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This is so, so awful. Dunwich Heath is a precious, protected landscape - the last large area of coastal heathland in Suffolk - and is especially beautiful at this time of year, when the heather is in bloom.
Organicbirder@organicbirder.bsky.social · last wk.Dunwich Heath still on fire this morning at 0430 seen from Southwold
Black-winged Kite was still along the Marrams at Sea Palling first thing this morning
Dunwich Heath still on fire this morning at 0430 seen from Southwold
The Hudsonian Godwit showed nicely on the Stour estuary early this morning, other Suffolk highlights have been a Spoonbill at Hen reedbeds on Sunday and a couple of Caspian Gulls at Southwold Hbr. Lesser Weever Fish was a (safely returned) new one for the mini species list off Southwold Pier!
Gypsy Moth this morning. Later on a look at Pagham north wall turned up a few sand martins, a brown argus and a couple of lrps and common sands but not a lot else. #teammoth #ukbirding
Maple Pug, Jersey Tiger (suddenly lots of these!), four spotted footman and another dewick's plusia, also a few rusty dot pearls last few days #teammoth
Ebernoe this morning: nightingales still around but generally skulky at Furnace Meadow, two Hawfinches over, 39 other sp. Zillions of purple hairstreaks, but no emperors, small copper, s skippers, m whites, single silver washed frit the butterflies on offer.
Nightjars and Woodcock showed nicely at Lavington Plantation, plenty of churring still going on as we left, very nice
my little moth trap doesn't get the results of the lighthouses but nice to get the annual Ghost Moth this morning #teammoth
Norfolk Hawkers at Nunnery Lake Chichester this afternoon, very fast moving in the heat!
four honey-buzzards, including a very close if short term perched bird, and 52 other sp. at woolbeding this morning
One of the five Roseate Terns still present at 5pm at Church Norton, Pagham Harbour. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
Three Roseate Terns together at Church Norton, Pagham Harbour, this evening. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
Eastern subalpine warbler at Beachy Head this morning, showed exclusively on the undercliff #rarebirdsUK
first honey-buzzard back at woolbeding viewpoint this morning
Pleased to get my first Swift photo since last September. One of three over the north of Selsey this afternoon. Also a Red Kite over heading west. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
A slow start to the seawatching today but it improved as the day went on. The highlights from 13hrs of watching include the first Arctic Terns of the year with 81 east, 230 'commic' Terns, 91 Common Terns, 23 Arctic Skuas, two Great Skuas, three Black-throated Divers and a Manx Shearwater.
A Shag and a Gannet heading west past a stormy Selsey Bill this afternoon with a very distant Black-throated Diver heading east. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
Despite the not particularly spring like weather, got my first migrants of the year, with a smart male Wheatear on the beach at Church Norton, and several House & Sand Martins over Ferry Pool. Always a welcome sign of change. #sussexbirding
Two Grey Partridges, a scarce peninsula bird, in the field near the Horse Pond at Itchenor #sussexbirding
This Turnstone on the beach at Selsey Bill this morning seems to have started molting into summer plumage. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
A Black-throated and two Great Northern Divers at the southern end of chichester harbour this morning, also plenty of displaying mergs and c.200 Brent still around #ukbirding #sussexbirding
BIt of a ropey picture but you get the idea, a February Sand Martin over Chichester Gravel Pits this afternoon #ukbirding
