A 3 orchid detour on my way back from Portsmouth this morning incl my 1st Hants Lizard. Thanks to Dave Stevenson for the gen.

74:28 this morning with 5 NFYs including this Brussels Lace which was only the 2nd garden record.

Anyone fancy the best chance there is of seeing Wilson's Storm Petrel in Welsh waters? I've added one extra pelagic trip off the Pembrokeshire Coast, bank holiday Monday 26th August. Cost is £85 per person. To book please e-mail [email protected] only.

Upland Sand 1 of 7-Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, Manitoba-June 2024, This was a nice morning spent watching these birds, visiting the Prairie Grassland's of North America was a nice stop over on route to Churchill.

A brief but really enjoyable trip to Noar Hill, Hants with Steve Parsons 💙 this morning. Six species of orchid including plenty of Musk & Frog.

In 2019, we set 10 camera traps from 65-90m in the crown of the world's tallest tropical tree, with no real idea whether they'd get anything at all They did 🤩 ... 🧵 #Borneo #RainforestGiants

A pleasing total on 138:43 in the Soton trap this morning incl Small Angle Shades (nfg) & some infrequent visitors such as Lackey & Swallowtail.

Looking forward to another Global Birding To see these two cropped paintings in full plus many other new originals and reproduction prints you'll find me in the Puffin marquee stand 15

These Curlews will be 1 of 16 originals heading with me to the Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Gordale Garden Centre, Burton, South Wirral CH64 8TF Open 26th-28th July, all works also soon to be online ewa-uk.com

102:50 from the Southampton MV this morning. Pammene aurita nfg & Tree-lichen Beauty nfy. Commonest moth Jersey Tiger with 11.

Some away mothing on the Hants downs last night produced 149:78. Most numerous was Ruby Tiger with 75. Several NFYs incl Dark Umber 📸. Also Ancylis unculana & Euspilapteryx auroguttella were both ✅️✅️.

Standard stuff in a total of 113:54 from the Soton trap this morning. The only exceptions were the 2nd garden record of Light Crimson Underwing 📸 & Paraswammerdamia albicapitella which was new for the garden.

102:46 this morning in Southampton incl Mullein Wave (NFG) & 2nd record of Gypsy Moth.

130:43 this morning with Cabbage, Dark Spectacle & Copper Underwing 📸 new for the year. Also 3rd record of Light Crimson Underwing.

Looking to give away my trusty Lieca BA 8 x 32. Ideally to a young birder starting out.. Good condition. Focus wheel needs some WD40 😉 Re tweets appreciated. DM for details..

Fancy 3 days and nights with me on Skomer Island in Sept? Due to a cancellation a couple of places have just become available - this has long been sold out so a rare chance to experience autumn migration with me on this magical island! Details below👇

1st trapping session for 10 days produced 144:44 including this Burnished Brass nfy. Precious little evidence of migration with just 1 each of Silver Y & Rusty Dot Pearl.

Clancy's Rustic & White-Point amongst 84:37 in the Southampton trap this morning