Solent scenes at the end of a long bike ride from Wareham yesterday - the Needles and Hurst Castle from Keyhaven

Had almost forgotten how absorbing butterfly photography can be until a visit to Ballard Down on Friday - male and female Adonis Blue pictured

A bit out of practice but pretty sure this is a female Adonis Blue from Ballard Down on Friday

Beautifully fresh Brown Argus from Ballard Down on Friday

Still a few Lulworth Skipper on the wing (this one taken at Ballard Down on Friday)

Commoner species at Ballard Down on Friday included Comma, Small Heath and the under-appreciated Meadow Brown

Migrants have been a bit thin on the ground locally but a photogenic Reed Warbler at Swinehem, a shy Redstart in a Wareham churchyard and an adult Yellow-legged Gull were around on Friday Birds of Poole Harbour Dorset Bird Club

Find yourself a man who makes you an after-school snack tray like this (my 17 yr old son entertaining his girlfriend earlier) 😂

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Firecrest, 2 Wood Sandpiper and my first Pintail of the autumn in the Lower Piddle Valley this afternoon Dorset Bird Club Birds of Poole Harbour

Great Green Bush Cricket at Kimmeridge today - thx Dr Phil Saunders 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🌈 for help with ID

This Roe Deer has been making itself at home in my local churchyard in Wareham recently

White Sika Deer are not unheard of in these parts but always interesting to see - this one is a young stag on Bestwall Meadows, dwarfed by a bigger one nearby

Migrants around Swineham recently include Blackcap, Spotted Flycatcher, Chiffchaff and Yellow Wagtail Dorset Bird Club Birds of Poole Harbour

Managed to get closer to some Yellow Wagtails at Swineham but it meant photographing them through a wall of swaying reeds and waiting for the occasional gap whilst trying not to fall in a wet ditch! Dorset Bird Club Birds of Poole Harbour

A mooch around Hartland Moor and Middlebere on the bike today included close encounters with Stonechat and Wheatear Birds of Poole Harbour Dorset Bird Club

Surprise of the day on Hartland Moor today was a flock of 34 Cattle Egret - a touch of the Serengeti in south Dorset 😀 Birds of Poole Harbour Dorset Bird Club

Nice find of a juv Red-backed Shrike by ian ballam at Lytchett Fields this morning - and only 6 miles each way by bike. Good to finally meet Phil Bentley also twitching it by bike! Birds of Poole Harbour Dorset Bird Club

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