Mike Smith

Bittern heading out across the water.
Seen from Island Mere Hide at RSPB Minsmere

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Dartford Warbler peeking out from between the heather flowers on Westleton Heath, Suffolk

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Love it when autumn fungi starts to appear. I came across this Fly Agaric on Dunwich Heath, Suffolk last week

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Male Dartford Warbler among the haws in a bush on Dunwich Heath, Suffolk

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Thanks Tony 😊

Young Bittern peering out from among the reeds.
Seen from Island Mere Hide at RSPB Minsmere

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Juvenile Gannet just offshore at Dunwich Heath. Sadly this bird must have been sick as it was found dead on the beach later in the day 😢

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Female Great Spotted Woodpecker feasting on peanuts in our Essex garden

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Common Carder Bee enjoying some late season nectar on Dunwich Heath, Suffolk

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Male Dartford Warbler ‘singing like it’s springtime’ in a hedgerow on Westleton Heath, Suffolk

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Red Deer hind on Westleton Heath.
This adult was accompanied by a calf which still had bold white spots on its back so no more than 3 or 4 months old

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Close up of a male Stonechat standing proud on one of the concrete tank traps in the dunes at RSPB Minsmere

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Kestrel ready to ‘spring’ on any unsuspecting rodent from his helical metal perch in the cliff at Dunwich, Suffolk

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Clouded Yellow feeding on flowering heather on Dunwich Heath on Sunday morning 21st Sept.
A first for me in Suffolk! 😁

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Thanks Mark

Long Tailed Tit, one of a flock seen passing through woodland at RSPB Minsmere

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A close flypast by a Great White Egret. Captured from Island Mere Hide at RSPB Minsmere

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Kestrel hunting over reedbeds south of RSPB Minsmere

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Male Stonechat on a prickly perch in the dunes at RSPB Minsmere

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Lots of Hobbies hunting over the reedbeds at RSPB Minsmere last weekend. I captured this one from the boardwalk behind Island Mere Hide

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Surprised and delighted to come across this Woodlark singing joyously on Suffolk heathland yesterday

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Having found a female Wheatear in the dunes at Dunwich last Friday I returned on Sunday to find she had been joined by this handsome male

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Notoriously elusive, this Cetti’s Warbler showed itself when chasing migrating Chiffchaffs from its territory at the edge of RSPB Minsmere

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Male Stonechat grabbing a flying snack in the dunes south of the sluice at RSPB Minsmere

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Common Blue soaking up the sunshine in Dunwich, Suffolk

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Kestrel using all its flying skills to hold steady in a blustery wind at Pleinmont on the island of Guernsey

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Male Common Blue feeding on Heather flowers in the dunes south of RSPB Minsmere

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When you come across a Wheatear in the dunes at Dunwich, Suffolk and its so windy you can’t hold the camera still. So you lay on the ground. Then the bird hops closer and closer and.....

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Little Egret flying low over the coastline at Shingle Bank Nature Reserve near Perelle on the island of Guernsey

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A big stretch!
Male Common Blue on L’Eree Headland on the Island of Guernsey

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