Decided to try the moth trap last night (7/12) as it was so mild, but only a Rusty-dot Pearl & 2 December Moth for the effort! South Somerset VC5 #Teammoth

The photos not going to win any prizes, but the Dawlish Warren Lesser Crested Tern was my first British tick since the Baikal Teal in 2022 (I don't twitch much these days!) #DevonBirds

Lesser Crested Tern still at Dawlish Warren, settled on mud, best viewed from hide 10:50 @birdguides.bsky.social

Now two Redhead & a drake Goosander at #ChardRes Photo taken at dusk this evening. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

A rather tatty Red Admiral in my garden in Chard today 3rd Dec! @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A rather dapper Peregrine enjoying the sun after the earlier frost at the Dorset patch today. #PWC2025 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

The drake & Redhead Goosander showed quite well from the dam at #ChardRes early this am, shame the light was so poor! #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Red Kite over the Dorset patch this am, also Brambling heard inflight. Dipper on a Somerset stream near Chard late this pm. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social

No sign of Scaup this am. Didn't realise the significance of my find yesterday...this is the first record at #ChardRes for 24 years & the largest group since the 1950's! #PWC2025Mega @patchbirding.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding

3 Scaup still present at #ChardRes at dusk. Also drake & redhead Goosander & 14 Tufties. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Planning and Infrastructure Bill - sadly about to clear its final hurdle. With disastrous implications for our already nature-depleted land #Biodiversity #Planning

The Desert Wheatear at Wyke Regis was a Dorset tick & 8 years since my last, the showy Thurlstone bird in South Devon in Jan 2017. Thx to Brett @luvaducksbutt.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Desert Wheatear still showing at Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis....but we've just been told to move on by the camp security! @birdguides.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Red Admiral still visiting my Orange Ball Buddleia daily... 23rd November & after several hard frosts! Chard, South Somerset. #inverts @savebutterflies.bsky.social

At least 41 Great Crested Grebe at #ChardRes this am in awful weather. Redhead Goosander also still present (photo taken yesterday in much better conditions!) #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Redhead Goosander again at #ChardRes this morning. #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Very productive EuCan Conservation Workday yesterday at my Dorset patch, with meadows & glades brush-cut. 15 Ash dieback felled, 5 Oak with major squirrel damage, 4 large leaning willow soon to block footpath & a few Silver Birch. Also several Hazel coppiced to allow more light. Thx to 11 volunteers

Female Pintail on the Dorset patch this morning, only the second record this year after a pair in February (which were the first for 5 years at the site!) #PWC2025 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Just received details of this bird from Roy Dennis Foundation: G834 a male that fledged from a nest in Dorset this year! Thx for the very quick reply Zoe Smith at RDF.

It might be just 3 Pochard, but they're the first of the year on my 10km #PWC2024 !! Seen at #ChardRes this morning. 131st species for the patch to date (153 points) @somersetbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

WTE drifted slowly south, high over my inland Dorset patch at Chard Junction at 11:00 this am. My second record here. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social #PWC2025

Probably my last moth trap of the year gave 9 species, singles of Rusty-dot Pearl, Dark Arches, Red & Yellow-line Quakers, Beautiful Plume, Epirrita sp & 2 Feathered Thorn. Chard, Somerset VC5 #Teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Just 5 moths in last nights' trap, this White-point, plus Large Pale Masoner, Yellow-line Quaker, Common Plume & LBAM. Chard VC5 #Teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Surprised to see this Comma nectaring on Orange Ball Buddleia in my Somerset garden today in total cloud cover, still mild though at 14C! @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Spectacular aerial display by these two Goshawk this morning in glorious sunshine! An adult & juvenile/immature?

Olive-tree Pearl, 6 Rusty-dot Pearl, Dark Chestnut (NFM), 3 Feathered Thorn, 2 Silver-Y & 2 Barred Sallow were the best of 14 species last night. Chard VC5 #Teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Fairly quiet mothing last night in Chard VC5, just 2 Rusty-dot Pearl, Turnip Moth, 3 Red-green Carpet, 2 Yellow-line Quaker among the 10 species. #Teammoth

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Two still present at noon today. @somersetbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.

One of 2 Black Redstart at Chard Cemetery this morning (only taken 11 visits to find one & then two are present!😂) #PWC2025 @somersetbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Redhead Goosander flew into #ChardRes at 16:20. Record count of 44 Mandarin on the 29th, also recently up to 49 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 32 GC Grebe, Water Rail & Cetti's Warbler heard. Pied Wagtail & Starling roost just starting to get underway. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

I found three Brown Hairstreak eggs today during a casual search at the Dorset patch....still too much leaf on the Blackthorn bushes at present to search for more! @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Nice to see some late autumn butterflies enjoying the sunshine in the shelter from the cold NW wind today. South Somerset @savebutterflies.bsky.social

The Sorcerer from Kenfig last night. Finally got up the courage to remove it from the pot (after some others had seen it). As far as I know, fourth British record and first for Wales. Thanks to everyone for moral support during my meltdown. But, what a moth! #TeamMoth

Labour really doesn't like wildlife in any shape or form, does it!!? 😡

Late afternoon sunshine at my Dorset patch after 5 days of total cloud cover & a Clouded Yellow, Migrant Hawker hunting & a Peregrine perched at dusk.....lovely! Also present: 47 Teal, 3 Shoveler, drake Gadwall & Wigeon, 2 Green Sandpiper @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Another good moth trap last night with White-point & Green-brindled Crescent both NFM + Blair's Shoulder-knot & Treble Brown Spot both NFG. Also Black Rustic, Brindled Green & Red-line Quaker of note. South Somerset VC5 #Teammoth

Very pleased to see my first Merveille du Jour this morning, a mint specimen too! South Somerset VC5

Little Ringed Plover taken at my inland Dorset patch back in the Spring, where they successfully fledged 3 young. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Large Ranunculus NFG, Orange Sallow & Chestnut both NFM from a brief trap last night before rain. South Somerset VC5 #Teammoth

This confiding Chiffchaff has been feeding on aphids infesting Tansy in my Chard garden for the last 4 days. Today it caught a Box-tree Moth too. These photos were taken less than 2 metres away. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Almost didn't set the moth trap last night, with another cold clear night forecast, but glad I did with Brindled Green NFM & Black Rustic NFG South Somerset VC5 #Teammoth

Stubble fields near Chard today held c.50 Skylark, c.30 Meadow Pipit, c.20 Goldfinch, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail & Peregrine. @somersetbirds.bsky.social

First returning Wigeon of the autumn on the Dorset patch today. Also my first (!) Redpoll of the year, 6 Siskin over, 3 Stonechat, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Kingfisher & 2 Marsh Tit. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #PWC2025

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Common Tern at a very windy #ChardRes today! @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Reasonable moth trap last night with Portland Ribbon Wave NFM, Rush Veneer, Turnip Moth, Pale Mottled Willow, 12 Lunar Underwing & at least 18 Box-tree Moth! 18 species/80 moths recorded. South Somerset VC5 #teammoth

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