Class 142 "Nodding Donkey" or Pacer to give it the correct term No. 142001 at Cherry Tree 18-08-19. This unit was set to be preserved at the National Railway Museum #railways #trains #railphotography #trainphotography #photography
August 18, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Or maybe, just maybe, they won't get hung up on how things used to be and end up being the generation which moved the dial the other way. Fingers crossed.
Won’t be great for their mental health when they discover the reality of how bird populations have been decimated and how climate change is turning the future into a sterile hellscape.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Gen Z flocks to BirdTok as birding takes flight: ‘It’s a craving for something real’
Social media and Shazam-like birdsong apps drawing young people to hobby as they seek a gentler connection to the outside world
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Or maybe, just maybe, they won't get hung up on how things used to be and end up being the generation which moved the dial the other way. Fingers crossed.
Here we go again....maybe this time...
August 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Here we go again....maybe this time...
Good start, but the house needs grey plague windows, all the trees removed and a couple of 80 grand minibuses parked outside.
August 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Good start, but the house needs grey plague windows, all the trees removed and a couple of 80 grand minibuses parked outside.
Arnside, Cumbria - Osprey seen twice early afternoon - possibly @foulshaw2.bsky.social bird(s)? 100+ Curlew and a very obliging Tawny Owl sat out for an extended period around 3pm.
August 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Arnside, Cumbria - Osprey seen twice early afternoon - possibly @foulshaw2.bsky.social bird(s)? 100+ Curlew and a very obliging Tawny Owl sat out for an extended period around 3pm.
Osprey!
Being pursued west across south Birmingham by a noisy flock of large gulls. Just gone over Bournville.
Being pursued west across south Birmingham by a noisy flock of large gulls. Just gone over Bournville.
August 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Osprey!
Being pursued west across south Birmingham by a noisy flock of large gulls. Just gone over Bournville.
Being pursued west across south Birmingham by a noisy flock of large gulls. Just gone over Bournville.
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The button was pressed at 9am this morning ... look good, sounds great ... go get yer Prolapse ! @prolapseband.bsky.social prolapse2.bandcamp.com/album/mary-a...
Mary Anne Hobbs sessions 17.12.97 • 24.03.98, by Prolapse
6 track album
prolapse2.bandcamp.com
August 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The button was pressed at 9am this morning ... look good, sounds great ... go get yer Prolapse ! @prolapseband.bsky.social prolapse2.bandcamp.com/album/mary-a...
Bournville/Northfield - 40+ Swift over Woodlands Park at the moment, and a rolling ball of 30+ adults and juvs screaming directly overhead. Magic. Can't recall ever seeing 70+ together here before.
July 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Bournville/Northfield - 40+ Swift over Woodlands Park at the moment, and a rolling ball of 30+ adults and juvs screaming directly overhead. Magic. Can't recall ever seeing 70+ together here before.
Trump already on the phone to The Infant arranging bans for half the Spain team. It would be delicious to see them win on US soil.
July 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Trump already on the phone to The Infant arranging bans for half the Spain team. It would be delicious to see them win on US soil.
If England win this now, the better team has lost.
July 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
If England win this now, the better team has lost.
Well done Belgium.
Trump won't dare show his face at any of the remaining matches.
Let's hope Infantino feels the same.
Trump won't dare show his face at any of the remaining matches.
Let's hope Infantino feels the same.
July 7, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Well done Belgium.
Trump won't dare show his face at any of the remaining matches.
Let's hope Infantino feels the same.
Trump won't dare show his face at any of the remaining matches.
Let's hope Infantino feels the same.
Reposted by Rob S
Thank god that’s over and I can go to bed
June 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Thank god that’s over and I can go to bed
Reposted by Rob S
Really pleased that Errol’s Hot Wax are releasing National Park, outside, on ltd vinyl on 21st Aug.
It comes with an 8-page 12x12 booklet with photos, flyers and lyrics. There’s a @monorailmusic.bsky.social version as part of the Glasgow School series which comes with National Park plectrums too.
It comes with an 8-page 12x12 booklet with photos, flyers and lyrics. There’s a @monorailmusic.bsky.social version as part of the Glasgow School series which comes with National Park plectrums too.
June 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Really pleased that Errol’s Hot Wax are releasing National Park, outside, on ltd vinyl on 21st Aug.
It comes with an 8-page 12x12 booklet with photos, flyers and lyrics. There’s a @monorailmusic.bsky.social version as part of the Glasgow School series which comes with National Park plectrums too.
It comes with an 8-page 12x12 booklet with photos, flyers and lyrics. There’s a @monorailmusic.bsky.social version as part of the Glasgow School series which comes with National Park plectrums too.
Magpie Moth just flown in the patio door and settled down in front of the telly to watch the football. Definitely heard it tut when the advert break started.
#teammoth
#teammoth
June 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Magpie Moth just flown in the patio door and settled down in front of the telly to watch the football. Definitely heard it tut when the advert break started.
#teammoth
#teammoth
ITV appear to have put Emma Hayes in a kitchen.
June 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
ITV appear to have put Emma Hayes in a kitchen.