The Hirundines are getting restless! Thinking of heading south. Juvenile Swallows and an adult Sand Martin at Cley Marshes NWT. #Birds #norfolkbirding #ukbirding

July has ben a quiet month on the patch. But bird ringing did catch a Tree Pipit (one pictured but not the actual bird!) which is a rare species for RSPB Lakenheath #PWC2026 #Birds #SuffolkBirding

Good to see this Juvenile Greenfinch in my garden, looks like the pair that visit have rised 4 chicks this year. #Birds! #NorfolkBirding #Nature

Lesser Black-backed Gull. #BirdofTheDay #Gulls #UKBirding

Morhen and chicks at Burwell fen. #Birds #Birding #Nature

Moorhen amongst the water lilys. Spent a pleasant hour watching a pair with chicks the other day. #Birds #UKBirds #Nature

A second filthy twitch in 10 days saw me add a new bird to my life list. Caught this Hudsonian Godwit at Manningtree on the Essex/Suffolk border. A phonescoped record shot in a strong breeze, but the bird flapped its wings to show the defining grey underwing. #Birds #essexbirding #SuffolkBirds

"Bird on a wire" with respect to the late great Leonard Cohen! House Martin at Cley today. #Norfolkbirds #Birds

A filthy twitch 40 miles up the road for the Squacco Heron at Kelling Water Meadows today. Showed well at times a superb bird to see my second in Norfolk. #Norfolkbirds #UKBirding #Birds

Bearded Reedling youngsters starting to appear now on my pacth at RSPB Lakenheath Fen. At the half year stage, I ve seen 129 species of bird which is actually 7 more than I found for all of 2025! My Patch Work challenge points total is 160. Have missed some rarities #PWC2026 #UKBirding #Birds

Finally managed to catch up with Tree Sparrow locally! Tree Spaarrows suffered a population loss of over 70% in the last 30 years. populations now very dispersed. #Birds

Final Bittern and Marsh Harrier survey at RSPB Lakenheath Fen yesterday and bagged a first for me on the patch, Nuthatch!! #Patchgold #PWC2026

Good to see this displaying male Turtle Dove in Norfolk this morning. #Birds #Norfolkbirding

A great White Egret at RSPB Lakenheath Fen #white #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #SuffolkBirds

Good to see that the Greenfinches in my garen have raised at least 2 youngsters this year. #Birds #Norfolkbirds #Nature

Freshly emerged Swallowtail Butterfly at Hickling Norfolk last Tuesday. #Nature #Butterfly

Black-headed (left) and Mediterranean Gulls. #Birds #gulls #BirdOfTheDay #ukbirding

Good to catch up with the Common Redstarts locally this morning,with this male looking stunning. even better to see at least 3 recently fledged young. Becoming a rare breeder in the East of England. #Birds #Norfolkbirding

The Jackdaws in my garden are entertaining, usually just a pair, but last week 10 of thier "buddies" arrived and for half an hour the air was filled with Jackdaw chat, marvellous! Such intelligent and endearing birds. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

Nice to catch up with ths Caspian Tern at Hickling NWT Norfolk yesterday, I think thats 4 years in a row I've seen one in the UK. Then onto Ranworth Broad to see the breeding Ospreys, not a sight I anticipated when I moved to Norfolk! #Birds #NorfolkBirds

Led a guided walk @rspbengland.bsky.social Lakenheath Fen this morning, the enthusiasistic group were rewarded by good views of Marsh Harrier, Bittern, Hobby, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garganey, Cuckoo and more. All appreciated the work of the RSPB in creating this reserve. #nature #birds

One of the star birds on the Uists, is the Short Eared Owl, I had several close encounters, not all in as good light as this. An amazing expereince. #Birds #scottishbirds

Nice to see this Rock Dove on Skye, non of your feral pigeons here!! #Birds

My original plan for the trip to The hebrides, was train to Mallaig, across to Lochboisdale by ferry from Mallaig and hire care on South Uist. CalMac cancelled the Mallaig ferry. So it was train to Inverness and hire car from there to Uig on Skye. Heres Eilean Donan Castle. #travel #scotland

Just got back from a trip to the Outer Hebrides, first leg of the journey was by this Azuma bimode train (seen here at Inverness) from Peterborough, the journey especially north of Newcastle upon Tyne is a scenic delight. #Trains

A White-tailed Eagle on North Uist from my trip there last week. #Birds

A female Reed Bunting takes a break from feeding her youngsters on a slowly decaying tree stump in the reed bed at Botany Bay, RSPB Lakenheath Fen. This is one of the last remnants of ancient fen and an SSSI, Site of Special Scientific Interest. #Birds #Nature

Out on Bittern and Marsh Harrier surveys this morning, lots of Cuckoo activity, managed to sneak up on this male. Oh and Black Tern on patch today!! #Birds #SuffolkBirding #PWC2026

Led a guided walk at RSPB Lakenheath today, had good views of Hobbys, the main target, enabled another guest to see her first Cuckoo, plus sightings of Kingfisher, Curlew, Marsh harrier, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler Great Egret, amongst others and a family of Little Grebes. #Birds #Suffolkbirding

My garden is a of hive activity with many youngsters including these 2 House Sparrows, overhead the Swifts areflashing around the sky screaming. #Birds