I think this is great tailed grackle? It is at calshot

Just found my old notes from Matley 10/10/98 - no one had a decent camera then!

Was struggling with this but then I realised I had seen it once in the New Forest in the 1990s! Southern Chestnut (I think!) - good for Southampton #teammoth

Remembered you had seen this - this must be the same - from my moth trap in Southampton last night #teammoth

This looks good for Reed Dagger - not many recent Hants records. New to me in Southampton #teammoth

Unusually good moth trap for here - nothing new but four second for garden: Light Crimson Underwing, Small Marbled, Bloxworth Snout and Musotima nitidalis. Also 3rd Balsam Carpet along with Toadflax Brocades, Jersey Tigers etc. #teammoth

Dewick's Plusia - once an ultra-rare migrant but now a garden regular. Not seen one in June before though

Four-spotted Footman from Southampton last night -local or migrant? Have seen about ten here over the years #teammoth

A bronze Great Auk sculpture in west Iceland looks out towards Eldey island where the last two were killed in 1844 #birds #extinct

Strikingly dark backed and streaky-headed Larus at Weston, Southampton today

Bloxworth Snout seems well established in Southampton now - was still surprised to find one in the house today (none seen here in moth traps)
#teammoth

Yesterday's Red-necked Grebe at Weston Shore - the first since 2011 has been reported again this morning

Exhausted Avocet dumped by Storm Bert at Weston Shore, Southampton. No feeding habitat here - hopefully it got away #birds

Black Redstart at Hamble Point today - worth the countless hours of looking locally! #birds

Slavonian Grebe off Weston Shore, Southampton for past 3 days. Still very little moving despite weather change - Wood pigeons seem to have finished moving/never really got going this year