Nice end to the day with this red breasted flycatcher at the hump

What difference a shower makes all quiet then quick shower and 3pied flycatcher 1 firecrest 25 chiffchaff dozen or so blackcap ,with 6sisken 8 yellow wagtail and 2 tree pipit overhead to round it off.couple of pics yesterday's first of the year grounded siskin and today's pied fly

Seawatch in chesil 7.30 to 9.45 am european storm petrel 2 juv little gull 1 arctic tern 2 sandwich tern 5 common scoter 2 , far from exciting at least I got to try my new chair just needed someone to bring me breakfast.

Couple of distant pics of sabines gull in chesil cove this morning ,always great to see

Just received confirmation from Dorset Environmental Records Centre(DERC) , that they were happy with the ID of my Oedemera Femoralis (beetle) trapped on the night 15/8/25,and also confirmed it is a first record for Weymouth and Portland.

Chesil cove this morning distant picture of british storm petrel thanks to john Downe