Well that's me done for another birding year. Added 12 lifers (but lost 2 - you can guess which!) taking me to 413 UK. Scarlet Tanager prob the highlight, from a rare perspective but good to finally get good views of Caper after many failed attempts. Gave up on y'listing early on

Had a great day at Grafton Wood in Worcestershire today. Added 2 new butterfly species to my list; Silver-washed Frittilary and Wood White. Great to see a Humming-bird Hawk Moth. Got the local Night Heron too 😊

Interesting sight on @flightradar24 just now!

Some wibbly-wobbly video of a pair of Stone Curlew plus their two chicks at Weeting Heath from last week. Good to see, particularly after scoring a blank here on earlier visits this year.

Took the opportunity to go to RAF Lakenheath to catch up with the current USAF F-22 Raptor deployment of the 1st FW from Langley AFB, Virginia as it's a type I've never seen before. These were the actual aircraft that accompanied the B-2 Stealth bomber raids on Iran.

Dipped my bogey bird Savi's at Rimac but a bit more successful at @RSPBFrampton with Collared Prat, RC Pochard. The local Marsh Harriers were causing mayhem amongst the locals. Picked up the Glossy Ibis at Deeping Lakes too on way home. Long and tedious drive, but not a bad day.

The cracking 1st summer male Desert Wheatear, from Keynsham this morning. A long-awaited UK life tick 😊

After a nervy 3 hour drive, I finally clapped eyes on the Song Sparrow at Thornwick Bay 😊. Perhaps surprisingly, my very first American spadger in the UK. It spent most of the time hidden amongst the nettles but eventually popped up to get roundly 'papped' 📸 Happy!

Good to catch up with the Woodchat Shrike found earlier by a local, in Daresbury. A year and county tick for me 😊

Successful trip up to Ayrshire today with @RobBlack69 (thx for driving!) for the Western Sandpiper; a lifer for us both. Decent supporting cast of GN Diver, lots of Manxies and a small pod of dolphin close in.

Not one for the purists, was it? But who gives a shite! Last time I watched Spurs win a trophy was in an ex-pats bar in Manila, 17 years ago. Still, nice to get the hoodoo off our backs and always nice to end up with a more successful season than the Goons😉😂#COYS #TOTMUN

Lots of lovely Woodlark seen in Norfolk over the weekend too 😊

After a fruitless Purple Heron pursuit, we ended the day with this Red-footed Falcon-fest! Today, at Carlton Marshes. @mikebarthbirdin will have better photos though!

Good first evening of our Norfolk weekend with @mikebarthbirdin. Starting at Ouse Fen, where we had 2 Crane plus the Great Reed Warbler, giving it the beans 😊

Ropey video of a couple of recently encountered migrants in full song - Tree Pipit and Lesser Whitethroat 😊

Great couple of hours in beautiful conditions up Gun Hill, in N. Staffs, this eve watching Cuckoos (1m, 2f), Hobby (2) & hares. Not great photos, but just watching them all interacting an absolute joy. On the downside, could also see the big wildfire over near The Cat & Fiddle 😕

Another couple of local year ticks today included this showy Garden Warbler

Spent the last couple of days catching up on UK year ticks, including these cracking summer plumage Spotted Redshanks @RSPB_BurtonMere and this Grasshopper Warbler, reeling away, on Maw Green Tip, Sandbach. UK Year list now up to 192 😊

A few extras from today in Morocco. Roller, Maghreb Lark, Blue Rock Thrush, female

Desert Sparrows, near our hotel on the edge of the Sahara, gettin' jiggy! 😂

A few more from Morocco this week. Fulvous Babbler, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Greater Flamingo, Western Olivaceous Warbler, being rung at Hotel Yasmine.