Mark

Nice to see a few butterflies on the wing in today’s sunshine: 2 Peacock and a Brimstone along the footpath east of Tout Q to Easton Lane.

There’s been a male Blackcap in our garden for the past few days and today it’s singing. Nice!

Hi Martin, ok my bad. Yes it probably was.

Ferrybridge this morning:

GND 1
Goosander 1f
Grey Plover 2
Common Gull 1
Dunlin c110

DWT bird walk

Painted Lady

Wall Lizard

Daily walk around footpaths N of Fancy's Close and Inmosthay quarry mid-morning:

again lots of Chiffchaffs - c50
Willow Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Blackcap m & f
Stonechat - 3

Few butterflies including Painted Lady, Small Copper, Red Admiral
#leptember

Nice walk around Inmosthay quarry this morning

Spot Fly
Common Redstart
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Lots of Swallows and Meadow Pipits overhead
Siskin calling

Also my ffy Clouded Yellow
Painted Lady
Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Walk around Inmosthay quarry: Largely cloudy and breezy 1-3 beaufort. Eventually the sun did come out

The RVDarter did show itself in the same spot as before
Also flushed a Grasshopper Warbler from path towards Fancy's Close,
2 Wheatear north end.

Thanks Tom. Refound it (or another) in the same spot
and yes, immature male RV Darter

Anyone know which Darter this is? Found last week on the west side of Inmosthay quarry

Found this orange swift in the house

walk around Inmosthay quarry this morning ...

2nd gen Dingy Skipper
Fresh Small Copper, may be 2nd gen.

Another excellent trip with Birds of Poole Harbour:
2 WTEs
c4 Ospreys
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
Pictures of the Osprey that flew over the boat and part of the flock of Curlews that also flew over.

This Hummingbird Hawkmoth obligingly kept still

Holly Blue

This Hummingbird Hawkmoth 1 of 3 seen this morning around Inmosthay quarry along with several Holly Blues

Nice to see a Small Tortoiseshell, only my 2nd this year
and the underside of an Adonis Blue
Both tout q

Probable 2nd brood Small Heath Tout q this morning

Doing the Big Butterfly count in the garden this morning and this Hummingbird Hawkmoth stopped by:

Obsidentify said 70% Essex

Would anyone like to offer an opinion on this photo os a Skipper please. ?Small or Essex?
Taken this morning (24/7/25) along track Tout Q to Easton Lane

Adonis Blue

Jersey Tiger

Another butterfly survey of SY6872 mid-morning onwards. Rather cloudy with a fresh breeze kept numbers down.

New Adonis Blue, more Small Coppers, Jersey Tiger flying around part of Tout Q.

CHBlue & Small Copper Tout Q this afternoon

Another BTO Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey of SY6872 this morning:

20 species recorded: highlights CHBlue Tout Q, Small Copper west side Inmosthay Q, PL cliff footpath, Wall Tout Q

WCBS square SY6872 butterfly survey this afternoon.

20 butterfly species despite the cloud:
Comma, Marbled/Large/Small/GV White, RA, Sp.Wood, Peacock, ST, PL, Small/Large/Lulworth Skipper, GK, MB, SH, Common/SS Blue, Grayling, Ringlet.

Moths: Scarlet Tiger, Mother Shipton

Andy @andylportland.bsky.social not sure how early this is but had a grayling in Tout Quarry this morning.

Poor photo taken from my iPhone

Walk: Easton->Wakeham->Yeolands

Lesser Whitethroat singing west of Wakeham

1 Painted Lady cliff top towards Yeolands
1 Small Blue
1 male broad-bodied chaser
No RVDarter in my time at Yeolands but 1 was seen just before I got there by Brett.

Circular walk: Easton->Watery Lane->Combefield Q->Reap Lane->Barleycrates Lane->Easton

Only thing of note Broad-bodied Chaser at Barleycrates

Huge flock of Gulls off Blacknor looking N from Reap Lane -> Barleycrates Lane coast path.

Osprey north over Easton (15:30) heavily mobbed by gulls.

Only thing of note around Inmosthay quarry/tout quarry/west weares was a singing lesser whitethroat.