Spent a lot of time in our Garden (working) recently. Plenty of insect life and finally managed to get shots of HUMMINGBIRD HAWK MOTH, they are pretty rapid, these pics taken at 1/2500th second.

A couple of shieldbugs in my garden last week......any ID welcome. Des Jennings Lloyd Evans

Common Darter (I think) in garden pond Des Jennings

Since clearing out 20 years of excessive growth in our garden pond, there's been plenty of dragon activity . Egg laying by Southern Hawker, Common Darter and this unidentified species. Des Jennings

Its been a great summer for Butterflies in the Garden with 20 species recorded, some of which were in good numbers, such as Large and small white, Gatekeeper common blue. These 3 species recorded this week. Very few birds though 3 sightings of Red Kite in a week. Des Jennings

A #Black_winged_Tern on the Rushy in the rain this afternoon Slimbridge Sightings #GlosBirds

WWT Slimbridge. Zeiss Hide. Cettis calling. 198 Teal, 3 Shoveller, 19 Gadwall. 1 Redshank, GWEgret, 3 Spoonbill and 2 very showy Bittern. Slimbridge Sightings #glosbirds

3 Little Stints and 9 Curlew Sands at Beacon Ponds early knockings Spurn Bird Observatory RareBirdAlertUK BirdGuides

WWT Mid-point - possible Buff-breasted Sandpiper at 14:00, as tide revealed mudflats. Not 100% sure on ID and juv Ruff a strong possibility. Bird was alone, so difficult to gauge size. Pale tones very notable, golden even. Been advised BBS possibility Slimbridge Sightings #GlosBirds

Robbie Garnett Hide - Temmincke’s Stint Slimbridge Sightings #GlosBirds

A dream lifer moment. Eurasian Dotterel in Dover. So close I almost stepped on them. RSPB England RSPB

FearBuck A fan catches a ball and hands it to a young kid, and what happens next is unforgettable.

Sensational views of Sabine’s Gull during today’s Scilly Birder Special Pelagic.

Some fairly distant footage of the Pectoral Sandpiper which spent a few days at Manby Flashes recently. Another good find by geoff williams at the site RareBirdAlertUK

AQUATIC WARBLER!!! Still can’t believe we caught this stunner at Carey this morning! Made it worthwhile giving it a go between weather fronts. The bird was interestingly a good weight of 15g!

Last night there were over 400 Yellow Wagtails amongst the mob grazing cattle. The Wagtails will have headed south within three weeks, that's sad for us as their presence is really uplifting and joyful.

Peregrine again Draycote Water, even performing a stoop dive to no avail. Also Ruff, 6+ Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Raven, 27 Goosander and 16 Little Egret. A Muntjac put in another appearance. Draycotebirding

A wild and windy day on Hayling Island, but when the sun came out to play so did the Grey Phalarope ! Hampshire Ornithological Society

Arrived home to find a gorgeous migrant Wood Warbler in our Shetland garden and just outside it in a recently cut silage field, a lovely juvenile Curlew Sandpiper with a small flock of Ruff - a very welcome addition to the house list 🙂

Y'days highlights from the Moors at #uptonwarren: Wood Sand, Green Sand (2), Common Sand (1), Snipe (2), Lapwing (c40), Hobby (2), L Egret (2), L Grebe (23), Gadwall (15), Teal (c20), Shoveler (4), Swift (1), Swallow (4) + Otter + Brown Argus.