1st trap of the year produced a lifer, Great Prominent (scarce in N.E. Suffolk) with 2 Diamond-back & a Silver Y also at least 10 Painted Lady heading north through the garden

Hesperantha coccinea 'Eric's Early', starts in august & still going strong + Salvia haenkei, the best its looked all summer but not for much longer! (tender) #ukGardening 🌱

A new micro in the garden this year were 3 Chionodes distinctella, though it seems to be incredibly variable & could be fumatella (esp. No. 2), opinions welcome!. Also new was Great green Bush-cricket

Psst, don't tell Nigel but a North African immigrant has turned up in Kessingland, after a 10 year wait I could not believe it & am still in shock!

Some late flying creatures in the garden today, Common Darter on Passiflora Snow Queen, Common Carder BB on Salvia Amena, Buff-tailed BB robbing Salvia Joan & a Red Admiral on Anisodontea El Rayo #UKGardening

All that glitters is not gold, but it might be a moth, Golden Twin-spot last night in Kessingland, also 2 Oak Rustic, 11 RDP, 6 Silver Y & 2 noctuella #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Cool & moonlit last night so a Euchromius ocellea was a surprise!, also 9 P xylostella, 2 U ferrugalis, 2 Turnip M & 2 Silver Y #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Tricyrtis formosana v. Grandiflora 'Long-Jen Violet', thrives in full shade & flowers for months (until frost) 🌱🌿 #ukGardening

Salvia confertiflora still looking good despite 45mph winds (blown over twice & lost a few spikes!) 🌱 #UKGardening

A late second flowering from Hedychium deceptum in my Suffolk garden 🌱GB🌿

2 Firecrest in the garden today, incredibly tame one almost landed on me but still too quick for my photographic skills

Nice garden tick today in Kessingland, 2 Black Redstart (pair), also Lesser Whitethroat & a late Swallow sprinting south (must have seen the weather forecast)

This strange season continues with Phycita roborella, Yellow-tail, Southern Wainscot (with 2 Large) & a novelty Gold Triangle also 3 Merv, Shore Wainscot, 13 Clancy's, 15+ White Point, 6 RDP & 7+ noctuella

A bit more lively with an overcast sky last night, Convolvulus HM, Feathered Brindle, 5 Clancy's Rustic & the new normal Buff footman & LBBYUw also Red Underwing, Palpita vitrealis, 5 N noctuella, 2 L album W, U ferrugalis & 5 P xylostella #teammoth

🌱 Some Hedychiums out in the garden today, marginatum, Luna moth, maximum (smelling gorgeous) & griffithianum (with Fuchsia boliviana)

A new nectar plant for Convolvulus Hawk-moth tonight, Kniphofia caulescens

Some floral beauties in my garden today, Nerine & Amarines, Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides (was easier to say when it was Senecio confusus!), Fuchsia denticulata & Hedychium flavum (smells as good as it looks) 🌱

c20 Glossy ibis over Kessingland Beach heading north @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social

life's tough for Hummingbird & Convolvulus Hawkmoths in a 30mph wind today in Kessingland

Last night produced Convolvulus Hawk NFY, Clancy's Rustic NFY, a standard issue Pearly Underwing & an Ethmia bipunctella (something I don't see every year) also a bit of a Scarce Bordered Straw surge (5)

Some common migrants last night included this nicely marked Pearly Underwing, Four-spotted Footman, Scarce Bordered Straw, Dark Sword-grass, 12 Palpita vitrealis & 5 Delicate. Also a small, pale Coast Dart, Ancylosis oblitella & 2 Clay Triple-lines NFG (no local Beech) #teammoth

My 1st Delicate of the year last night & only my 2nd Caloptilia fidella ever + always lovely to see Oncocera semirubella & Star-wort, also Coast dart, Jersey Tiger & Ancylosis oblitella #teammoth

A 1st for the garden today in Kessingland, Clouded Yellow