Hundreds of #nocmig Redwings through the misty Shropshire skies the last few nights, accompanied by the odd Song Thrush, Blackbird and Fieldfare on the #salopobs recorder macaulaylibrary.org/asset/668061...
November 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Hundreds of #nocmig Redwings through the misty Shropshire skies the last few nights, accompanied by the odd Song Thrush, Blackbird and Fieldfare on the #salopobs recorder macaulaylibrary.org/asset/668061...
Highlight of a couple of hours from the #salopobs garden first thing was a flock of 15 Long-tailed Tits that spiralled high overhead before setting off south across the fields! Also 4+ Brambling with 178 Chaffinches, and an ad YLG amongst a roost flight of 3160 LBBGs 😍 #vismig #ukbirding
October 27, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Highlight of a couple of hours from the #salopobs garden first thing was a flock of 15 Long-tailed Tits that spiralled high overhead before setting off south across the fields! Also 4+ Brambling with 178 Chaffinches, and an ad YLG amongst a roost flight of 3160 LBBGs 😍 #vismig #ukbirding
The Sunday morning sky was full of birds at #salopobs with totals of 13,550 Woodpigeons SW, 2,200 Redwings (at last), the first 84 Fieldfares, 420 Starlings, 570 Jackdaws, Brambling, 3 Pintail, 8 Wigeon, Great Egret... #ukbirding #vismig #loveautumn
October 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The Sunday morning sky was full of birds at #salopobs with totals of 13,550 Woodpigeons SW, 2,200 Redwings (at last), the first 84 Fieldfares, 420 Starlings, 570 Jackdaws, Brambling, 3 Pintail, 8 Wigeon, Great Egret... #ukbirding #vismig #loveautumn
Fantastic autumn pick n mix from the #salopobs garden today: the new flock of Corn Buntings climbed to 💥23💥, 9 newly arrived Whoopers flew south, 5,660 Woodpigeons SW in 90mins, a random Shelduck with 5 Gyps, and the first Goosanders and Goldies of the season #loveautumn #ukbirding
October 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Fantastic autumn pick n mix from the #salopobs garden today: the new flock of Corn Buntings climbed to 💥23💥, 9 newly arrived Whoopers flew south, 5,660 Woodpigeons SW in 90mins, a random Shelduck with 5 Gyps, and the first Goosanders and Goldies of the season #loveautumn #ukbirding
A great day around the county started with WeBS counts and assists, and a mega flock of 157 sinensis, then home to tractors and gulls in front of #salopobs with a 3cy YLG and LBBG rings from Germany and the Netherlands 👌 #ukbirding
October 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
A great day around the county started with WeBS counts and assists, and a mega flock of 157 sinensis, then home to tractors and gulls in front of #salopobs with a 3cy YLG and LBBG rings from Germany and the Netherlands 👌 #ukbirding
Two 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
October 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Two 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
October 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...
October 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
October 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...
Fourth garden Clouded Yellow this autumn/year/ever this afternoon, a Wheatear on nextdoor's roof, and a few hirundines still trickling south #loveautumn #salopobs #ukbirding
October 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Fourth garden Clouded Yellow this autumn/year/ever this afternoon, a Wheatear on nextdoor's roof, and a few hirundines still trickling south #loveautumn #salopobs #ukbirding
Corn Bunting has become more and more regular at #salopobs over the last few years, but this morning's flock of 14 doubled the previous high #ukbirding
September 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Corn Bunting has become more and more regular at #salopobs over the last few years, but this morning's flock of 14 doubled the previous high #ukbirding
Third garden record of Clouded Yellow this afternoon, all this month but this was the only one to sit still. Morning #vismig produced 474 Mipits and 2 Swallows #loveautumn #salopobs #ukbirding
September 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Third garden record of Clouded Yellow this afternoon, all this month but this was the only one to sit still. Morning #vismig produced 474 Mipits and 2 Swallows #loveautumn #salopobs #ukbirding
Vestals have taken on the baton from SMWs in terms of daily occurrence in the #salopobs mothtrap, although there were two of each today in the sea of Lunar Underwings #salopmoths #teammoth
September 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Vestals have taken on the baton from SMWs in terms of daily occurrence in the #salopobs mothtrap, although there were two of each today in the sea of Lunar Underwings #salopmoths #teammoth
What's the frequency of Vestals @ #salopobs Tom? Several at CMO this summer/autumn plus - in one strip of grass near the NWT VC - we recorded over 20 different individuals over the course of a week or so. And they were relatively uncommon until then. Amazing scenes! (Ditto L-album Wainscot).
September 25, 2026 at 8:43 PM
What's the frequency of Vestals @ #salopobs Tom? Several at CMO this summer/autumn plus - in one strip of grass near the NWT VC - we recorded over 20 different individuals over the course of a week or so. And they were relatively uncommon until then. Amazing scenes! (Ditto L-album Wainscot).
Red sky in the morning, gloriously-sunny-and-freakishly-warm-for-September warning. Migrant Song Thrushes at #salopobs first thing, and another flock of #nocmig Common Scoters overnight #ukbirding
September 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Red sky in the morning, gloriously-sunny-and-freakishly-warm-for-September warning. Migrant Song Thrushes at #salopobs first thing, and another flock of #nocmig Common Scoters overnight #ukbirding
Watching and listening to Common Scoters on the coast the other day reminded me of another flock of #nocmig birds over #salopobs last week, the same night as a Turnstone, garden tick 💥153💥 our 20th species of wader! #ukbirding
September 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Watching and listening to Common Scoters on the coast the other day reminded me of another flock of #nocmig birds over #salopobs last week, the same night as a Turnstone, garden tick 💥153💥 our 20th species of wader! #ukbirding
Drizzly autumn morning at #salopobs produced the first Pinks of the year (11 NW), Marsh Tit, 740 LBBGs, 2 Yellow Wags, 4 Little Egrets west, 140 Swallows SW, Chiffs, raptors... #vismig #ukbirding
September 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Drizzly autumn morning at #salopobs produced the first Pinks of the year (11 NW), Marsh Tit, 740 LBBGs, 2 Yellow Wags, 4 Little Egrets west, 140 Swallows SW, Chiffs, raptors... #vismig #ukbirding
Came home to find 2 ad YLGs behind #salopobs with 620 LBBGs and a plough. Not as good odds as #GooleFields (where these were taken), but nice to see after such a lean summer for them (not just me it seems, as mentioned in the latest @birdguides.bsky.social podcast) #lovegulls
September 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Came home to find 2 ad YLGs behind #salopobs with 620 LBBGs and a plough. Not as good odds as #GooleFields (where these were taken), but nice to see after such a lean summer for them (not just me it seems, as mentioned in the latest @birdguides.bsky.social podcast) #lovegulls
A fancy raspberry-tinged Vestal was amongst 9 Silver Ys and a lone Small Mottled Willow at #salopobs this morning #teammoth #salopmoths
September 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A fancy raspberry-tinged Vestal was amongst 9 Silver Ys and a lone Small Mottled Willow at #salopobs this morning #teammoth #salopmoths
Nice work, Matt 🙂
The feed will (or should!) pick up both ShropshireBirds and ShropshireBirding if used as hashtags. It also recognises the SalopObs hashtag as Tom @saloplarus.bsky.social shares so many interesting records from his home base.
The feed will (or should!) pick up both ShropshireBirds and ShropshireBirding if used as hashtags. It also recognises the SalopObs hashtag as Tom @saloplarus.bsky.social shares so many interesting records from his home base.
August 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Nice work, Matt 🙂
The feed will (or should!) pick up both ShropshireBirds and ShropshireBirding if used as hashtags. It also recognises the SalopObs hashtag as Tom @saloplarus.bsky.social shares so many interesting records from his home base.
The feed will (or should!) pick up both ShropshireBirds and ShropshireBirding if used as hashtags. It also recognises the SalopObs hashtag as Tom @saloplarus.bsky.social shares so many interesting records from his home base.
A Bittern flew over #salopobs early on Monday morning, giving seven clear calls over 4mins, a year to the day after the only previous autumn record. Same bird?! Not annual in the county but that's the 7th #nocmig record for the garden 💥 macaulaylibrary.org/asset/663744... #ukbirding
August 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A Bittern flew over #salopobs early on Monday morning, giving seven clear calls over 4mins, a year to the day after the only previous autumn record. Same bird?! Not annual in the county but that's the 7th #nocmig record for the garden 💥 macaulaylibrary.org/asset/663744... #ukbirding
Hopefully it will get going for you soon Tom, I’m sure Salopobs will pull in a couple of goodies this autumn🤞
August 28, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Hopefully it will get going for you soon Tom, I’m sure Salopobs will pull in a couple of goodies this autumn🤞
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November 28, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Excellent, thank you Craig 🙂 Can we get you and your YBW lure up in the county before they all depart?!
BTW the Shropshire birding feed also looks for the SalopObs hashtag as a hat tip to Tom!
BTW the Shropshire birding feed also looks for the SalopObs hashtag as a hat tip to Tom!
January 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Excellent, thank you Craig 🙂 Can we get you and your YBW lure up in the county before they all depart?!
BTW the Shropshire birding feed also looks for the SalopObs hashtag as a hat tip to Tom!
BTW the Shropshire birding feed also looks for the SalopObs hashtag as a hat tip to Tom!