30 Sep 24

I am still away, so as per norm........................

A Blackcap

A Great White Egret at RSPB Radipole Lake

Ted is not a big fan on wearing a waterproof jacket, plus being on a lead.

Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)

A Meadow Pipit

A Lesser Yellowlegs at RSPB Lodmoor

A Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

29 Sep 24

I am still away, so as per norm........................

A Spotted Flycatcher

A Fox in Silklake Quarry

A Long-tailed Tit

A male Stonechat

Church Ope Cove

Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)

Fox in Silklake Quarry

28 Sep 24

I am still away, so as per norm........................

A Red Admiral and a Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) - form succinea on a variegated Ivy

A German Wasp (Vespula germanica) nest.

A female Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)

Pennsylvania Castle Woods

Spot the Grey Squirrel

A Song Thrush.

No photos from this day.

27 Sep 24

I am still away, so as per norm........................

Goldfinches

Feeding time in the back garden

Ted

A Siskin in Penns Wood

A Yellow Wagtail

A juvenile Wall Lizard

A Spotted Flycatcher

26 Sep 24

I am still away, so as per norm........................


This is a 10 Spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) and a decempustulata 'chequered' melanic form.

A juvenile Little Owl calling.

A Curlew at Ferrybridge

Ted posing

Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)

A colony of Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae)

No photos from this day

25 Sep 24

I am still away, so as per norm........................

A Painted Lady

A Reed Warbler

A Chiffchaff

A Dunlin

A Gannet

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)

A Wheatear

24 Sep 24

Unfortunately there will be no sightings today, as I will be away for an indefinite period. Hopefully I won't be away for too long.

So as per norm, when I can't upload any daily sightings, here are a few images/videos from this day since 2017.

A Red Admiral

A Small Copper

A Common Frog

A Wheatear

A Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) at rest

A male Blackcap

A Greenish Warbler at the Portland Bird Observatory

23 Sep 24

Message to my readers

Unfortunately there will be no sightings today, as I will be away for an indefinite period. Hopefully I won't be away for too long.

So as per norm, when I can't upload any daily sightings, here are a few images/videos from this day since 2017.

An Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

Sorry another Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) video

Ted

A male Stonechat.

A Spotted Flycatcher

Harlequin Ladybird

Bottle-necked Dolphins in The Races

22 Sep 24

Message to my readers

Unfortunately as from today there will be no daily sightings, as I will be away for an indefinite period. Hopefully I won't be away for too long.

So as per norm when I can't upload any daily sightings, here are a few images/videos from this day since 2017.

Turnstones

Hmm

An Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

Wheatear.

A female Blackcap.

Swallows.

No photos from this day

21 Sep 24

Ferrybridge Sandflats

It was quick stop at Ferrybridge this afternoon, just as the tide was beginning to flood. There were many waders on one of the remaining sandbanks, and in amongst them a good dozen or so Sandwich Terns.

Birds Recorded:
2 Cormorant
1 Little Egret
20+ Oystercatcher
15+ Ringed Plover
20+ Dunlin
8 Bar-tailed Godwit
2 Turnstone
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
12+ Sandwich Tern

Below are a few images and videos from this afternoon


Little Egret






Sandwich Tern

And another Sandwich Tern