Wareham Forest - 04:25am
Several Nightjar, Tawny Owl and Cuckoo all doing their thing. Wonderful sounds, wonderful time of day, wonderful time of year!

Another shot of the Firecrest from Lytchett Heath last week, when they look at you head on they always look so stern!

A couple from today in Weymouth: the first Dioryctria abietella of the year in the trap and the first ever garden record of Hairy Dragonfly.

Great Reed Warbler ‘heard only’ at Abbotsbury Swannery this evening in an area with no general access. Access to be arranged tomorrow if known to still be present. Access from 10am admission £12.95. Joe Stockwell Charlie Wheeler Photography kevin butler Dorset Bird Club

Pleased to relocate the Bonaparte’s gull at Holmebridge bringing it onto the Purbeck patch & that St Aldhelms Birder & Rob Johnson arrived before it flew upstream with the fragmenting BH flock. Dorset Bird Club birdsofpooleharbour

A beaut of a Poecilus sp. at Tadnoll
today with an amazing iridescent metallic green Dorset Wildlife Trust Buglife Dorset Wildlife Spot #beetle

Nice fresh looking Speckled Wood and Red Admiral at Durlston, Swanage today. Our transect count however was still quite low - just 21 butterflies in a walk of 2.5 miles taking 90 minutes. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Durlston Country Park Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

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Wareham Forest, Dorset
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Cloeon dipterum, it may be common but I've never seen one open my garden before. #mayfly

Phone shot of both Pegs on Asda this afternoon. Female (right) was calling birdsofpooleharbour Dorset Bird Club Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Poole Peregrines Dorset Raptor Study Group

As well as the first Beautiful Demoiselle of the year on Saturday, we had the 1st true Dragon in Broad-bodied Chaser plus Common Blue & Large Red Damsels (both seen mating) Dorset Wildlife Spot British Dragonfly Society Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Dragonflies

Quality rather than quantity in Saturday's moff trap - 1st Hawk Moth of the year plus Angle Shades, Lesser Swallow Prominent & Sallow Kitten Dorset Moths BC Dorset 🦋 British Moths Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Spot Dorset Wildlife Trust

Razorbill flypast! Lots in the #Auk colony at #Durlston #Dorset CHOG BTO Dorset Dorset Wildlife Spot RSPB Birdingplaces Birding Abroad BirdLife Australia BirdGuides birdsofpooleharbour

Cute and shy #RedSquirrel on #wildbrownsea #dorsetwildlife DorsetWildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Trust National Trust Brownsea Island #ShareMondays2024 #appicoftheweek #fsprintmonday SheClicks Red Squirrel South-West Save our Red Squirrels #saveourwildisles BBC South BBC Springwatch Dorset Wildlife Spot #wexmondays

Way too dark for bird photography, but walking back up the lane after visiting #DWTCorfeMullenMeadow I came across this little fella. #Firecrest

Wow, what a fantastic evening 5-6 churring nightjars on tadnoll & Winfrith heath Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Bird Club Dorset Wildlife Spot birdsofpooleharbour

Reed Warbler Swineham Dorset birdsofpooleharbour Dorset Bird Club

Red Kite are barely newsworthy in much of the country and their status is heading that way in Dorset now. Still fabulous to watch 4 birds at Rodden Hive this morning though, including this bird picking up food from one of the fields.

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The Sun was out and so were the Sand Lizards. Enjoying basking in it, aren't we all? Think the female may be pregnant,she was very plump.