Another Barn owl from yesterday in Suffolk #ukbirding

Barn owl with prey from Suffolk yesterday #ukbirding

Also seen today in Suffolk were Heath Spotted and Bee Orchids @ukorchids.bsky.social

Orchids seen today on a drive around Suffolk. Common spotted, Common Twayblade, Pyramidal and Frog orchid. @ukorchids.bsky.social

Barn owls have been coming out early to hunt for their growing young in the Waveney valley #ukbirding

Some Swallowtail images from last week at RSPB Strumpshaw fen

Great to see my first Lesser Emperor of the year at Carlton marshes yesterday (28/5/26)

Can't escape the Brown Hare wherever I go

Charismatic Red Squirrels from Yorkshire

Grey Wagtails from the fast flowing rivers of Yorkshire #ukbirding

Dippers from Yorkshire last week #ukbirding

Black Grouse from a few days in Yorkshire

Fly orchids just starting to come into flower in Cumbria today

Water violet growing and flowering well in a reed filled turf pond at Carlton marshes #wildflowerhour

Swallows coming down to collect mud to build their nests on a Norfolk farm yesterday #ukbirding

Some of the 15 Green Hairstreak seen at Lound lakes last week

Great to watch and listen to this lovely Hoopoe in Lowestoft this morning despite the urban background #ukbirding

Heavily cropped record shots of the Red footed falcon at Carlton marshes today #ukbirding

A smart Spoonbill that dropped in briefly at Carlton marshes yesterday evening (3/5/26). #ukbirding

Two of the four Black winged Stilts present at Carlton marshes yesterday (3/5/26). #ukbirding

Beautiful Suffolk orchid meadow this morning in the sunshine with Green winged orchid everywhere

Satellite tagged Cuckoo seen at Worlingham marshes yesterday (27/4/26). Could be Arthur or Ashok who are both back in the area. Rubbish photo taken into the light and at distance #ukbirding

Stunning male Ring Ouzel from Benacre sluice today. Very difficult to get decent shots with the heat haze and distance to the subject #ukbirding

Beautiful fogbow over the visitor centre at Carlton marshes this morning

Fallow deer halfway through the process of losing it's antlers

Early purple orchids taken at the weekend in Suffolk

Water rail on Worlingham marshes half swimming and half climbing over vegetation to cross the dyke

Some Brown Hare shots from yesterday in Norfolk

Kingfisher male passing a Stickleback to a female at Worlingham marshes last weekend #ukbirding

A few Kingfisher shots from SWT Worlingham marshes last week #ukbirding

Also still around locally are Short eared owls, these were taken during the week

Shorelarks from Kessingland beach last week. Great to see them still here now we are in April

Beautiful evening to watch the sunset over the marshes

Great crested Grebe from Minsmere on 23/3/26

Bittern from Minsmere on 23/3/26

Short eared owl on a roadside ploughed field photographed from my car last weekend

Firecrest seen on a winter bird survey on the Somerleyton estate last week

Beautiful Mountain Hare alongside the forest track as we were searching for Eurasian Lynx in Estonia last week

Not only lynx in Estonia but also beautiful birds like the Ural and Pygmy owls

Fantastic time in Estonia last week tracking, watching and learning about the Eurasian Lynx in the frozen landscape of forest and bogs. A stunning animal to observe

Short eared owl coming in to land on a post this morning #ukbirding

Short eared owls photographed this afternoon #ukbirding

A few more Short eared Owl photos from the weekend #ukbirding

Great to spend time with the Short eared owls this weekend #ukbirding

Brown Hare from Carlton marshes today

Beautiful Sparrowhawk from the first day of the new year #ukbirding

White fronted geese from Reydon marshes in the sunshine

Great to spend the final day of the year watching (and being watched) by up to 7 Short eared owls in the lower Waveney valley this morning #ukbirding

A chance to get up close to this beautiful Bank vole

From earlier this year in Yorkshire a Red Squirrel investigating my trail cam wondering "how do I get the nuts out of this new fangled feeder?"