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Long-tailed Skua, two Balearics and a Sooty Shearwater at Selsey Bill this morning

Two spot flys, male redstart, two whinchat, wheatear, ruff pagham north wall/halsey's fm area this morning. Best at the Bill: 30 yellow wags, male whinchat.

Not much today either, fin whale and sunfish the highlights (apparently 25 storm petrels and 2 Balearic seen too but not by me 🤣🤣🤣....), no birds to speak of ...

Extremely slow offshore from Fowey yesterday, just a few auks of note and no birds working, unsurprising given the easterly wind. No cetaceans which was surprising! Back out from Falmouth today.

Rame pretty quiet in the easterly wind, best were c.300 kittiwakes offshore, t pipit over and a single wheatear

St Cuby's at Duloe, this stained glass 1871

St Germanus

Scattering of migrants around Rame Head this morning after the fog: tree pipit, wheatears, willow warblers, nothing moving offshore unsurprisingly, nice local church.

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Britain has gained a new butterfly!

The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.

Osprey showed nicely over Pagham Hbr early PM; takes me to 191 sp. on Selsey Peninsula so far this year.

A couple of classics in the moth trap, Oak Eggar and Chinese Character #teammoth

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Two crossbills north over pagham north wall @0610

Gypsy moth a triangular mid size moth with long furry antenna

A small and fairly nondescript pale fawn moth with subtle markings on pinched-in wings

Gypsy Moth and Maple Pug were the best of nicely varied trap #teammoth

A bit of a surprise this morning with a female type Redstart and a Willow Warbler in the orchard, guess birding autumn is here...🍂

This is absolutely superb, seawatching to a T, trying to get others on the bird, staying on it and trying to give directions at the same time (not easy trust me!) and relief when everyone sees it! Top video indeed!

A few days around Southwold, Suffolk have turned up 12 spoonbills, wood sand, plenty of common sands, bearded tits and grayling butterfly.

Canary-shouldered Thorn #teammoth

Uptick in waders around the north wall at pagham hbr early on: spotted redshank, greenshank, LRP on the breech pool; two knot, two common sands, grey plover and turnstone off the sluice. A total of 59 sp. all told but still no crossbill...

Small Emerald, a light green triangular shaped moth with curved white stripes.

Ghost Moth female, a buff coloured long moth with orange markings on the wings.

Small Emerald and Ghost Moth this morning #teammoth

Dusky Sallow, Buff Arches, Pebble Prominent in the Oving moth trap; three softly brown and white moths.

All nicely beige this morning #teammoth

Ten Little & 50 Sandwich Terns west at Selsey Bill mid-morning but the rain front didn't appear to push anything of note through the Channel. A Green Sandpiper was at Mill Lane Marsh on the way home.

Small Heath

Small Skipper

White Admiral

Silver-washed Fritillary

Painted Lady

Purple Hairstreak

Purple Hairstreak

A good morning at Ebernoe, LSW & Spot Fly the avian highlights plus 14 sp. of butterfly inc. Purple Emperor, Purple Hairstreaks, White Admirals, Fritillaries etc. #ukbutterflies

Purple Hairstreak

White Admiral

Small Heath

Dark Sword Grass, several Rosy Footman and a horde of EHMs the best of a cooler night #teammoth

Pearly Underwing a migrant species, a long, mid brown moth with two pale dots on the wings.

Pearly Underwing was a new one for us this morning #teammoth

The Delicate, a migrant species, pale brown moth with wavy lines and two darker small spots

Swallow-tailed moth, a pale yellow moth with points on the inner wings

The Delicate and a Swallow-tailed Moth this morning #teammoth

Sussex cattle grazing at Ebernoe, a mid-size cattle formerly used as oxen but now bred for beef, beautiful red coat and white switch on the tail

Ebernoe Church stained glass, constructed in 1914. A simple cross memorial to WW1 & WW2 is to left of main door.