Very excited to find a Dutch ringed Spoonbill with a transmitter at Holkham. Sad to hear the transmitter does nt work as the local information would have been great to know. Ringed 2022 been in France Spain and Portugal . But first time in UK.

Nuthatch nest checked with an endoscope last week, Two of the five chicks were Albino and have successfully fledged.

While strimming at Holkham, pleased to come across a localised beetle Plateumaris braccata, went after my camera but this Larinioides cornutus got to it first ! ArableEmily #formerlyknownasweeds TurnFear2Fascination 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🕷️ BAS

Arctosa perita leaving its burrow ArableEmily #formerlyknownasweeds TurnFear2Fascination 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🕷️ BAS

A stunning and confiding male Steatoada albamaculata found at Burnham Overy Dunes last week ArableEmily #formerlyknownasweeds TurnFear2Fascination 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🕷️ BAS

Dead chuffed to have found this tiny Rabbit Dung Nail Fungi Poronia erici on horse poo at Burnham Overy. Becomes 4th UK site to have recorded it. James Emerson @NorfolkNats Thanks as always to Tony Leech for confirming

Perfect footprint of a Spoonbill showing its partially webbed toes

Chuffed to find this Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil on Sea Spurge at Overy Harbour today...favours dead Ash trees the book says @NorfolkNats ArableEmily #formerlyknownasweeds

Another good beetle today - a Lesser Stag dropped out of the hornbeam in my garden

Male Hypositticus pubescens evicted from the bathroom this evening. Not that many Norfolk records it seems BAS TurnFear2Fascination 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🕷️ ArableEmily #formerlyknownasweeds

Nice to see Red-veined Darters doing their stuff at 4 locations at Holkham last week

Red-veined Darters at Holkham last week

You can keep your Glastonbury....this is where the true power and majesty of British rock music hit its peak this weekend..the mighty Iron Maiden in London Sadium...if you squint you might just see them 😉

Sadly never got a ticket but what can you say ? Legends. Sabbath nailed it. Ozzy did his legacy justice. From a house where in my youth the church organ ruled, the sound of Sabbath's first album infiltrated and my musical path was laid. Never say die !!! youtu.be/mDGk08j-dls?si…

Another year and more Cattle Egrets nesting on the marsh. First fledging last week and 7 juveniles out and in the fields so far..

Juvenile Cattle Egret looking a bit lost on its first visit to the fields

At distance particularly in the colony, Cattle and Little egret juveniles not always easy to tell apart. Littles have longer bills, Cattles seem to have proportionately larger eyes on a smaller head. Littles larger and slimmer but with varying ages present not always apparent

Great Egret feeding time! 🐠🎣 Moments like these are why I thoroughly enjoy the wading birds breeding season. It’s not every day you’ll get the opportunity to photograph the tender moments of parenting in the bird world. Another image from Florida #birdphotography

First GW Egrets out of the nest and on the marsh this week. Juvs look much fresher, more vibrant bill colour, tiny black tip to upper mandible. Adults looking more worn, black tip all but disappeared, yet some retaining more, some still with aigrettes.

The last birds of the 2025 breeding season starting to show themselves this week