A surprise White-legged Damselfly that decided to roost next to my chair on our campsite this evening. Wenlock Edge, Shropshire Not bad when you’re chilling and supping wine! 🤪

Quite a few Scarlet Tigers on the wing in the roasting conditions in Shropshire 😍

A Grass Snake that bit off a little more than it could chew with this Common Toad. Eventually it gave up and the toad lives to fight another day! At Holt Lowes @norfolknats.bsky.social

A rather interesting female Silver-studded Blue on Kelling Heath, Norfolk. I have never seen a female with blue on the upper wing apart from the ones on the Great Orme. @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Long-headed Poppies at West Runton, Norfolk today. This area seems to be a bit of a stronghold for them. @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

1st summer female Red-footed Falcon at Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk today

Tens of thousands of Small-flowered Catchflies on Gorleston Cliffs at the moment. These used to be rare! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Very excited to find Bithynian Vetch on the NE Suffolk coast at Kessingland yesterday. A site it was recorded at in 1975 then 2004 and now 2026! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Pleased to find some naturalised Dusky Crane’s-bill close to home in Kessingland this evening 😍

The nationally rare tiny soldier beetle Cerapheles terminatus at Oulton Marshes today. May even be a first for Suffolk

A couple of new plants for me today - Nettle-leaved Figwort and Caraway. Both growing beside the River Wensum in central Norwich @norfolknats.bsky.social

The scarce spider Hypositticus pubescens has a liking for human habitation. This one was on my bedroom window frame in coastal NE Suffolk

Gorse Seed Weevil, Exapion ulicis - a tiny weevil found today on Walberswick Common, Suffolk

Black Redstarts in the Lowestoft area can be very hit and miss but this gorgeous male was very much a hit this morning 😍

Some great views of Iberian Chiffchaff on Westleton Heath, Suffolk this morning. Singing continuously

Very happy to find this beauty on Lowestoft South Beach this afternoon. It looked good for a Baltic Gull so I took a hasty phone pic. Id confirmed by people far more into gulls than me!

Early Colletes in the dunes at Kessingland, NE Suffolk today 😍

One of the five Shorelarks wintering by Kessingland Shore Pools. Now beginning to look quite smart

Whooper Swan resting up on the beach by Lowestoft South Pier this morning.

A great day out in our NE Suffolk home area - Ferruginous Duck, Garganey, Sand Martin and Saucer Beetle at Carlton Marshes followed by Marsh Tit, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Comma and Dark-edged Bee-fly at North Cove

The Waxham Glaucous Gull was busy annoying the local Grey Seals today!

Slightly better photographs of the wintering Hume’s Warbler in Sparrow’s Nest Gardens, Lowestoft today. Probably still need to try again though!

Pleased to see that we still have resident Noble False Widows despite moving house!

My first good garden find at our new abode in Kessingland, East Suffolk - the nationally scarce diving beetle Hydaticus seminiger 😍

Kessingland shore pools - now 5 Shorelarks, 3 Snow Buntings, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 pairs of Ringed Plovers

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Some great wildfowling at SWT Carlton Marshes today - American Wigeon, Tundra Bean Goose and Russian White-fronted Goose

Mezereon (aka Daphne!) - one of the absolute delights of late winter. Enough to brighten the greyest of days - and we’ve had a few of those! Breckland yesterday

My very first Harvest Mouse seen last night! Found with use of a thermal. Dodgy picture but at least I got its arse and nose!

Good to catch up with the wintering Green Sandpiper at Dickleburgh Moor this morning @norfolknats.bsky.social

c55 Snow Buntings on Kessingland North Beach, Suffolk this afternoon

My annual visit to see 2 of our rarer snowdrops - Green Snowdrop, Galanthus woronowii and Greater Snowdrop, Galanthus elwesii 😍

Water Rail showing well this pm from Morrisons carpark in Diss, Norfolk! 😃

I do love a holloway! January has seen us walking many of the green lanes and byways of South Norfolk. And we’ve hardly met a soul!

Just in case you haven’t already seen enough pics of the Sheringham Eastern Black Redstart! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d see a ‘Norfolk tick’ Great Shearwater about half an hour later. Utter madness!

The stunning and rare Butterfly Coquette seen at Manu Biolodge in SE Peru on my recent trip. Even our guide could hardly contain himself with this one!

Red-and-White Antpitta - a major target on our SE Peru trip. Absolutely mega views of this difficult bird 😍

No trip to the Andes would be complete without a visit to an Andean Cock of the Rock lek! 😍😍

Pepper Pot Earthstar - I was privileged to see this rarest of rare fungi at its only UK site this weekend. Once thought to be extinct here for 100+ years!

A few nice fungal bits and pieces on a walk from home in South Norfolk this afternoon. Stubble Rosegill, Oak Bracket, Sulphur Disco and Wet Rot #fungi @norfolknats.bsky.social

Goldleaf Shield, Pluteus romellii. A nice find by the mere at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk today 😍

Contorted Pipe Club, Typhula contorta. The arboreal version of Pipe Club. Seen at Cavenham Heath, Suffolk yesterday.

Absolutely fascinating to watch this wood wasp sp ovipositing into a beech log on the Earsham Estate in South Norfolk yesterday @norfolknats.bsky.social

The 1w Brown Shrike on Upper Hollesley Common, Suffolk today. Never close but some decent scope views and the odd photo.

Marram Grass Chelifer, Dactylochelifer latreillii found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social in Holkham Dunes last week @norfolknats.bsky.social

What on earth is going on? Snowdrops in full flower in Suffolk! 🥴

More fungi from Suffolk, specifically Ickworth House NT - Hen of the Woods, more Verdigris Roundheads, Dyer’s Mazegill and Weeping Widow @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

Verdigris Roundhead, Stropharia aeruginosa at Arger Fen near Sudbury, Suffolk today. One of my faves 😍 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

A couple of great coastal spiders in Holkham Dunes yesterday - the nationally scarce Dune Jumper, Marpissa nivoyi and Sand-bear Spider, Arctosa perita. Many thanks to @jeremybartlett.bsky.social and @vannabartlett.bsky.social for their company on a great day out @norfolknats.bsky.social

Double earthstar day - Dwarf and Tiny in Holkham/Burnham Overy Dunes 😀