Wall (Brown), Painted Lady, Clouded Yellow and Chalkhill Blues a plenty at St Margaret's at Cliffe yesterday - was trying to look for 'interesting' Small Whites, but the rascals wouldn't stop... @savebutterflies.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #kentnature #butterflies

A few more of the adult female Garganey from the Reedbed Hide at Stodmarsh NNR yesterday - smart bird! @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding #wildfowl

Red-banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) at RSPB Dungeness at the weekend. An impressive beast, seen shifting its paralysed prey (several times its own weight), to its nursery chamber/tunnel. @kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #kentnature #BWARS

Orange-shouldered Blister Beetle (Sitaris muralis) have started appearing from ‘their wall’ in East Malling, Kent, today. Strange clumsy beasts…their corpses litter the path below. #kentnature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #entomology

A lovely juvvy/female-type Garganey from the Reedbed Hide at Stodmarsh NNR this afternoon - a super confiding wee thing. #kentbirding #wildfowl @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Smart juvvy Black Tern on Burrows Pit, RSPB Dungeness, this afternoon. @kentishplover.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #Kentbirding #birdmigration

Pair of Garganey from Hanson Hide, ARC, Dunge, this evening - subtle beauty (much like myself..). Nice to catch them in flight. @kentishplover.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #kentbirding #wildfowl

Pleased to find a few Glow-worms around New Hythe Lakes, Kent, last night - fun wee beasties! #kentnature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

A few stunning pixels of the adult White-rumped Sandpiper currently residing in the last remaining water at Oare Marshes KWT - distance, heat shimmer, incompetent photographer...usual excuses! @kentishplover.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK #KentBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social

Scaly (Atlantic Beach) Cricket at Chesil Beach this weekend - with only a few known sites in the UK, it has a very restricted range (but good numbers where they do occur). Fascinating flightless insects with water-repellent scales. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #insects #ukwildlife #nature

Male and female juvenile Bearded Tits at Radipole RSPB last week - the differing bill colour and 'mask' being obvious, even at this early stage. Fun wee beasties. @rspb.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding #DorsetBirding

Great to join the crew at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social last night and see three new Storm Petrels being ringed. Brilliant little pelagic birds with phenomenal recovery rates of ringed individuals between breeding/ringing sites. Magic! #seabirds #ukbirding @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Bit of larophiling yesterday evening at Radipole RSPB car park... First up was a striking bird from a distance (but just tar/dirt), a CR bird (local), a poss rehab bird, and summer and winter plumage hoods already on the BHGulls. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social #GULLSWP @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Little Owls and a male Barn Owl enjoying the evening sun yesterday at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social - the second picture being a rare occasion (for me) to photo two spp of owl with one click. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding #owls

Spent ten lovely minutes today in the quiet company of this dust-bathing Skylark at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social - sheer fun watching it during its morning spruce-up! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding #dorsetbirding

A few more bits from around @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social this morning with Wheatear being ringed, Lesser Whitethroat x2 in skulking mode, 10+ Yellow Wags and a few Willow Warblers scattered around the recording area - a nice start. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #UKBirding

Several feeding Swifts over @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social last night including this adult with a largish food bolus, a saliva-bound 'parcel' of insects, nearly ready to take back for the kid's dinner... @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding #DorsetBirding

A few raptors around the @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social recording area yesterday, inc. Sparrowhawk, Buzzard catching a House Sparrow, a very grey-headed Buzzard and a Kestrel. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding

Nice little selction of warblers on morning walk today at Culverwell @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social: a showy Garden Warbler, a camera-shy Sedge, 4+ Willow and several local Common Whitethroat. All fun stuff! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #UKBirding #BirdMigration

Grasshopper Warbler ringed at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social this morning and then refound sunning itself in the Crown Fields this evening. Top birds! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #DorsetBirding

Started the day enjoying Surf Scoters off Musselborough Lagoons, and ended the day wth the Long-tailed Shrike in Glos - a cool 26 yrs since I saw my first on South Uist. This Golden Eagle over the road somewhere between the two... Top day! @rarebirder.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK

2s Night Heron (Miller’s Pond, Hants) last night and the eclipse drake Ring-necked Duck at Netherfield, Notts, this morning. The start of a few days off… @rarebirder.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social #ukrarebirds

Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on fistleplant... Have seen 6+ on recent Kent ramblings (2 at lunchtime today) - and every one of them a wee stunner! #KentNature #teammoth @kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Scymnus interruptus, one of the wee-ladybirds. Two adult colour forms and a larva - all found by friends at East Malling. @ukladybirds.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #KentNature

Red-belted Clearwing at East Malling Research Station yesterday, enjoying the Hogweed heads. #TeamMoth #KentNature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Bonaparte's Gull enjoying the apres-office sun today at Oare Marshes KWT - having returned to moult on site for at least its 15th year... Smart bird! @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding #rarebirdsuk #gulls @kentwildlife.bsky.social

Pammene aurana, Double Orange-spot, at East Malling, Kent, this evening - a lovely wee micro that is a daytime-flying Hogweed specialist. Worth checking out your hedgerows for it... @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #TeamMoth #kentnature #ukwildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Caspian Tern at RSPB Dungeness this evening - a beast (as ever) of a bird! #kentbirding #RareBirdsUK @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Kentish Plover on Lade beach this evening - (yet) another great find by Jacob at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding #ukrarebirds

Enchanter’s Nightshade at lunchtime today at East Malling - common and widespread, but not one I’m very familiar with… #kentnature @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour