Carl Buttle

Bar-tailed Godwit Benacre Broad

Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Avocet and Med Gull Benacre Broad this morning

American Wigeon still on Peto’s Marsh Carlton from North Hide, couldn’t find yesterday’s Green-winged Teal, on Share Marsh Tundra Bean Goose associating with 4 Whitefronts

Female Smew on Minsmere Scrape today from west hide also Whooper Swan and Goosander, on Westleton Heath Woodlark and Dartford Warbler

Drake American Wigeon showed well this morning from North Hide, Peto’s Marsh, Carlton also a smart ‘sinensis’ cormorant

Good days birding at Minsmere and Carlton Marshes, drake American Wigeon, Tundra Bean Goose, 3 Whooper Swans and 2 Firecrests the best. Great to see Gerald Jobson out still enjoying his birding

Three Black Redstarts at Sheringham today, excellent views of the Eastern and just a little further east along the front two normal Black Redstarts including a smart male, also three Glossy Ibis at Stifkey opposite Red Lion pub

Early start paid off this morning with excellent views of the Humes Warbler at the south end of the Denes Oval, Lowestoft

No luck today at Hen Reedbeds with the Twite or Tundra Bean Geese but saw Caspian Gull, adult YLGull and RBMerganser

Snow Buntings at Kessingland taken by brother Barry

It’s really beautiful out there at the moment

4 Shorelarks in front of coastguard Lookout, Pakefield

About 80 Snow Buntings 800 metres north of Sailors Home pub, Kessingland

Mute Swans enjoying the bleak weather Hen Reedbeds, 4 Goosander flew west, couldn’t find the Twite

Happy New Year everyone, highlight of 2025 was the three rare autumn shrikes in Suffolk

Female Scaup north end Covehithe Broad today and drake Goldeneye Benacre Broad

Drake Smew still on main lagoon Peto’s Marsh, 2 Great Egrets also and Cattle Egret looking north from North Hide, Carlton Marshes

Drake Smew still showing on the main lagoon at Carlton Marshes from the moorings hide

Eastern Black Redstart showing beautifully this morning at Sheringham , took this with my iPhone, just missed a Great Shearwater

Silver Leaf Fungus Sotterley Park today, also Raven

Better photo of the Tundra Bean Geese on Benacre Broad this morning

2 Tundra Bean Geese west end of Benacre Broad

Finally caught up with the 2 Twite at Benacre, they flew in at 2.45 to feed on the cliff face, stand on the beach about 100 metres south of the pillbox which is in the sea just south of the Beach Farm track

Gooseneck Barnacles, Benacre

Still 7 Shorelarks near the Pakefield Coastguard lookout also about 30 Snow Buntings further south but ranging along the coast

7 Shorelarks Pakefield opposite Coastguard lookout, 25 Snow Bunting further south, also a single Snow Bunting just north of Benacre Sluice

The Isabelline Shrike is showing amazingly well this morning at North Warren near the old railway line

Great to see the Brown Shrike at Upper Hollesley Common this afternoon, yet another first for Suffolk and number 392 for my county list, slowly edging towards the magical figure of 400

Glossy Ibis Share Marsh Trail, Carlton Marshes viewable from raised platform

Our group refound the East Yorkshire White-throated Needletail at Bempton Cliffs this afternoon. Unbelievable moment when it shot through as we were watching a Barn Owl! Raced down to cliffs to relocate and initially no sign, but it then reappeared and we had it flying over our heads 🤯🤯