Last week we said goodbye to our special 'pet', the Garden Dormouse we called Brie. It's almost 5 years since we found her, and with a in-the-wild life expectancy of 2-3 years, that just shows her remarkable resilience.

Saw an incredible interaction between 2 Firecrest and a Goldcrest today at Bentley Wood. At one pt the GC was grappling on the ground with one of the FCs! Barely seen these two take any notice of each other before.

If you follow me on Twitter - here's some bonus pics from our Spain trip. Spoonbill, Roller, BW Stilt and White Stork.

Just had 2 Sand Martins though over my Salisbury garden. Found a cool local spot overlooking some water meadows by Downton and found some good stuff there lately. Med Gull, GBB Gull, Goosander, GW Egret, Wigeon (scarce on patch), 1st Blackcap of the year today, but also an escaped Chiloe Wigeon!!

The famous leucistic Corn Bunting still with many of its mates on the Plain. Great to see such a big flock!

Short-eared Owl at Wyke Down. Pic by Abi.

Will keep going with Twitter for a bit, but am very happy to have the option to leave the place :-)