There's been a good run of Arctic Skuas off the Bill this summer and most that have been seen well enough have looked to be immatures of some sort so it was good to see a nice series of photos from Ferrybridge this morning that offer up much more plumage detail on a couple of similar-looking individuals © Debby Saunders:
Conditions have become very conducive for butterfly-watching over the last couple of days and there's been plenty to see - Clouded Yellow © Geoff Orton...
...and Silver-studded Blues, Adonis Blue and Small Skipper © Ken Dolbear:
We also popped over to Lodmoor to have a look/listen at the Marsh Warbler that had pitched up there this morning; it was easy enough to see although more tricky to sound record what with the constant chatter of birders, rustling reeds and heavy-duty traffic noise - we've overlayed some of the slightly less adulterated audio onto this video so the two aren't actually in sync! © Martin Cade:
