A 1st year winter male Baltimore Oriole was found at Headington, Oxfordshire during December 2003.
![Moth Trapping on St. Agnes 2003 - 11th - 18th October 2003](http://www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk/sbam/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/clipboard-040-150x112.jpg)
St. Agnes, the most westerly island of the Scilly archipelago, not only offers good birding but is also a superb place for trapping rare migrant moth species. The week of 11-18th October 2003, presented a period of ideal weather and the highlights are listed here. The week before we arrived Porter’s Rustic; Radford’s Flame-shoulder; Blair’s Mocha, numerous Convolvulus hawkmoth and several other good migrants had all been trapped. We ran a Mercury Vapour Light & Skinner Trap each night from 11th – 16th October. We were located at Troy Town Farm on St. Agnes. The best evenings were 11-13th October with […]
![A Black Lark in Anglesey - 3rd June 2003](http://www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk/sbam/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/black-lark-copy4-filtered-150x134.jpg)
A crippling bird – An adult male Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, a first record for Britain, found on South Stack, Anglesey Note the large ivory coloured bill and the thick-set and heavy appearance. Also not the silvery-white fringes to feathers on mantle and wing coverts. Long legs and brown tones to the flight feathers.