Windy morning at Essex Wildlife Trust Gt Holland pits. PE stayed high, but the purple hairsteak did play ball. White & red admiral, small tort, holly blues, meadow brown and high WL hairsteak also present. Good to bump into Rob Seago 🇪🇺🌍🦋🐞🌿🐟#FBPE . Chris Boyd Steve Nikols

Interesting slime mould on the lawn currently. Due to the wet weather I guess. @rob_yaxley #Macrolunchtimes

Had a walk round Chalkney woods today. Cant say I enjoyed it. Almost 100% tree cover and very messy tracks. Theres a footpath under the trees in this photo would you believe. Essex County Council Oh, and got barked at by at off lead dog because it didnt expect to see someone else! 😲

Just got called by a scammer claiming to be Amazon. Very clever. They claimed that someone had put an iPhone in my basket. They sent me a pass code - or rather, they triggered amazon into sending one - which they asked I read back. This was presented as a security measure from

Just got some small bananas. The first tangible benefit of Brexit. 🤪

White legged damsel in typical habitat. . ... on a tomato plant in my garden. 😁 Chris Boyd British Dragonfly Society

Successful day at last with Chris Boyd at Winterton dunes looking for Southern emerald. 10-20 seen, hard to tell with double counting. Also lesser emperor, emperor, migrant hawker, ruddy darter, azure damsel & emerald. British Dragonfly Society Steve Routledge

Good view of the Blue House farm Temmincks stint today. Good to bump into Graham Ryland and Daryl Rhymes . Close views of greenshank & wood sandpiper too. Chris Boyd

Cracking flyby at a local event Sunday. Year tick. 😁👍

Bee hotel has caught up in the sunny weather. Megachile sp nest building. Mining bee (Gwynnes I reckon) sunning after a days plastering. The obligatory parasitic wasp hanging around. ID suggestions welcome. Chris Boyd Vanna Bartlett

A few migrant hawker shots from Blue House farm. I'm sure there are blue eyed there too, but I've yet to get pics. Chris Boyd Marc Heath British Dragonfly Society

Cracking day at RSPB Titchwell Marsh today. Well entertained by TWO white rumped sandpipers from Island hide.Chris Boyd BirdGuides Pics are all of the same bird. Curlew sandpiper also present.

Curlew sandpiper RSPB Titchwell Marsh friday.

Got the Naze red backed shrike at last today. Phew! Secretive little fella. Essex Wildlife Trust Chris Boyd

Filthy double twitch to Tollesbury today. Lesser grey shrike (lifer) & Wilson's phalarope. Heavy crops all round. 😥 Chris Boyd

Walk around local fields today. Best bird......red tailed hawk! 😲

Trip to Holkham Pines today (friday). No sign of the Raddes warbler, but at least 5 yellow browed warblers were present in the morning. Supporting cast of chiffs and various tits. Chris Boyd

To the bunker.........