A New Year gift - Rough-legged Buzzard along the back lanes en route to the Norfolk coast, near Gresham village. Initially hovering close overhead, drifted down into a field by the time I could safely stop. Sat for a while before departing westward. No sexy pictures. #norfolkbirding

Sea and sky, between Obi and Bacan #indonesia

European Hornet Vespa crabro Norwich 020925 Chewing on a rotting log down by the River Yare Not often I get a chance to get a photo of one of these #entemology #bugsky #norwichwildlife #vespa

Willow Emerald, Norwich 020925 Always nice to see the dainty chaps down on the patch #bugsky #odonata #entemology

2/2 Zitting Cisticolas Clearly juveniles present with prominent pink bill bases/gapes, short tails, streaky crowns, also the presumed male (dull crown) coming with a mouthful of insects. Later 4 birds seen flying through the reeds, with 5 suspected, as reported later. Alas no photo #UKBirding

Decided a return visit to Walberswick was needed to improve on views of the Zitting Cisticola and try to get sound recordings. After finally getting a perched view, decided to hang on for more... I didn't expect to get three together in my scope! Two rounds of views, now up to four birds! #UKBirding

Eurasian Skylark _ Alauda arvensis An unexpected guest in my car while I was sitting in it! Escaping being eaten by a pursuing Merlin, once I had moved aside he flew out and went straight into a vigorous ascending songflight. The Merlin had to find its dinner elsewhere

Little Gull at Whitlingham Great Broad this morning. One of three, near-adult plumage. #norfolkbirding #norwichwildlife #gulls #migrants

From my recent trip to Japan Steller's Sea Eagle Rausu, Hokkaido. March 2025 #japanwildlife #hokkaidonature #rausu

Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume Kadogawa, Miyazaki 270225 What a lovely little bird 😁 #japanwildlife #seabirds

Glaucous-winged Gull Rausu, Hokkaido 020325 #gulls #japan

Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel. Petaurista leucogenys. Karuizawa 20.02.25 Only my second-ever sighting. I noticed a good-looking natural tree hole, gave it a scratch, and out popped this beauty!

A very #bluesky plus a Little Egret Norwich 12.01.25 #birds #birding #ukbirding #norwich

Sri Lanka Tree Nymph Idea jasonia The male doing a nuptial dance over a female. This went on for many minutes, but I missed the magic moment! #entemology #butterflies #srilanka #srilankawildlife #idea

Red-backed Flameback Endemic to Sri Lanka. Negombo 30.11.24 #srilanka #srilankawildlife #birds #ornithology #woodpecker #endemic

Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Siguriya, Sri Lanka 26.11.24 #birding #srilanka #birds #owls #srilankawildlife

Leopard, Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka 25.11.24 Very much against the run of play, lucky to see two sibling Leopards at Wilpattu during a week of never-ending rain and dark skies #mammals #mammalwatching #srilanka

Golden Jackal family, Siguriya, Sri Lanka 30.11.24 #mammals #srilanka

December full moon and mackerel skies. Norwich 14.12.24

Filling my new timeline with pretty things, here's one of my fave pics from this year. Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on Blue Globe Thistle

Happy to witness a bit of Larid/afterbirth carnage in the Grey Seal colony at Winterton. Nice to find so many Great Black-backed Gulls, plus this huge juvenile Herring Gull that was kicking off #NorfolkBirding

Nice views of Black-throated Diver feeding inshore at Winterton, seems quite happy sharing the sea with innumerable Grey Seals #NorfolkBirding

The Disappointed Turnstone. A similar reaction to Kallø Corn cakes as the one I had! 😕

On the topic of #BirdingGear, I recently acquired this handy item. Useful for static work like seawatching and VP surveys, easily detachable, I think it is marketed primarily for prams and pushchairs!

Lesser Yellowlegs actively feeding on a pool at Buckenham marshes, Norfolk 26.10.24. Phone-scoped video.

Blue bird for my first post on Bluesky. Common Kingfisher at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, phone-scoped on a dim and overcast afternoon