Water Voles continuing to show very well at the pond RSPB Minsmere 🌍 to the delight of the many visitors passing close by! SuffolkWildlifeTrust RSPB England RSPB

'Under the boardwalk'... a female Brown Hawker egg-laying on the submerged timbers at the pond for well over 30 minutes! RSPB Minsmere 🌍 (21st August 2024) British Dragonfly Society RSPB England

What a beauty. The leucistic Marsh Harrier observed today from the Zeis Hide at WWT Slimbridge. This bird is apparently one of two juveniles that fledged fro RSPB Otmoor. Slimbridge Sightings WWT Slimbridge Glos Bird News

Plenty of butterflies out on the heather of the Suffolk Sandlings this week including Grayling, Holly Blue and Small Copper (a mating pair) - plus Small Heath, Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown among others present BC Suffolk Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋 SuffolkWildlifeTrust Suffolksnaps

Better views of another female Brown Hawker dragonfly egg-laying under the boardwalk at the Visitor Centre pond RSPB Minsmere 🌍 yesterday (23rd August 2024 - video to follow!) British Dragonfly Society RSPB SuffolkWildlifeTrust

Searching for a suitable spot to lay her eggs, here's a final view of the impressive female Brown Hawker dragonfly RSPB Minsmere 🌍 yesterday... British Dragonfly Society

The River Blyth, Blythburgh, Suffolk today (27th August 2024)

Southwold Sailing Club on the River Blyth, Suffolk, Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August 2024

A Willow Emerald Damselfly visiting my garden pond and landing on my carefully placed stick... or 'dragonfly perch'! It's hard to believe that this species was unknown in Suffolk until 2007, but is now relatively common here - 27th August 2024 Suffolk BIS British Dragonfly Society

The spectacular sight of House Martins 'swarming' around the rooftops at Orford Quay on the Suffolk coast today (28th August 2024), in excited anticipation of their imminent departure... Suffolk Bird Group BTO Suffolk SuffolkWildlifeTrust Brigit Strawbridge

Just House Martins - and a few Swallows - putting on a superb show for the many visitors at Orford, Suffolk! 28th August 2024 BTO Suffolk Suffolk Bird Group SuffolkWildlifeTrust RSPB England House Martin Conservation UK & Ireland

An interesting find from Dunwich Heath today, this unusual but really lovely caterpillar of the Grey Dagger moth, moved (from my hat) to a nearby Rowan tree! Dunwich Heath British Moths SuffolkWildlifeTrust

An increasingly scarce but welcome visitor to my Suffolk garden... a nervous Song Thrush drops in, waits its turn for a bath, and then hangs around for nearly 5 minutes! 28th August 2024 BTO Suffolk SuffolkWildlifeTrust Suffolk Bird Group

I have spent a lot of time in the hides RSPB Minsmere 🌍 but today (30th August 2024) was the first time I have encountered not one but two Adders sharing the hide with me and several visitors! Happily both male and female Adders finally escaped to safety outside the hide... phew!

It must be autumn... thousands of freshly moulted feathers scattered along the shoreline, and a very nice selection of waders on the East Scrape RSPB Minsmere 🌍 including Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Sanderling and LIttle Ringed Plover among many others (30th August 2024)

At last, a fresh Painted Lady butterfly feeding on the Buddleia flowers RSPB Minsmere 🌍 today (3rd September 2024), hopefully a few more to follow soon? BC Suffolk Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋

An everyday example of life and death RSPB Minsmere 🌍 - a female Sparrowhawk flies fast and low along the edge of the Scrapes and suddenly grabs a bunch of reeds, plus an unfortunate Reed Warbler! Video from long range and in poor light 3rd September 2024

The colours of autumn, a Small Copper butterfly resting on Bracken fronds at Dunwich Heath, Suffolk (29th August 2024) BC Suffolk Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋 SuffolkWildlifeTrust Suffolksnaps Dunwich Heath Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape

More than 30000 Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) migrating east today in Vlissingen (SW NL) on a bird count site: trektellen.nl/count/view/2/2…. Film by Mayro Pattikawa

Red Admiral butterflies - and bees - 'swarming' all over the Ivy flowers around Orford, Suffolk in very warm sunny conditions today (7th September 2024). I easily counted over 100 Red Admirals but many more were seen in the same area! BC Suffolk Branch Butterfly Conservation 🦋