Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett
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Wildlife guide, photographer and Safari driver at RSPB Minsmere
Muntjac Deer having a bit of a disagreement in the woods at RSPB Minsmere
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Muntjac 3 Fight
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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8 days ago
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Sedge Warblers are marking out their territories in the RSPB Minsmere reedbed
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8 days ago
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On Havergate Island today. The Spoonbills are happily nesting now and it's interesting to see just how big some of the nests are getting (they're a long way from the hide so not the best of pics!). I wonder what the record is for a Spoonie nest?
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11 days ago
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Marsh Harrier food pass at RSPB Minsmere
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15 days ago
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Bittern at RSPB Minsmere
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Bittern
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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19 days ago
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Graphite the Adder at RSPB Minsmere has sloughed - what a gorgeous snake!
22 days ago
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Grass snake swimming around the RSPB Minsmere pond
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Grass Snake
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29 days ago
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There I was photographing a Hare on Havergate Island when another wanders across in front of me. Typical! Far too close for my big lens - I need to take something wider angle 😂 Full-frame, uncropped
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A trip to
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today for H&S stuff, but there's a limit to the number of times you can throw someone overboard to practice rescuing them, so I checked out the Hares before Sunday's photography trip
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Grey Squirrel in the woods at RSPB Minsmere noshing on a cached chestnut
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Grey Squirrel
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about 1 month ago
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Spring is here - the Wrens are nest building 😀 RSPB Minsmere
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Wren
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about 1 month ago
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Black Headed Gull on Havergate Island - I can only assume there was something tasty underwater!
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Black Headed Gull
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about 2 months ago
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Even the enigmatic Hare has to have a good scratch occasionally!
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Brown Hare
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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about 2 months ago
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You give the Hare ONE job!
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about 2 months ago
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We're part of the team undertaking surveys on the Adders at Minsmere this year & came across one of our known individuals when checking off-piste areas - this is Speedrite who we occasionally see on the Sand Martin bank
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For those trying to work out who's who when watching the melanistic Adders at RSPB Minsmere, a little video showing them both. Graphite & Rylan are both up and about now in their regular basking spots
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Adder - Graphite & Rylan
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about 2 months ago
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Three of the Adders we spotted yesterday at RSPB Minsmere Graphite (with parasol), Rylan (with tongue) & Ekans - a new male to us, named by Bruno after one of his favourite Pokemon characters (try reading the name backwards). A bit shy at present but looks full grown.
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about 2 months ago
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Konik Pony being attended to at the Magpie Spa, RSPB Minsmere 🙂
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Konik Pony & Magpie
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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2 months ago
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First Adder of the year for us at RSPB Minsmere - a melanistic one we named Graphite last year 😊
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2 months ago
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The Firecrest (along with the Goldcrest) is the smallest bird in the UK - they're very small and always on the move, notoriously difficult to photograph. Just occasionally however, one will sit still and preen. Enjoy!
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Firecrest
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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2 months ago
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Trip out to Havergate Island today looking at what work might need doing after the soggy winter & picking up a load of (unfortunately ever-present) litter
2 months ago
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Every now and agaain, an Otter will show off nicely
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Otter
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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3 months ago
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Bittern working around the edge of Island Mere at RSPB Minsmere
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Bittern
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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3 months ago
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The Truxors have been hard at work in the
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reedbed. They're nearly done for the winter, just finishing off in front of Bittern Hide
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Truxor
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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3 months ago
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These are the RSPB Minsmere Koniks universally known as the Naughty Boys - as they are renowned for escaping! That's why they spend the winter conservation grazing the Scrape which has a solid fence all around it 🙂
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Konik Ponies
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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3 months ago
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Various people have asked me about trips to Havergate Island - some have now appeared on the booking system 😃
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RSPB Havergate Island events
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3 months ago
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Whooper Swan flypast on a murky day
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Whooper Swan flypast
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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3 months ago
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A few seconds of an Otter on the ice at RSPB Minsmere
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It was nice to see a tagged Marsh Harrier
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this weekend. Turns out he was tagged as a nestling in June 2024 up in Norfolk, then headed for Cambridgeshire. He obviously missed the sounds of the sea so headed back to Suffolk 🙂
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3 months ago
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The Koniks on the RSPB Minsmere Scrape
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Konik Pony
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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3 months ago
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More from the Bittern on ice. It's become a bit of a regular thing for this time of year for me to be able to film these enigmatic birds practicing their ice-skating 😊
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Bittern
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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4 months ago
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Bitterns are famous for their ice-skating abilities - this one may need some extra practice!
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Bittern
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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4 months ago
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A girl's gotta eat! Marsh Harrier hunting in the snow over the
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Marsh Harrier in the snow
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4 months ago
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A new species for me - a legless Bittern! Never seen one flying before without its legs stuck out the back - can only assume it's a rare sub-species 😀
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4 months ago
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Home early after a trip to
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today because the weather was a bit grim (pic from Island Mere). Sunny with no snow a few miles south!
4 months ago
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Common Snipe poking around in front of Island Mere at RSPB Minsmere
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Common Snipe
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4 months ago
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A Kingfisher is always a welcome sight
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Kingfisher
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4 months ago
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Gotta love a Starling murmuration!
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Starling Murmuration
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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4 months ago
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I led a guided walk at the weekend
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that included a family over in the UK from Aus. They were amazed at the beautiful colours showing on some of the ducks outside the hide, they'd never seen anything like it. Sometimes it's necessary to see the commonplace through new eyes
4 months ago
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Nice to see a Water Pipit poking around in front of Island Mere hide
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Water Pipit
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4 months ago
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The first Winter Swan I've seen on the Minsmere Scrape this winter - three Bewick's turned up and hung around for a day before disappearing again
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Bewick's Swan
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4 months ago
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Kingfishers are still showing well
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Kingfisher
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5 months ago
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Watching a Bittern
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climb the reeds and show off before flying away
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Bittern
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5 months ago
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Grey Squirrel burying a chestnut in the woods at RSPB Minsmere
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5 months ago
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Clear skies and a low sun in your face make for difficult birding - and worse photography - conditions, but you have to keep your eyes peeled for the Bittern popping out to say hello
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5 months ago
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Kingfisher hovering
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5 months ago
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Time to relax with a Kingfisher in the rain at RSPB Minsmere
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Kingfisher
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5 months ago
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Black Headed Gulls diving for scraps stirred up by a Cormorant
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5 months ago
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Marsh Harriers
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Marsh Harrier
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5 months ago
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Everyone has time for a Robin having a bath
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