Sunday, June 15, 2008

East Angular

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:


Saturday, Sizewell:

Bee Orchid

Dunwich Heath

Sunday, Minsmere:

Common Tern. I thought this was a very artistic style of defecation


Shoveler, drake moulting into eclipse plumage

Tiny Moorhen
Speckled Wood (the only butterfly we saw all weekend!)

Juvenile Magpies outside the cafe

Looking south towards Sizewell

and west (inland)



Konik ponies

We stopped off at Lakenheath in hope of hearing Golden Orioles, but didn't.


And the Ouse Washes at Earith, where we didn't see a Cattle Egret

Good clouds, though

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D + EF 300mm f/4L IS USM or Canon Powershot A640

1 comment:

  1. 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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