Learnt something new and quite fascinating today, these lines of holes in the bark of small-leaved lime are made by woodpeckers to get at the sap. There were hundreds extending right up the stem

A nice trio of autumnal sallows in the trap, Barred, Dusky Lemon and plain Sallow

Another treat today was a very smart (freshly emerged rather than freshly arrived?) Painted lady up on the coast path

Not a species I ever catch in the moth trap at home in Suffolk so nice to see both female and male four-spotted footman in Swanage, Dorset

Can anyone help with this Coleophora sp please

Or better still, ‘may contain biodiversity’

I do love the fact that it is necessary to pick out the weeds from organic spinach. Maybe the label should advise ‘may contain weeds’….

Some very fine lenticular clouds seen from Robin Hood’s Bay this morning

The winter highlight in this part of Suffolk are the huge flocks of Redwings and Fieldfares that are drawn to the local orchards. These more traditional orchards are financially borderline and at high risk of being grubbed up. Buying local could still save these wonderful places if people choose to

Would anyone like to hazard a guess, arrived in a bag of organic Spanish spinach