Great to be back out at Ditton Meadows. Highlight was a Whinchat that briefly perched right next to me. Also 160 House Martin, 130 Swallow, 27 Blackcap, 22 Common and 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden and 2 Reed Warbler. @patchbirding.bsky.social #patch #pwc #ukbirds #birds

Managed to photograph the reflection of the eclipse this evening #eclipse #solareclipse

Fantastic to see my 49th and 50th British butterflies today, 5+ Long Tailed Blues at Portsdown Hill and 5+ Queen of Spain Fritillaries at Monk Sherbourne. With @noahbai-123.bsky.social #Butterflies #birding #photography #nature #wildlife #insects

Incredible duo from Hampshire yesterday, Long-tailed Blue and Queen of Spain Fritillary, my 60th and 61st UK butterflies! @lucasnature.bsky.social #nature #wildlife #butterfly #photography

Trip to Scilly was productive today with a Pied Fly on St Mary's and Wilson's and European Storm Petrels on the Scillonian alongside Great, Sooty and a Cory's Shearwaters. Plenty of cetaceans, 2 Risso's Dolphins, 2 pods of Porpoise and a Minke Whale. Steve Backshall was a bonus! #nature #wildlife

A nice day trip to Scilly with @noahbai-123.bsky.social, Pied Fly highlight on St Mary's. From Scillonian a self-found Wilson's Petrel, Minke, Risso's, Porpoises...and unexpectedly, Steve Backshall! #birds #photography #nature #wildlife #cornwall #birding

Lots to see on Mermaid pelagic off Penzance. Several Wilson's and Euro Storm Petrels, Sooty, Cory's, Great Shearwaters and Great Skuas. Lots of other marine life: Minke Whales, Dolphins, Tuna and a Porbeagle Shark! @lucasnature.bsky.social #Cornwall #birds #seabirds #ukbirds

Fantastic pelagic from Penzance this afternoon with @noahbai-123.bsky.social, my highlight being 4+ Wilson's Petrels (lifer). Also Great, Cory's, Sooty and Manx Shearwaters, Fulmars, Great Skuas, playful Common Dolphins and 2 Minke Whales! #Cornwall #photography #birding #birds #nature #wildlife

Great to see several Southern Emerald #damselfly in Cambridgeshire recently

Lifer! The well-twitched Long Tailed Shrike showed well for @noahbai-123.bsky.social and I today, frequently catching grasshoppers and bees #birding #photography #birds #Gloucestershire #Oxfordshire

It was great to do three Windbirds pelagics. Some really good birds, Zino's, Desertas and Bulwers Petrels, Madeiran and Wilson's Storm Petrels, a Barolo Shearwater, Long-tailed Skua and a rarity, Audoiun's Gull. Rich in other wildlife too with flying fish and a Bryde's Whale!

Back from a great trip to Madeira. Managed to see all the endemics, Trocaz Pigeon, Madeira Firecrest, Madeira Chaffinch and Zino's Petrel. Saw all the endemic butterflies as well (Speckled Wood, Brimstone and Grayling). A beautiful place

Long-tailed Shrike showed very well in Oxfordshire yesterday, much better than the Fife bird. Ending up on ITV was unexpected as well!

Incredible Green Banded Urania #moth from along the Manu River this morning. #nature #photo #wildlife #Peru #holiday

It was brilliant to spend time with @david-walsh.bsky.social looking for dragonflies after seconds of the Hudsonian Godwit. We saw five species of damselfly including many White-legged Damselflies, a lifer!

Lots going on recently, so great to spend time with @joshuapeverley.bsky.social on Sat & @noahbai-123.bsky.social & family today. The celebrity Hudsonian Godwit was much enjoyed. Dragonflies nearby on the Stour included White-legged Damselflies & (today) Willow Emerald Damselfly. Bonus Wasp Spider!

Andean Cock Of The Rock this morning - makes you wonder how such birds evolve! #birds #nature #peru #photography

Hudsonian Godwit showed well in Essex this morning. A Roseate Tern and Spotted Redshanks were nice to see at Minsmere after

Southern Migrant Hawker from the #patch at Ditton Meadows recently #dragonflies #UKdragonflies

Spent a few hours in the dunes of Lindisfarne looking for Orchids. The Lindisfarne Helleborine was the main target and we saw five. Also Marsh Helleborines, Northern Marsh Orchids, Common Twayblade, Common Spotted Orchid and Early Marsh Orchids. #Orchids

It was incredible to be able to land on the Farne Islands, allowing for great views of Puffins and Arctic Terns amongst other species

Back from an unexpected but brilliant trip up to Fife and Northumberland. The Long-tailed Shrike the main highlight, but also Surf Scoters, Quails, American Black Tern and Roseate Terns from a trip round Coquet Island. Can't wait to return.

Long-tailed Shrike in the bag!

One of the stunning Sparkling Violetears in Ensifera, near Urubamba yesterday #Peru #photography #birds #holiday #colour

The Western Reef Heron eventually showed well on Thursday after a long, hot drive.

Another highlight of the Iceland trip was the Whale watching. We got to see several Humpback Whales, pictured below, a Minke Whale and White-beaked Dolphins

Highlights from Rutland on Friday morning with @noahbai-123.bsky.social: Kentish Plover (distant, but nice views) was a UK tick for me, supported by Glossy Ibis, Sanderling and, from the car, an Osprey! #birding #photography #birds #spring

1 of 3 Purple Emperors around the Rothschild Bungalow at Woodwalton Fen this morning #nature #summer #butterflies #photography

Lucky to get to Iceland for a few days after finishing my exams. The birding was incredible and managed four lifers: Harlequin Duck, Barrow's Goldeneye, Gyrfalcon and Brunnich's Guillemot.

Chequered Skipper at Fineshade today, the last British butterfly I hadn't seen