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Cosmos still looking impressive here in our Autumnal north east Norfolk garden, dead heading reduced to twice weekly now #ukgardening

Fantastic to see many Peacock and other butterflies on the well named ‘Butterfly Bush’, so different to 2024 #ukgardening

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The beautiful blue of chicory flowers makes it one of my favourites, this one adorned with a smart hoverfly Eupeodes sp.

Good to see more about this year. Time to get out my British Hoverflies ID book out!

As expected, very dry on ‘Salthouse West’ for the June WeBS count today. Spoonbill, Great White Egret and Med Gull livened things up, rain dancer needed #norfolkbirding

Cannas are doing well this year! Got off to a good start in the greenhouse, and now with plenty of water and seaweed feed weekly, looking good, 3 pots of many spikes, started with one spike 5 years ago #ukgardens

Fantastic to see Norfolk’s first breeding Ospreys for c250 years, Ranworth Broad, distant but an occasional small head seen from the 2 chicks #Norfolkbirding

Looks like you’ve had an action packed and successful season so far! Same here in Cromer

Pickled radishes even better!

Wow ‘Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together’ of course they do, beautifully said

A local patch walk early this morning. Yellowhammers back on territory along the 'Green Lane' and Stonechat, a patch tick. First Chiffchaff of the year, probably overwintering and Song Thrush belting out its song, complete list on BirdTrack #NorfolkBirding @birdtrack.bsky.social @nenbc.bsky.social

Missed them! Hopefully might pick up a late 2025 year tick although I’m also wondering if we’ll get any next winter

After a few days away on elderly parent duties, I was welcomed home by this handsome Sparrowhawk in the garden. He was fixated on looking in the hedge from many angles, eventually a blackbird broke cover and got away. Think it’s a 2cy male and def hangry #norfolkbirds

Gosh yes! It’s easy to see all the postings and pics and think ‘I never see anything’. There’s always something outdoors to connect with, or laugh with or learn from or just be in the moment

The Great Crested and Slavonian Grebe cousins at one of my favourite places, Hickling Broad. Always good to be out with partner Mick, he has a camera and I am not a photographer, apart from habitats using phone camera! #norfolkbirding

A grey and chilly morning for my Feb WeBS count at 'Salthouse West', Norfolk. Not helped by leaving one of my gloves in the car. Fair number of Wigeon and Teal plus Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Curlew. Raptor action from Marsh Harrier, Red Kite and Merlin @btobirds.bsky.social #UKBirding

Local patch, Southrepps Common, Norfolk. A small patch of valley fen, SSSI for botanical features. Siskin vocal this morning and 2 Lesser Redpolls first for the year (not many this winter). Best of all a Raven over! #lowcarbonbirding #UKbirding @nenbc.bsky.social

A glorious morning in the Norfolk Broads, couldn't find the Bewick's Swans near Ingham (went the wrong way) but made up for it with a Great Northern Diver and Great White Egret at Barton Broad, which is great! #UKBirds

Female Merlin at
Stubb Mill, Hickling Broad this week, during the day though, not whilst watching the harrier roost

2000 Pink-footed geese that is!

Here goes, first post. Perfect winter day at Cley Marshes, Norfolk. Geese galore! Watched around 2000 come down out of the sky.