Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Yellowhammer (3m,1f), Siskin (6), Redpoll (18), Chaffinch (c50), Skylark, Curlew (5), Snipe (13), Lapwing (c200), Shelduck (4), Shoveler (12), Gadwall (8), Teal (21), Wigeon (m), T Duck (26), Pochard (8), Water Rail (2), Peregrine, Chiffchaff.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Jack Snipe, Snipe(19), Curlew (3), Lapwing (c150), Oyck (2), Pochard (8), Gadwall (16), Shelduck (6),T Duck (30), Shoveler (14), W Rail (2), Stonechat (m), Kestrel (2), Nuthatch, Ffare (57), Redwing (12) Redpoll (4), M Thrush, Otter, Roe Deer.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Avocet (25), Curlew (2), Lapwing (19), Oyks (4), Shelduck (6), Pochard (4), T Duck (50), Shoveler (8), Gadwall (7), Teal (14), Cormorant (13), Bullfinch (f), Buzzard (2), Cormorant (13), Redwing (7).

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Med Gull( 2w), Avocet (28), Curlew (2), Snipe (3), Shelduck (8), Oyks (3), Wigeon (m), Pochard (1), Shoveler (10), Gadwall (8), T Duck (45), L Egret (1), GW Egret (reported), Goldcrest, Buzzard (5), LBB Gull (c650), H Gull (c200), BH Gull (c700)

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Med Gull (Ad), Avocet (50), Oyks (4), Lapwing (2), Tawny Owl, L Egret (3), Shelduck (9), Gadwall (6), Pochard (5), Shoveler (19), T Duck (40), Teal (21), Water Rail (2), G C Grebe (6),Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Cormorant (7).

At very much the northern edge of its range, I photographed a Dotted Bee Fly at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: R N Duck (m), Avocet (51), Dunlin, LRP (4), Oyks (4), Curlew (1), Lapwing (6), Shelduck (8), Shoveler (26), Gadwall (6), T Duck (48), Teal (6), Pochard (m), L Egret (2), Kestrel, Blackcap, S Martin (3), G C Grebe (2).

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Common Sand, Avocet (53), Snipe (2), LRP (4), Oyks (4), Lapwing (4), L Egret (7), Pochard (2m), Gadwall (6), Teal (6), Shoveler (12), Shelduck (6), Kingfisher, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, H Martin (min of 1), Swallow (2), S Martin (5), Blackcap (3).

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: R Plover, LRP (6), Dunlin (2), Avocet (52), Redshank (1), Curlew (1), Snipe(1), Lapwing (4), Oyks (4), C Sand (1), L Egret (4), Y Wag (2), H Martin (2), L W'throat, Shelduck (6), S Martin/Swallow (c20), Shoveler (8), Gadwall (6), T Duck (24).

Y'days highlights at the Moors at #uptonwarren: Arctic Tern, Red Kite, Avocet (15), Oystercatcher (2), Lapwing (2), Shoveler (2), Gadwall (4), Teal (2), T Duck (32), Shelduck (1), Cormorant (2), Blackcap (5), Sedge Warbler.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Avocet (48), LRP (4), Dunlin, Lapwing (6), Oystercatcher (4), Cuckoo, Common Tern (2), Shelduck (11), Pochard (m), Teal (4), Shoveler (4), Gadwall (6), T Duck (16), Whitethroat, Greenfinch, Blackcap (3), Sparrowhawk.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Avocet (40) + 2:3:3:3:2 chicks, R Plover (2), LRP (5), Lapwing (4), Oystercatcher (4), Common Tern (2), Shelduck (13), Pochard (m),Teal (1), Gadwall (10), Swift (6), Whitethroat, G C Grebe (2) + 2 chicks.

SuDS schemes are proving to be beneficial to dragonfly watchers and the newly created pool at Highbury Park, Moseley, Birmingham attracted a pair of Scarce Blue- Tailed Damselflies last Saturday (31-05-25). Andy Warr, Phil Andrews.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Green Sand (7), Avocet (53), LRP (5), Curlew (1), Oyks (2), Lapwing (10), Common Tern (2), Little Egret (4), Kingfisher, Teal (m), Gadwall (1) + 5 chicks, Cormorant (1), Red Kite and Hobby reported.

Y'days highlights from the desert at #uptonwarren: Green Sand (4), LRP (3), Avocet (2), Lapwing (22), Little Egret (5), Red Kite, Redstart, Teal (4), Swallow (8), Gadwall (5), Tufted Duck (brood of 2 + a possible creche of 16), Pheasant.

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren : Green Sand (3), Curlew (3), Little Egret (9), Common Tern (2), Kingfisher, Sedge Warbler (family of 4), Tufted Duck (brood of 2 + 2 females and 16 chicks), Shoveler (3), Gadwall (5).

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Black T Godwit (3), Curlew (6), Green Sand (2), Common Sand (2), Lapwing (12), Little Egret (5), Raven, T Duck (broods of 6:7:3:11), Little Grebe (11), Gadwall (4), Shelduck (2) over, Cormorant (1), B H Gull (c60).

Y'days from the Moors #uptonwarren: Green Sand (4), Dunlin, Common Sand, Lapwing (12), Common Tern (2), L Egret (5), Hobby, Kestrel, Raven, L Grebe (20), Swift (19), Collared Dove (2), Cormorant (6) + Ruddy Darter.

Is this a Southern Small White? Photographed this morning (Sun 3rd Aug) at Landguard, Felixstowe

Y'days highlights at #uptonwarren: Dunlin, Green Sand (4), Common Sand (3), Snipe (1), Lapwing (c50), Hobby, L Egret (4), Swallow (c30), Kingfisher, Gadwall (9), Teal (4), Shoveler (2), Water Rail (3), Little Grebe (20). Cormorant (15).