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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding

Birding, Orthoptera, Nature, Sound Recording, Ayrshire SOC Recorder, Ambient Music, Ultracyclist, #AyrshireBirds News to @ayrshirebirds

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Fraser Simpson@fssbirding
20 Jul 2021
Total of 62 Cetti's Warbler territories mapped on the last leg of my cycle from work between Rainham-Purfleet (NCN Route-13), Apr-Jun 2021. Each bird has a single unique song type not shared with any other individual. #londonbirds #song #repertoire #spectrogram #lowcarbonbirding
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Dawn chorus chronology at Blencathra FSC in the Lake District from the Song Thrush at 03:28 to the Chaffinch at 04:40. #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #birdsong #UKBirding
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Quail singing at 01:48 this morning along Blease Road, just east of Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria, NY 307255 #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #birdsong
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Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) resting on an Alder along the River Glenderamackin on the south side of Blencathra. #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #Odonata #Zygoptera
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Glaucous Shears (Papestra biren) to light trap at @FSCBlencathra NY303255 Didn't bring the camera this year, so image taken with mobile phone #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #Cumberland VC70
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Back to @FSCBlencathra for another week with @TimBlackburn66 and #biol0007 in the Lake District #FieldCourseFortnight.
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RT @JeI_SoL: youtu.be/7PoMZDrl-js Johnny Marr - Spiral Cities - Official Music Video [HD]
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Nature Recordist 🎧@naturerecordist
26 Aug 2025
Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas sciencenews.org/article/bird…

Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas

In light-polluted landscapes, birds' singing time is an average of 50 minutes longer per day. It's still unclear if this hurts bird health or helps.

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BOARDS OF CANADA@boardsofcanada
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Interesting orthoptera from the Costa de la Luz this week... Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus), Common Stick Grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha conica), Common Maquis Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae), Lamenting Grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans) #biol0028 #uclecolgen
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A rare morning with no wind on the Costa de la Luz - Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) singing from Pistacia lentiscus scrub #birdsong #biol0028 #uclecolgen
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Arrived late in Zahara de los Atunes to the sound of a singing Vineyard Mole-cricket (Gryllotalpa vineae) #Orthoptera  #biol0028 #uclecolgen
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Great train trip from London to Malaga via Paris & Barcelona. Highlights inc Marsh Harrier, Black Redstart, Black Kite, Greater Flamingo, Black-winged Stilt, Short-toed Eagle, Whiskered Tern & Griffon Vulture #birdingbytrain #lowcarbonbirding #biol0028 #uclecolgen
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It's been a great month for new books on Orthoptera...and it's not even my birthday yet 😁 Grasshoppers, Locusts, & Crickets of the World by M Husemann & O Hawlitschek Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland by P Sutton, B Beckmann & R Lewington
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ZooKeys@ZooKeys_Journal
Feb 13
New Caledonian Forests are full of hidden natural treasures! 🌿🦋 This study describes two spectacular new species of Caloptilia moths - 𝘊. 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘴 and 𝘊. 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘢 - discovered in the Parc des Grandes Fougères. Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268…
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Rare Bird Alert@rbabox
Jan 26
A Common Crane has just been confirmed in Santa Fe County, New Mexico! (CODE 4) ebird.org/checklist/S2962670… Photo: T. Jay Adams #ABARare #birding
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Three Blackcaps heard sub-singing (probably in French or German 😃) this morning in Purfleet-on-Thames, favouring dense, ivy-clad trees. #birdsong #subsong #UKBirding
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iNaturalist@inaturalist
31 Dec 2025
Sea star fans, wake up — it’s the third week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting echinoderms. Visit iNaturalist to learn more: tr.ee/identifyweek3 ⭐💫
Grid of 20 diverse echinoderm photos including colorful sea stars, urchins, and sea cucumbers. Title reads "HELP US SORT ECHINODERMS."

ALT Grid of 20 diverse echinoderm photos including colorful sea stars, urchins, and sea cucumbers. Title reads "HELP US SORT ECHINODERMS."

Infographic showing five echinoderm classes with icons: Sea Stars (Asteroidea), Brittle Stars (Ophiuroidea), Sea Lilies & Feather Stars (Crinoidea), Sea Urchins/Sand Dollars/Heart Urchins (Echinoidea), and Sea Cucumbers (Holothuroidea)

ALT Infographic showing five echinoderm classes with icons: Sea Stars (Asteroidea), Brittle Stars (Ophiuroidea), Sea Lilies & Feather Stars (Crinoidea), Sea Urchins/Sand Dollars/Heart Urchins (Echinoidea), and Sea Cucumbers (Holothuroidea)

Call to action on black background: You can contribute identifications from any computer, anywhere in the world! Start sorting echinoderms on iNaturalist: tr.ee/identifyweek3

ALT Call to action on black background: You can contribute identifications from any computer, anywhere in the world! Start sorting echinoderms on iNaturalist: tr.ee/identifyweek3

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Helen Day@LBFlyawayhome
13 Dec 2025
Other work of the Ladybird artists Redwings in Winter Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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David Morrison@DaveMo57
14 Dec 2025
Superb morning @BatterseaPwrStn , female Peregrine still present at 15 and pair Black Redstarts also. #londonbirds @BatterseaBrew
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Richard Lewington@rlewington2
5 Dec 2025
*It's Arrived!* After the longest gestation period of all my books - an advance copy of 'Grasshoppers', and it looks pretty fantastic. So, very pleased.
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