Stu Buck

I’m giving the blue side a look! bsky.app/profile/stubuck.bsk… If you’re also on blue sky and we follow each other here give me a follow there and I’ll follow back. I’ll stay here too until I’ve seen how things are.

A great cause and a small thing to do for all of us who’ve descended on Mundesley for the Nutcracker.

This swallowtail was in my daughter’s North Walsham garden yesterday. Not the best pics so I can’t tell if it’s a local or continental. @BC_Norfolk

This lovely penduline tit at Titchwell showed well for a while after being relocated at Patsy pool. Thanks to the finders and for putting the news out. #penduline @RSPBTitchwell

The two Richard’s pipits at Happisburgh this morning showed rather well.

A small but growing crowd at Winterton this morning enjoying the Asian Desert Warbler. Showed sporadically well but spent much of the time skulking in various bushes. Well done to finder. #winterton #asiandesertwarbler

Some different views of the Siberian Stonechat at Weybourne Camp today.

A couple of days late to the party, but we were very pleased to find the Siberian stonechat at Weybourne Camp on and around the brambles just east of the guns today.

Some of this afternoon’s performers at Burnham Overy dunes, which included : 4+ c redstart, several whinchat, several wheatear, 2+ willow w, lesser whitethroat, several chiffs, 1+ garden w, m blackcap, hobby, plus all the usual suspects.

Pied flycatcher at Salthouse duck pond willows this morning.

Eight elephant hawk moth caterpillars from a square foot patch of long grass in my daughter’s Norfolk garden today. Saved from their little dogs who didn’t like them at all and barked bravely at them while also running away 😄. I’ve no idea why they were all gathered together.

Kittiwake watching the beach goers at Cromer today …

A first for us at Winterton toad pools. A kestrel hunting dragonflies. We watched it launch from a fence post, swoop down over the water and catch a male emperor. It seemed to bend to kill it on the wing, then land. After eating it, it carried on hunting over the pools.

Four-spotted chaser perched in a classic pose, from where it launched attacks against any other dragonfly that came too close.

Nice views of Temminck’s and little stints today at RSPB Titchwell

A few black darters were sunning themselves at Grimstone Warren on Sunday, and a first for me was this male and female joined pair ovipositing. Sadly I couldn’t find any scarce bluetail damselflies which was the main target of our visit.

One white letter and 3 purple hairstreaks, 4 silver wash fritillaries, many ringlets and a comma at brief visit to stonepit woods Kelling today. Hairstreaks always at very top of oak tree. One fritillary was an aberrant with darkish upper hind wings.

Astonished & delighted to see this common spotted orchid in the area we’ve let grow wild the last couple of years. No idea how it’s appeared. We’ve not particularly managed the area, and it was a lawn I seeded myself 30+ years ago. What do we need to do now for more to take hold?

Lesser yellowlegs viewed from Bishop’s hide at Cley this lunchtime. Reported as a possible in the fog this morning by @chrisgoodie1 and re-reported by @mcbuckland at Cley late morning while we were looking for it at Stiffkey!

Close up of frog orchids at Winks Meadow, Suffolk, today. Can you see the frog? 😀 @SWT_NE_Reserves