Lifelong Suffolk Naturalist; Minsmere Wildlife Guide; retired Conservation & Countryside Manager for Hampshire County Council
Joined November 2014
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Jun 13
A very fresh-looking Comma butterfly from the Suffolk Sandlings, showing both its upper and underwing patterns, plus various flies, an Ichneumon and a Jewel Wasp also attracted to the warmth of an old log! (12th June 2026)
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Jun 11
A hungry family of Great Spotted Woodpeckers in my garden today, an adult female (no red on the head) and two recently fledged juveniles (both with red crowns), all competing with each other for food... (11th June 2026)
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Jun 10
A roosting Painted Lady butterfly and plenty of Pyramidal Orchids popping up in coastal Suffolk yesterday (9th June 2026)
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Dragons and Damsels from my Suffolk garden pond on a sunny day in early June 2026... Four-spotted Chaser (in close up), Broad-bodied chaser (male) and Banded Demoiselle (male)
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'Seaside' Swallows on the Suffolk coast, an adult in full song and nearby four chicks in the nest, all carefully watching and eagerly waiting for their parents to feed them!
(Aldeburgh 4th June 2026)
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Beautiful Silver-studded Blues from the Suffolk Sandlings... just before the weather changed!
(1st June 2026)
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Searching for food with stealth and deadly accuracy, the amazing Bittern strikes again, and again!
Viewed from the aptly named Bittern Hide at Minsmere, Suffolk, today (2nd June 2026)
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A few newly-emerged Silver-studded Blue butterflies from the dry heaths of the Suffolk Sandlings yesterday - mostly males, and just one female (1st June 2026)
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May 31
Dunwich Heath and beach with Sea Kale in calm, warm weather this afternoon (Suffolk, 31st May 2026)
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May 31
Painted Lady migration, East Creech, Dorset, 25th May 2009.
A truly amazing experience... thousands of PL butterflies flying past me in a north-westerly direction in the early afternoon, and around 800 per hour counted with the help of my wife!
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May 29
Swifts in a box, one peering out, and one peeping in... now two occupied boxes, and one still vacant on my house, but I'm optimistic that all three may be in use this year! (Suffolk, 29th May 2026)
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May 28
A few butterflies from the Suffolk coast in late May, Painted Lady and Green Hairstreak on Ox-eye Daisies, a pair of Speckled Woods, and one of many Holly Blues! (27th May 2026)
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May 27
Roseate Terns resting and preening on the South Scrape at RSPB Minsmere yesterday, together with Sandwich Terns, unfortunately very distant and in a heat haze - but the best I could do! (26th May 2026)
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May 26
A colourful and spectacular Cream-spot Tiger moth emerging from the dune grassland at Minsmere, Suffolk, today (26th May 2026)
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May 24
We were just about to leave Island Mere Hide (Minsmere) when 5 cranes circled overhead, putting on a show worthy of the Red Arrows. @RSPBEngland @BTO_Suffolk @suffolkwildlife @WildlifeMag
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May 24
More Painted Lady butterflies now on the move with at least 3 together on my Philadelphus flowers (Mock Orange) this morning, and others on the Ox-eye Daisies at Eastbridge, Suffolk, yesterday (23rd- 24th May)
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May 24
A male Banded Demoiselle damselfly, flicking its wings open and frequently returning to perch on the same flower bud of a Yellow water-lily, from the slow-flowing Minsmere River, Eastbridge, Suffolk (23rd May 2026)
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May 20
Meet the Shelduck family from the West Scrape at Minsmere, Suffolk... both parents help to protect their seven ducklings while on the water, but when on land, the female also encourages them to keep warm and dry tucked under her wings and body! (19th May 2026)
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May 19
Ruffled feathers? Yes, a colourful male Ruff in spring plumage on the South Scrape at Minsmere, Suffolk today (19th May 2026)
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May 18
Treecreepers, carrying food (insects) to their nestlings in a small cavity within a decaying tree... here demonstrating their skill in climbing up, and occasionally down the tree, and often underneath the branches! From the Suffolk coast, early May 2026.
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