A quick video of some of the new lagoons at Martlesham. Can’t believe these are less than a ten minute walk from my front door!

An interesting few hours out on @suffolkwildlife reserves on the Peninsula today with the 4 Tundra Bean and 74 White-fronted Geese at Trimley Marshes SWT this morning followed by a walk around the new Martlesham Wilds SWT reserve this afternoon. The new lagoons look amazing!

Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks

A cracking early morning walk at @landguardbo.bsky.social today with more waders present than at nearby Trimley Marshes! Purple Sandpiper, 3 Turnstone, 4 Sanderling and 5 Ringed Plover. Also the male Snow Bunting on the beach, a Firecrest in the Obs and an Egyptian Goose past.

Nice to see my first ever December Temminck’s Stint at RSPB Minsmere this morning with @naturedanzant.bsky.social even though it was a little distant from the North Hide. Also 3 Bewick’s Swan and at least 5 Water Pipit.

Lion
Leopard
Cheetah
Serval
African Wildcat
All Tsavo East and West, Kenya.

Loving all of the updates, keep them coming. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for mist for you guys too otherwise Rob D won’t have any stories to bring home! 😉🤣

An excellent night of immigration from my Martlesham Wilds (Suffolk) garden with 18 Rusty Dot Pearl, 3 Diamond-back, 2 Rush Veneer, 2 White-point and 1 Turnip but the star of the show was this awesome Ni Moth! @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Nice morning at a very windy Dunwich Heath with Will B and Eddie M to see the adult male Turkestan Shrike. It took us nearly two hours to see due to a prolonged Maccie’s brekkie stop and the blustery conditions weren’t the best for filming but chuffed to get decent views in the end

Trimley SWT: Our first Stonechat of 2025 ringed this morning. This young male is about six weeks earlier than the norm so I’m guessing it’s a fairly local bird feeling the chill of the recent cold winds?

Trimley SWT: Our 15th Kingfisher of 2025 ringed this morning now leaves us one short of the record of 216 set last year with about 7 weeks left of the season. I still wish I knew where they’re coming from and going too?

At the ripe old age of 25, my Skinner trap finally caught a stunning Blue Underwing / Clifden Nonpareil in the garden at Martlesham Wilds! What a cool moth!

Trimley SWT: Some decent vizmig this morning with a Glossy Ibis south at 0945hrs as well as 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1500+ Swallow, 200+ House Martin, 100+ Sand Martin, 150+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 6 Siskin and 8 Reed Bunting. Ringing included 3 Sedge and 3 Reed Warbler.

Still shaking after a potential FIRST FOR THE UK today at Trimley Marshes SWT with this Reed Warbler bearing a ring from fooking BUDAPEST!! 🥳 We can’t find any records of any other Reed Warblers from there? In fact, we can’t find records of any passerines from there?

Well what an incredible year 2024 was for us ringing at Trimley Marshes SWT! Numbers and stats to follow but for now, just enjoy some of the birds.

A nice start to December at Trimley SWT with this cracking adult male Sparrowhawk ringed edging us ever closer to 60 species for the year! With three species of Thrush ringed too and only using one net, it was a lovely with Elz and Dan.

Hi folks, he goes with my first post on here. 😂Here’s a brief bit of video of the Eastern Stonechat at Trimley Marshes SWT that I took this lunchtime. It’s got a Stejneger’s feel about it with the warm plumage and two-tone rump…