Excellent days birding at Abberton Reservoir, 83 species recorded, highlights; 3 Tundra Bean 📷 & 26 White-fronted Geese, 5 Smew (4 drk), Lesser Scaup. 12 Gtr Scaup, 3 Bewick's Swans 📷, 10 Med Gulls, 92 Curlew, 3 Corn Buntings📷, Blackcap in sub-song & 4 RC Pochard

25 White-fronted Geese at Henny on the Essex side of the river Stour this afternoon, meanwhile at Shalford Meadow, Lt Cornard on the Suffolk side there were 118 Lapwing, 15 Common Snipe, 170 Teal, 30 Gadwall, 23 Wigeon & 8 Shoveler enjoying the floodwater

Highlights from an excellent days birding at Abberton despite a late start; drake Lesser Scaup, 13 Greater Scaup, 5 Bewick's Swan, 2 Common Scoter, Slav Grebe, 5 Little Stint, 61 Dunlin, 2 Green Sands, 18 Curlew, 12 Ruff, Rock Pipit, Kingfisher Red Kite & at least 17 GWE

Highlights of moth trapping at Kiln Farm with @dku1000 last night; Plumed Prominent, Scarce Umber & December Moth

Phone-scoped shots from a nice couple of hours at Upper Hollesley Common early afternoon, 1w Brown Shrike showing nicely, Dartford Warbler, a few Crossbills & pnone photo of a very smart & rare tachinid fly - a male Ectophasia crassipennis

Some recent moth highlights; Oak Rustic from my Gt Cornard garden, Ypsolopha sylvella & Clifden Nonparail from Kiln Farm, Long Melford with @dku1000, a huge increase in Clancy's Rustic numbers in my garden this autumn compared to previous.

Phone-scoped shots of the Turkestan Shrike at Dunwich Heath from yesterday

Highlights from Abberton this afternoon; Wall Brown butterfly at Wigborough Church plus 2 Spotted Flycatchers, a nice showy Garganey from LDLH Causeway, 32 Curlew Sands & 6 Lt Stint in Wigborough Bay, 15+ Med Gulls in Peldon Bay

Brilliant afternoon at Abberton, highlights; 42 Spoonbill, at least 58 GWE, Knot, 18 Curlew Sands, 6 Lt Stint, 3 Spot Reds, 5+ Greenshank, 3 Black Tern, 2 Garganey, Whinchat, Wheatear, Med Gull, 2 LRP, 2 Hobby, juvenile Peregrine & all 3 hirundine sp. 📷 Lt Stint & Curlew Sand

A few hours at Abberton this afternoon trying to stay dry, the Temminck's Stint was still showing in Hide Bay along with juvenile Garganey & Dunlin, 2 more Garganey showing well NW of LDLH Causeway, Wood Sand & Greenshank in Wig Bay. 4 Green & at least 8 Common Sands also seen.

A few hours at Abberton this afternoon trying to stay dry, the Temminck's Stint was still showing in Hide Bay along with juvenile Garganey & Dunlin, 2 more Garganey showing well NW of LDLH Causeway, Wood Sand & Greenshank in Wig Bay. 4 Green & at least 8 Common Sands also seen.

A few more alpines from Ben Lawers last week; Alpine Gentian, Alpine Forget-me-not, Alpine Saw-wort & Alpine Fleabane

Phone-scoped shots from an excellent days birding today, Boyton; Black Stork 📷, showing incredibly well, 2 Whimbrel & juvenile Cuckoo 📷. Abberton Reservoir late afternoon; distant Temminck's Stint & Black-necked Grebe plus a showy Wood Sand 📷 along with Green & 5 Common Sands

Ben Lawers last week, photo from summit plus Alpine & Drooping Saxifrage from the crags at the top

Excellent visit to Samphire Hoe Country Park in Kent, highlights; 5 Coptosoma scutellatum (Trapezium Shieldbug), 5 Eurygaster maura (Scarce Tortoise Shieldbug) & a female Tree Cricket

Great night mothing at Kiln Farm, Long Melford last night with @dku1000, highlights; 2x Marbled Clover 📷, Four-spotted 📷, Chocolate-tip & Prays ruficeps to light, Red Underwing 📷 & Old Lady 📷 to sugar.

Mothing at Kiln Farm, Long Melford with @dku1000 & Suffolk Moth Group resulted in over 216 species recorded in traps that were heaving, highlights; Small Mottled Willow, Cydia inquinatana plus Reduvius personatus (Fly Bug) & the amazing looking lacewing Drepanepteryx phalaenoides

The final highlights from Dorset; Mottled Bee-fly (female & male) & female Long-horned Bee

The pick of the moths from @PortlandBirdObs on our recent trip to Dorset; Diasemiopsis ramburialis, Small Marbled, Euchromius ocellea & Four-spotted

Cliff Tiger Beetles & Heath Tiger Beetles from my recent Dorset trip