Great Northern Diver juvenile yesterday at Ripple, surfaced close to the shore #WorcsBirds

Great Northern Diver at Ripple today, in the northeast corner of south lake #WorcsBirds

Ring-necked Duck at Clifton today, at the north end of the north pit #WorcsBirds

Whooper Swans yesterday at Grimley CLP #WorcsBirds

Whooper Swans (4 ad & 6 juv) at Grimley CLP today, still south of the sunken fence line at 15.30 #WorcsBirds

Bredon Hill yesterday morning (20 October), walk up to the summit and plateau. Ring Ouzel the highlight, male briefly feeding in hawthorns along the N wall (SO9622840299), plus Fieldfare 320, Redwing 85, Yellowhammer 32, Corn Bunting 2, Stonechat 8, Skylark 75, Red Kite 12, Raven 16 #Worcsbirds

Long-tailed Duck at Clifton this evening #Worcsbirds

Grimley CLP this morning, highlight being a loose group of 6 calling Crossbills overhead, plus Hobby, Common Gull and a lone late Common Swift (seen well, you never know) #worcsbirds

Grimley this evening… Glossy Ibis flew south over CLP to roost at south pool at 18.35, Cattle Egret 2 with cattle in field west of Wagon Wheel pits (pics) then south to roost, Great Egret 3 & Little Egret 22, plus Hobby #WorcsBirds

Glossy Ibis currently at Grimley CLP feeding on the northeast shore, just south of the sunken fence #WorcsBirds

Grey Phalarope flight shots from yesterday’s all dayer at Grimley, final revised tally was 100, the first time we have reached that landmark #westmidsalldayer #WorcsBirds

Grey Phalarope at Grimley CLP this morning, 93 species the final team total #westmidsalldayer #worcsbirds

Garganey (2) yesterday morning at Wildgoose NR, including a few other species… #Worcsbirds

Whinchat at Grimley CLP yesterday morning #Worcsbirds

2 new species for the garden last night in Bewdley (Worcs); Jersey Tiger and Least Carpet, to add to the Dark Spinach earlier in August and the Small Marbled in July #teammoth #MothsMatter

Black-crowned Night Heron at Grimley CLP yesterday afternoon. I watched it between 2-5 as it perched in its favourite tree, sleeping (a lot), occasionally preening, scratching, wing stretching and halfhearted fishing. It moved a meter along the branch in 3 hours #WorcsBirds

Grimley CLP Black-crowned Night Heron west reedbed just south of sunken fence line, perched on edge in dead vegetation, viewed from east end north causeway 11.20 #worcsbirds

Black-crowned Night Heron just flown into SE corner of Grimley CLP, perched in its favourite tree, view from south causeway. At 04.45 it was perched in the cormorant trees briefly, before being flushed by a Grey Heron. Also Little Egret 22, Great Egret 2, Hobby 2, Green and Common Sand #worcsbirds

Devon moths on a couple of long weekends end of June and early July; Thrift Clearwing near Westward Ho!, Silver-barred Sable at Braunton Burrows, Privet Hawk-moth at Ford, Italian Bark Moth near Woodbury Salterton #mothsmatter #teammoth

Chinese Character pair drawn to the garden moth trap in Bewdley (Worcs), they remained on this acer for several hours until the sun found them #mothsmatter #teammoth

Great early morning views of a very itchy Badger on a recent breeding bird survey in south Worcestershire, completely oblivious to my presence #badger #BritishWildlife #mammals

Black-crowned Night Heron at Grimley CLP yesterday morning. A long long wait for one in Worcestershire, it eventually showed very well at the southern end, still present this evening #WorcsBirds

4 new species for the garden this week in Bewdley (Worcs); White-backed Tortrix, Spotted Knot-horn, Four-spotted Footman, Maple Snout #teammoth #MothsMatter

Reed Warbler at Grimley CLP yesterday, returning to the same perch with different insects to feed its nearby young #WorcsBirds

Marsh Harrier yesterday morning at Grimley CLP, seen several times hunting over the reedbed at the south end. From photos it’s the same bird seen 5 days previously #WorcsBirds

Sanderling this afternoon at Upton Warren flashes, flushed by a Sparrowhawk at one point, the rest of the time happily feeding around the islands #worcsbirds #uptonwarren

The Grimley drake Garganey this afternoon, showed very well along the north west shore at CLP #WorcsBirds

Grimley/Holt stuck on 88 at the moment, still a few to eke out… #westmidsalldayer #WorcsBirds

Clifton this morning pre-Badger survey nearby… Whimbrel N pit N end, Greenshank flash, Common Sand 4, Redshank 10, Yellow Wag 6 (singing), male Wigeon (lingering for anyone doing the all-dayer here) #Worcsbirds

Grimley CLP today, 2 Arctic Terns (pics) arrived and spent a while flying around with a Common Tern before heading north, then a flock of 7 Whimbrel (pic) flew straight through north, plus a nfy Cuckoo and 3 Swifts #WorcsBirds

Grimley so far today… Arctic Tern (2) lingered then N, Whimbrel (7) straight through N, both CLP, plus LRP (3), Common Sand (3), Cuckoo, Swift (3), Yellow Wag (6) #WorcsBirds

Black Tern at Grimley CLP this morning, shortly before it headed off high NE #WorcsBirds

Little Tern yesterday afternoon at the Moors Pool Upton Warren #WorcsBirds

Black Tern at Grimley CLP before it flew off high NE #worcsbirds

Black-necked Grebe at Grimley CLP this evening from the north causeway, calling towards the end of the clip, then stalked by a Great Crested Grebe #WorcsBirds

Little Gull at Grimley CLP (5 April), distinctive notch in its right wing to track where it turns up next #WorcsBirds

Kittiwake (13) early afternoon at Clifton, dropped in for a quarter of an hour before continuing north #WorcsBirds

Snow Bunting this pm (7/3) in the field opposite the reserve entrance to Longdon Marsh off Marsh Road, viewed from the metal gate and track (w3w///otters.stag.sandals) #WorcsBirds #ukbirding

Marbled Duck yesterday pm at Longdon Marsh around the pool south of Marsh Road. Called in after a work survey and it was the first bird I looked at from the metal gate! It was mainly feeding on its own before flying south towards main pool #ukbirding #WorcsBirds

Glossy Ibis at Grimley CLP this morning around Hippo Pool. After showing well early on it became very mobile, taking several long high flights both north and south, often returning to exactly the same spot it had taken off from #WorcsBirds

White-tailed Eagle sub-adult yesterday afternoon at Clifton #WorcsBirds #ukbirds

Yellow-browed Warbler from this morning at Wildgoose (Grimley), showed very well several times at the north end of the reserve. Remained solitary and silent. #WorcsBirds #ukbirds

Marsh Harrier at Grimley this morning, hunting around the south western corner of CLP, disappearing into the reeds several times @WorcsBirding #WorcsBirds #ukbirds

Caspian Gull this morning at Throckmorton tip #WorcsBirds #ukbirds

Hawfinch in Jubilee Gardens (Bewdley) late morning, this lone bird spent a long time perched in sycamores when it wasn’t feeding in a nearby yew #WorcsBirds #ukbirding

Grimley (Worcs) today; Red-throated Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Great Egret 3 and this very confiding Jack Snipe found with a thermal scope #WorcsBirds #UkBirding

Another 3 new moths for my Bewdley garden this week in Worcestershire; Olive-tree Pearl (3), Rusty-dot Pearl (2) and Varied Ochre, plus my favourite moth, Merveille du Jour, 3 last night #teammoth #ukmoth

Late decision to put out the MV trap last night, 10 species, 2 of which were new for my Bewdley garden; Streak and Frosted Tortrix (Exapate congelatella), two photos of each in different light #teammoth #ukmoth

Grimley CLP yesterday, quiet, water levels high, lots of the wildfowl had dispersed to feed in nearby flooded fields, several vocal Water Rail and Cetti’s Warbler, plus obliging Stonechats (pics) flycatching from alders and willows #WorcsBirds

Aurora borealis tonight in Bewdley (Worcestershire) #NorthernLights #Aurora