David Jobbins

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Birder, journalist, democratic socialist, life member, NUJ, WeBS counter, Hanningfield Res, Essex. Resigned from Labour Party February 2025. Politically homeless.

Hairy caterpillar, identity uncertain.
Small largely black bees visiting bee hotel in a Suffolk garden.
The moon and Venus (?) from my Essex village at 2200 tonight.
Two Herring Gulls loaf on a public toilet roof in Southwold, Suffolk, despite a warning sign reading "danger keep off the roof".
Southern Marsh Orchid at Southwold Boating Lake
Cover of the 2004 Essex Bird Report, showing image of Northern Waterthrush
Doorstep cheese and chutney sandwich with salad and crisps at the Harbour Inn, Southwold.
Several thousand Starlings (estimated 7-8k) over Reydon Smear, Suffolk, this evening.
The symbol of War Resisters International, a broken gun
A brass memorial plaque in the church of St John the Baptist, Kings Caple, commemorates my great uncle George Ravenhill, who died on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915
Venus and Jupiter set against a starry background in the eastern sky over Essex this morning.
Venus and Jupiter approaching conjunction in the eastern sky this morning (closest on August 15).
A Great Green Bush Cricket in dense vegetation at Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk.
The gall of Biorhiza pallida, the oak apple gall wasp, 3-4 CMS in diameter, with multiple tiny holes from which the wasps have emerged.
Gall of the Oak Apple Gall Wasp, 3-4 cms in diameter
Coltsfoot in spring sunshine at Hanningfield EWT yesterday
A clipping from the Observer corrects a review article referring to Australia's head of state as a "president".
Water Vole posing at RSPB Minsmere this morning.
A Spotted Flycatcher poses on a headstone in an Essex churchyard some years ago. None since.
The Gherkin, City of London, from Brick Lane
A bookcase with a significant number of books.
No ripple on the mirror-like surface at the Boating Lake café, Southwold, yesterday
Infantry go "over the top" during Battle of Loos, September 1915