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As things stand right now, I am pretty much captive to the World of Moth. And I know exactly why they have beguiled me so. Because when...

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Gavin Haig

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Some absolute chonks of Knapweed Broomrape (plus a couple of singing Quail) enlivened an otherwise mizzly & miserable breeding bird survey on a Wiltshire Farm this morning.

The garden buttercups appear to be popular roosting spots for a range of invertebrates, including this Sicus ferrugineus bee-grabber (found at first light this morning).

A trip further afield today to see the Western Reef Heron in Foryd Bay - a really instructive (& attractive) bird, obviously smaller than the accompanying Little Egrets & with a near identical structure to my eye (being nowhere near as hefty-billed/gangly as those I've seen in the east of the range)

Springwatch are featuring a LIVE Honey-buzzard nest camera we installed for Sussex Ornithological Society and the Conservators of Ashdown Forest (10th June 8pm). This is/will be a UK first! The nest camera will be live streamed on WW YouTube channel (+ partners websites) from Friday 12th June 0400.

Have you seen that we are running our annual moth event again this July?! Last year's event, over two hundred species of moth were seen! Why not come along? We already have people booked on for both the evening and morning sessions of this year's event!

An excellent 5hr seawatch (by local standards) from Durlston this morning, with a whopping 1,225 Manx past the Dolphin Hut (often ridiculously close in), plus 18 Balearics (as well as a few I missed), a summer plumaged GN Diver, & 135 Common Tern - almost all going west @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Fabulously furry Pantaloon Bees have returned to the Upton garden for another year - this individual was dozing in a buttercup whilst I went through the moth traps this morning #bees #hymenoptera