There are now 63 Snow Buntings at the Pakefield/Kessingland shore pools! Quite a sight!

Several window corners in the coastguard’s cafe at Dunwich have aggregations of hibernating ladybirds. The Temminck’s Stint and Water Pipit are still on the scrape at Minsmere and I saw a very late Common Darter

3 Cattle Egrets on Peto’s Marsh Carlton at start of bund eastern end by digger. No cows in sight!

A Little Auk flew north along the tide line at Gunton Beach and there are 2 Firecrests in Corton Wood

3 Shorelarks Kessingland shore pools eastern edge plus Rock Pipit and Purple Sandpiper at sluice

A flock of 9 Crossbills in Waveney Forest

The juvenile Red-footed Falcon is giving a good display at Bure Park at the moment

A flock of 40-50 Crossbills has just flown over Covehithe heading south.

Why do “people “ do this? Carlton this morning

The Glossy Ibis is still at Carlton. It’s on the northern scrape of Share Marsh viewable from the river bank

Wow! An Osprey has just flown over my garden in St Olaves and is heading towards Breydon

Black Redstart singing and flycatching by Gulliver’s yard at Ness Point

It took quite a while to disentangle the bill and wing of this juvenile Gannet from a discarded fishing net on Dunwich Beach this afternoon.

The last 2 dragonfly surveys of Carlton Marshes have produced only the same 7 species. Diversity dropping and numbers too as autumn approaches

2 Clouded Yellows in Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe Juv Cuckoo, Hobby and Sparrow Hawk- Herringfleet Marshes

Beccles Marsh Trail- a pair of Spotted Flycatchers with 2 juveniles. Thought I wasn’t going to see any this year!

Two pairs of Lesser Emperors ovipositing at Carlton Marshes today and Wasp Spiders are on show by car park and pedestrian track by railway line

Dragonfly survey at Carlton today-17 species incl. Lesser Emperor and Small Red-eyed Damselfly. Also Grass snake swimming across Round Pond and Bittern on Share Marsh

There is a Bee eater currently flying around over Carlton visitor centre!

Dragonfly survey at Carlton Marshes today produced 18 species! Willow Emerald , Small Red-eyed Damselfly and 2 Lesser Emperors. No sign of any Vagrant Emperors. Also Fen Raft Spider on pool at start of the bund- well north of usual dykes

A dragonfly survey at Lound Lakes today produced 13 species including 3 surprisingly early Willow Emeralds, my first Small Red-eyed Damselflies of the year plus 2 male Lesser Emperors

Lesser Emperor Carlton Marshes at point where bridleway bisects 2 pools at East end of the Bund TM49977 92652

I assume that this is probably a Harlequin Ladybird. Can anyone identify it for certain please?

Two Common Cranes flying over Tower hide towards Peto’s at Carlton

A Short-eared Owl hunting in bright sunshine over the marsh adjacent to the west side of Haddiscoe bridge is not something I see here often in late May

A candidate for the most amazing hybrid I’ve seen Eider x Mallard in Seahouses harbour. It dives and hangs out with Eiders

Purple Heron showing well on the ground and in flight opposite lightning trees at Carlton Marshes

Common Crane flying low over Peto’s Marsh plus Hobby

Nightingale between Carlton and golf course in scrub along overgrown bridle way linking Marsh Lane to path across golf course

Grasshopper Warbler Marsh Lane trail at Carlton Marshes

Sedge Warbler Carlton Marshes

Covehithe-amazing day time Starling murmuration over pig fields, female Scaup, 4 Goldeneye Benacre Broad -Black Swan, Avocet Kessingland-Shorelark still on usual patch

Covehithe- Chiffchaff, Red Kite, 3 Scaup, 2 Goldeneye Benacre- 2 drake Goldeneye, 2 Whooper Swans, Bearded Tits Benacre Sluice- Grey Wagtail

More catching up! The lone Cattle Egret is still with the cows in the field adjacent to the Duke’s Head pub, Slugs Lane Somerleyton

The Red-necked Grebe is still at Whitlingham. Caught up with it at last!

Covehithe-2 Goldeneyes Benacre-7 Whooper Swans (the loner has joined the group!), 2 female Scaup, Peregrine. Kessingland- the Shorelark is back but on the beach a bit further north

The 6 Whooper Swans were at Covehithe this morning along with 2 Goldeneye. The female Scaup is still at Benacre. No sign of the Shorelark at Kessingland

There are 18 Golden Plovers on Potters field between the cliff and the go cart track just north of Radar Lodge

RSPB Dove Stone- 2 Mountain Hares, Ravens, Red Grouse and Siskins

There is a big number of Scoter in Gorleston bay in several rafts. I’ve just picked out 3 Velvet Scoters amongst them

There are about 25 Snow Buntings on the beach opposite the yellow house north of Kessingland

Kessingland - Dartford Warbler just south of sluice and Shorelark back on it’s usual patch north of sluice

Apart from the Shorelark and a Great White Egret in off the sea, it was very quiet on a walk from Pakefield to Benacre Broad. I couldn’t find any Snow Buntings!

A promising start to the day-a Woodcock in my garden probing on the frost covered lawn

Little auk just flown north close inshore past Benacre Broad. Woodcock and Fieldfares in off