Inspired by last night’s twilight ramble, headed out this evening to local Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - follow us on Bluesky 🦋 nature reserve, Askham Bog. Got very excited about not just ‘no fence collars’, which are very cool - but by the fact that visitors can see where the grazing animals with them are! 🤩

100s Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in boils attracted many 100s of shearwaters: 350 Great, 300 Cory's, 50 Sooty, 8 Wilson's etc...

I’ve barely photographed any butterflies this year - haven’t seen many to photograph! This Green-veined White was the only visitor to a garden Buddleia.

This looks like Dictenidia bimaculata! Photographed in Sherwood Forest in June. Seem to be very few county records.

Had a brief visit from a male Vapourer, alighting on the outside of my window. Love those feathered antennae!

Impressed by my first visit to Rainham Marshes. Lots of great inverts, including my first Rambur’s Pied Shieldbugs, Mottled Shieldbug, Wasp Spider and Lesser Emperors.

Can anyone help get this Agrilus to species please? At RSPB Rainham Marshes yesterday, found resting on bramble leaf in scrub area with hawthorn, willows and a few small oaks. Around 6-6.5mm. Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland Adrian Dutton

Had a great day out in York seeing my first Tansy Beetles. They’re gorgeous!

A couple of nice moths drawn to security lights in the last few days. Pebble Hook-tip and Lesser Swallow Prominent.

There’s a reason Frampton Marsh is one of my favourite reserves. Saw 26 species of wader this morning! Temminck’s Stint and this lovely Baird’s Sandpiper were the highlights, but fantastic to see flocks of Greenshank and thousands of Dunlin.

Thrilled to have this group of Cramp-ball Fungus Weevils (Platyrhinus resinosus) pointed out to me in South Shropshire last Wednesday, a first for me. What stunners!

Lots of fantastic birds at Spurn today, but the only migrants I managed to photograph were moths. Rush Veneer and Silver Y - obviously hungry after a such a long journey!

Impressive display of lightning over Retford at the moment!

Visited Coombes Valley for the first time yesterday and spotted this gorgeous Leiopus nebulosus agg. Such a beautiful beetle!

Fairly delighted to find a Yellow-browed Warbler in my garden in Newark this morning; I thought I was hearing things at first, but when it flew into a tree just above my head there was no doubting it!

While I was underwater in Lake Geneva looking for catfish, this great crested grebe unexpectedly appeared, probably looking for a fish. He was a little startled by this strange thing in the water, stopped, and then quickly disappeared.

Smallest Beetle in Europe Discovered at Rutland Water. It is only the 3rd time this species has been recorded in Britain, and the 1st time outside of East Anglia. Discovery was made by Senior Species and Recording Officer, Tim Sexton. Photo Credits: Graham Finch, Tim Sexton

A short montage of the Amur/Stejneger’s Stonechat from Trimley Marshes yesterday. An unforgettable encounter!

Some amazing finds whilst counting ladybirds in Retford Cemetery! Hawthorn and Juniper Shieldbugs, Pogonocherus hispidus and, best of all, two Ledra aurita nymphs!

Found this handsome spider on Gorse beneath Scots Pine. To me, looks suspiciously like a poorly marked Araniella displicata! What do you think? BAS