At least 6 Mandarin Ducks on Selling Pond this morning. #kentbirding

Bossenden Wood last couple of days: Lesser Spot, Great Spot, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Blue Tits, Great Tits and LT Tits. #kentbirding

Chinese Grosbeak

Black-tailed Gull

Rhinoceros Auklet

Varied Tit

A few more pictures from South Korea.

Purple Sandpiper still at Swalecliffe yesterday. #kentbirding

White-naped Cranes

Baer's Pochard

Hooded Cranes

Solitary Snipe

Visited South Korea in January. Highlights included 6 species of Crane, Solitary Snipe, Ancient Murrelets, Scaly-sided Mergansers, Steller's Sea-Eagles, and Baer's Pochard.

Purple Sandpiper at Swalecliffe this morning plus 2 Great White Egrets flew over. #kentbirding

Scaup still on Brooklands Lake at New Hythe this morning with the Tufted Ducks. #kentbirding

First Winter Moth of the year this morning. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

The December Moth in the trap this morning was my first ever female. The Clouded Yellow was at Oare marshes on Thursday. Boughton-under-Blean.

Whooping Cranes

Ross's Goose

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Harris's Sparrow

Recently back from a visit to Alberta and Saskatchewan. Four new species for me.

Two Arctic Skuas over Oare marshes this morning. #kentbirding

Orange Sallow this morning was my first for 4 years. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Red-backed Shrike on the RSPB Reserve today. Later there was a Whinchat on the same bush. One Glossy Ibis seen in flight at the back of Cook's Pool with about 6? Cattle Egrets with cows near there. #kentbirding

Agriphila latistria this morning was only my 5th record and the first for 11 years. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Hung a rather old Ni lure near the trap yesterday evening which resulted in a Ni moth in the trap this morning. A new garden record for me. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Water Rails showed well at Oare Marshes this morning.

Two Red Underwing Moths on the outside of the Dennis Hide at Dungeness RSPB Reserve yesterday. #teammoth

Ethmia quadrilella this morning was only my third record and the first for 5 years. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Only my 2nd ever record of Anania lancealis this morning. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Two species this morning which were only 2nd garden records. Promolactis procerella was the first for 7 years, and Epiblema scutulana followed my first last year. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Eudemis porphyrana this morning was new for the garden. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

I had quite a lot of trouble getting a record shot of the Light Crimson Underwing this morning, a new one for the garden. My 2nd ever Lunar Spotted Pinion was a bit more co-operative. Also Onacera semirubella was the first for 3 years.Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

On the trap vanes this morning a Small Marbled, a garden first. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Pretty Chalk Carpet this morning was only my 3rd record. Fig Leaf Skeletoniser follows 3 records in 2023. Bordered Straw was the 2nd this week. Boughton-under-Blean.

Aethes rubigana was new for the garden this morning. Boughton-under-Blean. #teammoth

Wood Sandpiper on the East Flood at Oare this morning.

Eidophasia messingiella this morning was new the garden. Boughton-under-Blean.

Balsam Carpet this morning was new for the garden. Also had the first Orange-tailed Clearwing to a VES lure this morning. Boughton-under-Blean.

The Magpie Moth was new for the garden this morning. Also my first Norfolk Hawker of the year at Oare Marshes this morning. #teammoth #kentnature

Moth trap warming up with several species new for the year this morning, including Peach Blossom and Delicate. Also the first Summer Chafer this year. Boughton-under-Blean #teammoth
June 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM