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Novice birder & photographer, aiming to become more proficient at both.

Hertfordshire
Joined August 2022
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Pleased to see my first ever Purple Emperor on the path from the Bittern Hide to Island Mere @RSPBMinsmere @BC_Suffolk
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Jailbird! Cattle Egret @ HMP Warren Hill on a gloomy February afternoon @BTO_Suffolk @SuffolkBirdGrp
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Tundra Bean & Pink Footed geese keeping close formation on Loompit Lake @BTO_Suffolk @SuffolkBirdGrp
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Venus adjacent to crescent moon this evening
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Amur Stonechat from @suffolkwildlife Trimley Marshes on Monday. A bird I would not have given much scrutiny if I hadn't known it was there. I wonder how many more are out there undiscovered?
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Purple Sandpiper showed well this afternoon feeding on the rocks at Landguard @SuffolkBirdGrp
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Short Eared Owl hunting at RSPB Hollesley this afternoon @Natures_Voice @SuffolkBirdGrp
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Chinese Water Deer lying low yesterday afternoon @suffolkwildlife Trimley Marshes
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How now brown cow? Cattle Egret @NorfolkWT Holme NNR
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Family trip to @RSPBMinsmere for the red deer safari did not disappoint. Thanks to David for guiding @Natures_Voice
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The obliging Kessingland Black Necked Grebe @BTO_Suffolk @SuffolkBirdGrp
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Excellent views of this Merlin at RSPB Boyton Marshes yesterday. She was hawking dragonflies and causing surprisingly little alarm among the other birds on the scrape @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice
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My first ever Grayling, seen @suffolkwildlife Trimley Marshes with the @IpswichRSPB group yesterday. Great conditions and a few good birds too
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Canvasback seen yesterday at Abberton from LBC. Whinchat, 21 Spoonbills, 12+ Great White Egret other notables present @BirdWatchingMag @BirdGuides @EssexWildlife @EssexBirdNews @EBwSTweets
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Great to see the Osprey family @RutlandWaterNR yesterday. 60 species seen in total over the day
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Great to see my first ever Temminck's Stint @EssexWildlife Blue House Farm this afternoon. Thanks also to the local birders who shared views of distant Curlew & Wood Sands thru their scopes
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Painted lady @RSPBLakenheath yesterday. For birds it was quality rather than quantity: Two families of cranes, 9 Great Egrets, prowling Bittern and a couple of Hobbies my highlights
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Sitting on the fence- Common Darter, Moats Tye, Suffolk @BDSdragonflies
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Great to see my first Red Backed Shrike @RSPBMinsmere today @suffolkwildlife
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