Hi guys, Just published my thoughts on the latest news that somebody has come forward admitting to an accidental release of Maps along with how I'm struggling with the word accidental. Also the photos have identified a total of 17 individuals up to the end of the 9th. http://birdingpooleharbourandbe...

Hi Guys, quick update. Now raining but I think we have seen 7 individuals today - 5 males & 2 females. Apart from one tatty male, the others all look pristine condition. But this is provisional & Will need to wade through photos to be sure of exact numbers. As for releasing the site, we stil...

Hi guys, had this feedback from Steve Morrison overnight, an ex local Birder & Insect ecologist, who now lives in France:- I wouldn't dismiss the record so easily as an 'escape'. The second brood is more dispersive than the first brood and in recent decades the species has moved rapidly north an...

Hi Pete,
Rare Bird Alert are giving the potential butterfly release sight as Colney (so Coloney looks like a mistyping). Its near Norwich sighting.

Steve Smith