We've spent the weekend in Suffolk (and a bit of Norfolk).
Friday evening, Nightjar survey, preceded by a fine barbeque and a tasty Firecrest:
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Saturday, Sizewell:
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Bee Orchid
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Dunwich Heath
Sunday, Minsmere:
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Common Tern. I thought this was a very artistic style of defecation
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Shoveler, drake moulting into
eclipse plumage
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Tiny Moorhen
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Speckled Wood (the only butterfly we saw all weekend!)
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Juvenile Magpies outside the cafe
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Looking south towards Sizewell
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and west (inland)
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Konik ponies
We stopped off at Lakenheath in hope of hearing Golden Orioles, but didn't.
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And the Ouse Washes at Earith, where we didn't see a Cattle Egret
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Good clouds, though
photos taken with
Canon EOS 30D +
EF 300mm f/4L IS USM or
Canon Powershot A640
Love all these photos. Is that first bird a firecrest? I don't think I'v e ever seen one before.
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