And then the Moon came up 😲

Juv Hawfinch! 💥 Totally unexpected addition to the #salopobs yearlist (119) perched briefly in the canopy of the wood this morning 🤯 A flyby 3cy YLG was much more expected

Early autumn loveliness - the #salopobs garden has been full of warblers for weeks now, like this juv Blackcap amongst the blackberries 😍 #migration #loveautumn

This absolute brute of a Goshawk ,ploughed through the Lapwings and Gulls this morning at Venus pool . Was unsuccessful but came back twice for another look . A peregrine fancied his chances too . #Shropshire #birdsofprey

A good catch of 250+ moths last night with some monochrome highlights including 5 Pale Eggar, Knot Grass, Yponomeuta plumbella and a newtlet 😲 95 Setaceous Hebrew Characters might be a record #mothsmatter

This wasp mimic hoverfly Volucella inanis was a nice surprise in the garden today, continually trying to get into a wasps' nest, for parasitical purposes it seems

Yet another chance to capture some lovely aurora last night, just as we come to the end of August. As we approach solar maximum, I'm really looking forward to an epic winter of late nights under the northern lights! Giant's Causeway 30/8/25 2330

Did somebody say September?! Welcome to the best time of the year 🥳 #september #autumn #migration #darkskies #freshair #solongsummer

Red Squirrel on the barbecue! 🐿 Absolute highlight of a few days in Whinfell Forest Center Parcs UK

Home from a few days away, to a fabulous migrant-filled autumn morning headlined by a Whinchat, #salopobs ✅️147💥 along with 2 Wheatears, 4 Yellow Wags, 2 Hobbies and minimum 21 Chiffchaffs calling and singing from everywhere 😎 #loveautumn

Whinchat scenes at #salopobs today 😎 Three, including an adult male, spent the day on this hedge giving east coast fall vibes. Wryneck next?! #loveautumn #migration

I've said it before, but I love autumn moths 😍 #mothsmatter #teammoth

A calling Greenshank over the #salopobs garden this evening was a nice surprise. Also lingering Whinchat, Swift and a couple of Yellow Wags #loveautumn #migration

Half a dozen Light Emeralds and an Old Lady were the highlights of a huge catch of 480+ #moths today. Whilst a Willow Warbler sang and the first Mipit of the autumn flew south #salopobs #loveautumn #mothsmatter

Convolvulus Hawkmoth in a friend's garden inland on the Lancs/Cumbria border this morning #mothsmatter #teammoth Migrant Lepidoptera

It’s #NationalHummingbirdDay !! How could I not share my favourite bird ❤️ #wink 😉

Finally! 2 1cy #CaspianGull on Novartis Ings this morning, and 3 Black Terns off Pyewipe this evening. Red Admirals and Small Whites crossing the Humber all afternoon #humberbirds #loveautumn

Balearic Shearwater flew north then out to sea at Skipsea, E.Yorks at 0719, first one I've seen in a long time. Also juv Little Tern, 4 Arctic Terns, 128 Little Gulls, 5 juv Arctic Skuas

It all went a bit Dutch in East Yorkshire this evening, with five 1cy #CaspianGull and a German-ringed 2cy (yellow XMJA) on the beach between Fraisthorpe & Barmston 😍 #lovegulls #goDutch #beachbirding

🥳 First Pinks of the season today 🥳 162 (three flocks) flew SE over Grimsby this afternoon, and this evening 36 flew WNW, to Read's Island maybe? #happydays #vismig