Carl Buttle

Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, Knot Benacre Broad, Dartford Warbler cliff top north of Broad, 2 Firecrest copse east of Beach Farm. Absolutely thousands of Ladybirds about

Just flushed a Quail from north side of Benacre Broad and flew south

The male Desert Wheatear at Cley today, a very obliging bird

Nutcracker performed well this morning at Mundesley, my first in Britain since Westleton 41 years ago, and just like that one totally unafraid of the birders

Scaup Benacre Broad, 2 Spotted Redshank Covehithe Broad, Firecrest copse east of Beach Farm, 3 Swallow, 2 House Martin

2 juvenile White-fronted Geese pool below Pakefield Coast Guard lookout

The Isabelline Shrike showed well this morning at The Hollies, Pakefield, supporting cast of SEOwl on the beach and a Snow Bunting further south, 2 Great Egrets in/off, also a very elusive Lapland Bunting

Firecrest in the copse east of Beach Farm

2 Scaup, 4 Sanderling Benacre Broad, RBMerganser and Purple Sandpiper south, a good movement of Shelduck south

Firecrest in the copse east of Beach Farm, Benacre, a Northern Wheatear north of the sluice and a flock of about 25 Whitefronts flew south

The juv Isabelline Shrike at Pakefield, photo taken by Chris Derby

Just enjoyed the Isabelline Shrike at the Hollies Caravan Park, Pakefield a nice find by Gavin Durrant, was my 4th in Suffolk

Benacre sea watch all north juv Sabine’s Gull, 11 Sooty, Manx Shearwater, 3 RBMerganser, 2 Goosander, 17 Eider, 4 Little Gulls

2 Jack Snipe, Clouded Yellow pool below Heathland’s, Kessingland

Jack Snipe, Rock Pipit pool below Heathland’s, Kessingland, Clouded Yellow north of Benacre Sluice

Meet our tame Pheasant, he comes into the garden every day to be fed and sits on our patio table looking in the window to let you know he’s there

Purple Sandpiper north of Southwold Pier and 4 Sanderling Easton Broad

Little Stint Benacre Broad this morning associating with a single Dunlin and a Ruff

2 Curlew Sandpipers, Garganey, 3 Ruff, Rock Pipit Benacre Broad

Nearly trod on a Short-eared Owl at Beach Farm, Benacre which flew off over the copse, a large diver offshore was almost certainly a Great Northern but only had bins today also a Wall Butterfly