A Sawfly Orchid from sunny Monte Gordo Portugal also Horse Egrets

Just one more pic of the Snow Bunting at Landguard with its herculean heaving of a beach pebble to get to seeds

Caught this Snow Bunting completely by accident eyeing up, picking up and removing a stone to get at seeds on the back beach, river side, at Landguard yesterday something i have never seen before

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Along the River Orwell off Loompit Lake a Great northern Diver was still present also a fine drake Goldeneye was on the Lake with a dozen or so Red breasted Mergansers on the river also a Common Seal

Whilst birding at Landguard bird Observatory we cannot help but notice regular dog walkers and their canine pets and over the past few months one such owner has been walking what seemed to be a Wolf, so on speaking to him today it is a Wolf,an American Timber Wolf very large but also very friendly

Anyone looking for the 3 Snow Buntings at Landguard would do well to check out the rails of the small jetty as they regularly perch to preen on it. Nearby on my garden feeders 2 Coal Tits have starting to appear hoovering up the Sunflower hearts

Looking at these images of the Cheddar Red-necked Grebe captured by Bristol birder Bri Thompson and the bill is broad-based and appears to be roughly the same length as the head. Possibly a candidate Holboells? Appeared on the large side overall when seen next to Great-crested Grebe #ukbirding

Zia Yusuf must be thrilled with these recent defections then. Cue another 24 hour sulk off and return?

Another nest box made by our wonderful volunteer John and now up in place 🙌 Fingers crossed it’s just in time for owls to approve and move in this year 🦉🤞 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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The 3 Snow Buntings at Landguard were still present today not seen by me but a pic of one of them from yesterday

Blimey, the Firecrest was ringed on 03/11/25 at the Skagen Fugelstation on the northernmost tip of Denmark #birdingFife

A couple of fungus pics taken in the Grove, Felixstowe today Yellow Brain and a Flammulina sp

Just over an hour late morning in the Grove, Felixstowe to listen out for woodland birds resulted in 2 Great spotted Woodpeckers drumming, 3 Stock Doves whoomping, 1 Treecreeper and 2 Firecrests also nearby at Landguard 3 Snow Buntings, 1 Woodcock and a flyover Egyptian Goose

The Sooty Copper (L tityrus, bruine vuurvlinder) has shown serious declines, esp. in the north of NL. Only on the Veluwe (centre) the situation is better. This species is vulnerable to N deposition (fartmann.net/downloads/ar...).

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Hugely depressing read, but no surprise, considering the destruction Sizewell C is allowed to inflict on a supposedly protected landscape "The government will not meet its targets to save wildlife in England and is failing on almost all environmental measures..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

During an HHA low water count at Nacton Shores, River Orwell Suffolk the highlights were 2 Great northern Divers, 10 Goldeneye, 15 Red breasted Mergansers 229 Shelducks and 2 Red Kites plus a Firecrest on route to the count start

Persistence pays off and so it was at Landguard today staring out at an empty seascape hoping for that piece of good fortune to make it worthwhile, and so it was that after picking up on 5 ducks that were coming in from the sea to fly into the river mouth they turned out to be Red-crested Pochards

A couple of pics of 2 of the 3 Snow Buntings at Landguard also the Rock Pipit there

Around 1990 the Queen of Spain Fritillary (I lathonia, kleine parelmoer) in NL was restricted to the coastal dunes. After 2000 the inland was colonised, but not from the coast, but from the southeast (B and D). In 2024 the species crashed, some recovery in 2025. #vlindermaand

Even though the Meadow Brown (M jurtina, bruin zandoogje) is the most abundant butterfly on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects, it is missing or rare in some parts of the country. #vlindermaand

A nice bracing sunny walk along the Deben from Felixstowe Ferry to Falkenham Marshes this morning to check out the Black Brant and indeed it was still present also had 2 Tundra Bean Geese fly in with a juv Whitefront to liven things up

In the 1990s the Comma (P c-album, gehakkelde aurelia) would have a large extra Sept generation. However this Sept generation became smaller and smaller and nowadays only a few butterflies are present in Sept and most of the summer butterflies go straight into hibernation. #vlindermaand

A bright and cold Landguard this morning saw 3 Snow Buntings along the river beach doing their best to avoid the gusts

My Swarovski STS 65 HD scope, with 20-60 zoom is available, although lens caps missing. Comes with stay-on case (front lost its lower clip). Tripod available. Know any local young birders who may like it? - free of charge @landguardbo.bsky.social @landguardbirder.bsky.social @david-walsh.bsky.social

Here's 'Lucy' the Bewick's Swan that we saw at Station Road, Welney today. Amazed to see that Lucy was at Slimbridge on 28th and 29th December and now in the Cambs/Norfolk Fens. Reading colour-rings is very rewarding. zwergschwan.de/karte-sender... #NorfolkBirding

Keeping it local one of the Landguard Peregrines sat on the leeward side of the nearest crane at the Port of Felixstowe sunning itself nearby at The Grove 4 Firecrests 2 Treecreepers 2 Jays 1 Great spotted Woodpecker plus a myriad of dogs

The Falkenham Black Brant wishing everyone a Happy new Year

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The Great northern Diver on the River Orwell was feeding well catching a few crabs and this flatfish probably a Flounder off Clamphouse Creek early p.m.

A chance to get out on the River Orwell now that the wind has eased and lo n behold a Great northern Diver also a Drake Goldeneye on Loompit Lake

The Black Brant and 15 Whitefronts found by Paul Holmes yesterday were still present around Kingsfleet, Falkenham Marshes this morning

In JT’s right hand is his 800th Swift box he has made for Save Our Suffolk Swifts, a mightly effort. In his left hand is a Spotted Flycatcher box, his 1000th nest box for Suffolk. He’s also made Tawny/Little Owls, Nuthatch & Grey Wagtail too @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Goldeneye, male, this afternoon at Chew Valley Lake

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Farage. Man of the [rich] people.

Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks

A couple of hours wandering around the Grove, Felixstowe to try and relocate the recent Yellow browed Warbler with no success but the Tit and Crest flock that it was with previously still held a nice Firecrest 2 Coal Tits with several Long tailed Tits plus a few fearless Jays around

As the main road To Felixstowe Ferry was closed for a few days I decided to give the Grove in Felixstowe a look for Firecrests and so it was that among the Tit and Crest flock there was indeed a Firecrest high above me then next to it was my first December self found Yellow browed Warbler

I headed to Raydon disused airfield this morning where recent visits have produced flocks of finches and pipits (so a chance of Merlin I thought….). No luck, but instead I found a Dartford Warbler, a rather extraordinary record for deepest mid-Suffolk. I was in disbelief when I first heard it!

The slow expansion of the Marbled Fritillary (braamparelmoer, Brenthis daphne) in NL has surprised me, in B and D it easily moves 10-20km per year. Even in de SE the density is still relatively low. Apparently the quality of the habitat in NL is not good enough to move further north.

We finished our very successful partner meeting with a celebration of Butterfly Conservation Europe’s 21st Birthday. @martinswarren.bsky.social gave a great review of the many achievements over the years and we made a toast. All the presentations are on our website www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...