Called in at Slimbridge on the way back home from Portland. One of the 2 Garganey showed better than the other. Also 3 Spotted Redshank, 16 Ruff, 275 Blackwit, 6 Avocet etc 🪶 #ukwildlife#ukbirding

Portland today in NW with showers scudding through in the afternoon. 7 Balearic and 3 Arctic Skua (for me) the best on the sea. A few more passerines than yesterday with one of the Tree Pipits and a Pied Fly trapped at the obs. Small Tortoiseshell now scarce on Portland. #ukwildlife 🪶#butterfly

The Bill was quieter on the sea so good day to try Weymouth. Lodmoor found this 1w Caspian Gull along with 320+ Meds, Marsh Harrier, 3 GWE (1 colour ringed but didn't get the code), Barwit, 12 Blackwit (not playing nicely), 8 Dunlin, 9 RP, Wigeon etc. #ukbirding 🪶

Good start to our visit to Portland with brief appearance by Portland's first Pallid Harrier, 2cy male, in the Crown Estate Fields this morning! #ukbirding 🪶

Heard Kingfisher, it's along the R Severn in Shrewsbury!

Venus Pool West Mids all dayer yesterday 0555-2015 (breaks for ParkRun and lunch/kip). 65 of our total of 74 spp including Curlew, GWE, Common Gull, Tawny Owl, Yellow Wag and 1st Mipit of autumn over, 2 Green Sand, Common Sand, W Rail, 2 Gadwall, Goosander, 2 Egyptian Goose, Kingfisher, #ukbirding 🪶

Canlag's just me being lazy with Canada x Greylag hybrid, which is fairly regular in ones and twos with the big feral goose flocks in autumn. Egyptian Geese are still fairly scarce but definitely increasing and now breeding n the county

Garden moths recently included a stunning fresh Gold-spot nfy yesterday, Red Underwing last weekend (I get very few of these) and several Old Ladys. #ukwildlife#teammoth#insects

Quick look at Venus Pool today - Pintail new in, 3 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Canlag, increase in Canadas. Didn't see whatever the Pintail was checking out flying over (doubtless an interesting raptor). #ukwildlife#birds#ukbirding

Venus Pool today with GW - 3 Ringed Plover (scarce these days here), a Curlew dropped in, Whinchat in the bird food crop new for patch year, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Common Sand, Snipe and the tatty but welcome first Painted Lady of the year. #ukwildlife#invertfest#butterfly#insect