Adult Red-breasted Goose at Wallasea Island RSPB this afternoon from the access track. Distant, poor light…usual excuses… #RareBirdsUK @essexbirdnews.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #UKBirding

Drake Scaup (right!) with Tufties at Brookland Lake, New Hythe, today. It needs another visit from me when the sun is shining… @kentishplover.bsky.social #kentbirding #ukbirding

Possible Xylaria cinerea #fungi at Ranscombe Farm, Kent, @plantlifeuk.bsky.social this afternoon. Would be interested in ID comments please. @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #fungifriend #kentnature

Dusky Warbler at Westgate, Kent, this afternoon - calling frequently and showing well occasionally. #KentBirding #RareBirdsUK

Lachnus roboris, Variegated Oak Aphid, found by a colleague at East Malling, Kent, this lunchtime. Not many records on the NBN Gateway of this super duper ginormous wee beastie! @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social #KentNature #Nature

Yellow-necked Mouse at East Malling today - had found dead ones in local buildings, so nice to get a live one! #KentNature #ukmammals @kentfieldclub.bsky.social

Baird's Sandpiper currently in residence at Rutland Water - a superb little performer which, although not actually aggressive, does approach cameras with little hestitation...! #RareBirdsUK #UKbirding #Waders

Turkestan Shrike at Dunwich Heath NR - a stunning wee chap! #RareBirdsUK #SuffolkBirding

Whinchat at East Malling Resaerch Station this lunchtime - has been knocking about with a few Stonechats this week. #KentBirding @kentishplover.bsky.social #birding

Red-breasted Fly showed well, but briefly, in South View garden at Dungeness this lunchtime. #KentBirding #RareBirdsUK

Clouded Yellow (F) and Common Blue at East Malling this week - enjoying some wildflower-smothered headlands. Best we enjoy them for last few weeks we have them! #KentNature #UKButterflies

Lesser Grey Shrike (Winterton) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Etton Maxey) - a great double-act in the sun today. #RareBirdsUK

Kentish Plover found by @seasalterbirder.bsky.social - distant by the time I got to it... #KentBirding

Lovely Grey Phalarope at Mercer CP, Surrey, after the office today. Hopefully it’ll reorientate back out to the open ocean. @rarebirder.bsky.social #UKBirding

Male Red-footed Falcon at Elmley NNR this lunchtime - a stunning little performer! #RareBirdsUK #kentbirding @rarebirder.bsky.social #UKBirding

Tiny (3mm) Ant on the office desk this afternoon (East Malling). ObsIdentify comes up with Crematogaster scutellaris (mainly). Possibly rare: probably imported. @ianbeavis.bsky.social @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social

Queen of Spain Fritillary butterfly at Pantlife's lovely Ranscombe Farm reserve, this afternoon (14:05). @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #KentNature

A particular feature of the site is that is has a population of Sitaris muralis that was first noted by @baldbirder.bsky.social in 2024 and was back in force this year. The beetles parasitise nests of Anthophora plumipes. [2/]

Orange-shouldered Blister Beetles starting to emerge at their colony in East Malling today. #KentNature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social

Stunning Rose-coloured Starling at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social this evening - one of two great finds today by Jacob at the Obs (other being Bee-eater). #KentBirding #RareBirdsUK

Slightly late to the Hudsonian Godwit party at Titchfield Haven NNR this afternoon - ten years after my first. Very smart adult female bird that had the decency to lift her wings on a few occasions... @rarebirder.bsky.social @gnhbirder66.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK #UKBirding

Whiskered Tern on Hookers Pit, RSPB Dungeness, this evening. A super little performer! #KentBirding #RareBirdsUK @rspb.bsky.social

The Roseate Tern at Normandy Lagoons is sporting a ring - didn’t feel like a @btobirds.bsky.social ring given ‘different’ address line at the top…or perhaps I’m imagining things! #seabirds

A few caterpillars showed well yesterday, including: Small Eggar (Martin Down NNR), and Blossom Underwing, Mottled Umber and Lackey all in woods near Chiddingfold, Surrey. #TeamMoth #nature

Wood White in woodland near Chiddingfold yesterday - seemingly delicate butterflies as they tentatively investigate flower heads. #UKButterflies

Marsh Fritillary at Martin Down NNR yesterday - lots on the wing there at the moment. Always fun to see. #UKButterflies

Roseate Tern at Normandy Lagoon, Hants, yesterday putting on occasional stunning ‘fly pasts’ as it heads out to feed. #UKBirding #Seabirds

Five Red-footed Falcons yesterday evening at Carlton Marshes SWT - a bonus end to the day! #UKRareBirds

Blue-winged Teal, Spot Sand and Great Reed Warbler - a busy day in the field which started with Poms, Whimbrel, Barwits and CScoter passage at Dunge. #UKRarebirds

Lots of fun Water Shrew action near Newington at the weekend - 20-30 sightings in an hour’s watch. Nice! Yellow Wags in adjacent sheep field. #KentNature

Black and Red Pot-beetle (Cryptocephalus bipunctatus) at Holly Hill yesterday - a super smart wee beetle. #KentNature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #UKColeoptera

Conyer yesterday: Nice selection in a brief visit inc. Whimbrel, Lesser Whitethroat, Nightingale, Cuckoo.

Male Grasshopper Warbler reeling away at New Hythe Lakes this morning - a nice bit of Lucestella undertail coverts...if you like that sort of thing. #KentBirding #UKBirding

A stunning male Alpine Newt last night near Canterbury - what a beautiful blue beast! @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #amphibians #kentnature

Some early Green-winged Orchids out at Marden Meadows KWT this morning - should be a great display in a couple of weeks. #kentnature #UKOrchids @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

Female Orange-tip butterfly yesterday near Eat Peckham, Kent. Lovely wee beasties… #UKButterflies #kentnature

A teneral Hairy Dragonfly seen by @baldbirder.bsky.social at Great Wood, RSPB Worth Marshes on 12th April is not only our earliest ever (previous 18/4/2014) but also probably our earliest ever odonate in the recorded history of SBBOT (previous a Large Red Damselfly on 13/4/2014) #kentnature #odonata

Black-winged Stilt and Hoopoe made for a great start this morning at Dungeness! @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #KentBirding #RareBirdsUK

Ring Ousel, Whitethroat and Barn Owl were the highlights of late afternoon visit to Cliffe Marshes RSPB. #KentBirding

Small Heath, Dingy Skipper, Pyrausta purports and Small purple-barred all out on the North Downs at Holly Hill this lunchtime. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #teammoth #UKButterflies #KentNature

2x Purple Herons at Dungeness today in a brief lunchtime visit. @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #kentbirding #UKBirding

Fantastic morning at Portland Bill yesterday, watching flocks and individual birds coming ‘in-off’ with lots more in the fields. Great fun! @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social #UKBirding

Hoopoe near Bough Beech Resr this afternoon - a two mile detour from the route I was on. Rude not to stop…! #Kentbirding

Little Gull at New Hythe Lakes yesterday was a super smart 1st winter performer. Nice! #Kentbirding

Hairy-footed Flower Bees were very active today in their wall! It will be interesting to see how numbers of the Orange-shouldered Blister Beetles will do this year… #KentNature

Little Bunting (Send) and Common Sand (Staines) were the highlights of brief Surrey stops while passing the neighbourhood… #UKBirding

Two, of at least eight, Water Pipits at Oare Marshes KWT late morning - starting to look smart in their breeding refinery… #KentBirding

Fence-loads of Black Redstarts at Langdon Hole this afternoon inc. 6 along one short section. With @martynwilson.bsky.social #KentBirding #UKBirding

Iberian Chiffy at Dungeness this afternoon - nice to hear it calling. #KentBirding #RareBirdsUK

Three Little Ringed Plover at Sevenoaks KWT this evening - plus two Green Sands enjoying the facilities. #KentBirding