Some nice moths to the garden actinic over the last couple of days. In particular a beautiful Palpita vitrealis and a superb Delicate which were both garden ticks!

Amwell NR - an Adult Med Gull in with the Black Heads for a short while tonight before they all flew off south.

Amwell NR - Herts. Adult Med Gull in the roost tonight, also 3 RC Pochard and a Goldeneye.

Amwell NR - Redhead Smew still from Gladwyn Hide and Goosander on island in front of viewpoint.

Amwell NR - Redhead Smew from Gladwyn Hide plus 3 RC Pochard.

Amwell NR - Redhead Smew still near Gladwin Hide and the Bittern showed briefly from the viewpoint in the reeds to the left of the White Hide.

Amwell NR - Smew still from Gladwin Hide and 1 Yellow-legged Gull in the roost.

Great weekend in the South West with David Cousins and family. Got lucky with the Booted Eagle and saw it as we arrived. Great scope views but a bit distant for anything other than record shots.

After the Booted Eagle we moved on to Sennen Cove where we saw the Bonapartes and large numbers of Chough using a bird table up near the lifeboat station.

Popped into Newquay on the way back from the Booted Eagle for this obliging LT Duck.

Amwell NR - 1st Winter Med Gull in the roost tonight plus Barn Owl, Woodcock, Stonechat and Smew.

Amwell NR - 1st Winter Med and Great Black Back in the roost again tonight. Also Smew, Stonechat and Woodcock.

Pristine Peacock making the most of the sun in a Braintree Garden Centre!

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Great day in Cambs yesterday with Brian and Jane. Great Reed and Red Foot plus the really obliging Spotted Sand.

Popped into the Brecks yesterday morning with Brian and Jane. Wood Lark, Tree Pipit, Redstart and great views of Stone Curlew.

Amwell NR - Bittern just left the Reedbed and flew high south.

Amwell NR - Dragonfly Pool, 1 Broad-bodied Chaser, 3 Four-spotted Chaser and 2 Norfolk Hawker.

Amwell NR - popped into Amwell this afternoon and had a Lesser Emperor from the boardwalk at Hollycross. It showed well over the central pool a number of times before the sun went in.

Just had a White-letter Hairstreak land on my patio table in a rather tree less housing estate in Great Dunmow. Amazing!