Picking it up again.

 Today.

Pathways Care Farm: Rather a miserable day with rain squalls coming through now and again. With the rain at least the pond has started to fill for the winter. With an Easterly blow anything can turn up and with that Autumn has brought in the duck. First WIGEON of the winter and an increases in GADWALL numbers with 23. Also full number of LITTLE GREBE at six. Did not catch sight of KINGFISHER but call distinctive enough. Also one Jay.

Links Hill:  BRENT GEESE (Dark bellied) moving through. Count about 38 but again an increase in the CARRION CROW with 32. ROCK PIPIT two and TURNSTONE four. MEADPW PIPIT over as well. A single GANNET juvenal flew through.

And again

 Finding it increasingly difficult to keep up to date with sightings. But I am still getting out there and even today a single SWALLOW and found a HOODED CROW in the middle of nowhere. But following a reasonable few weeks in the area it has all calmed down. Last Monday had a a WHEATEAR fly through the garden. At Carlton on Wednesday had a juvenile GOLDEN PLOVER and a very late SPECKELED WOOD. A few weeks before in fact on September 4th I caught sight of a PURPLE HERON so still on the ball. There has been last Wednesday a movement of MEADOW PIPIT through as well.

It's along time.

 Still getting out there with the birding but increasingly more difficult, who cares anyway. 

Breydon on South Shore produced many Curlew and 47 SPOON BILL. Also an obliging COMMON SAND as well as both GODWIT, DUNLIN, KNOT, REDSHANK, AVOCET, GREENSHANK,MED GULL, SHELLDUCK, WHIMBRAL

August 2nd had a RED KITE over Corton Sewage Works

From my home a regular viewing of PERIGRINE, SPARROWHAWK. With regular visits to Pathways and Carlton Marsh.

Carlton Marsh SWT

 Regular call in.

Silver Water Beetle

Let the birds fly.

 Time to say a last farewell to a great birder and someone I well respected. Steve Piotrowski,  A great send of by the birding fraternity of Suffolk and beyond. While others shared in the service I stood outside were there was something to lean on. With over 250 people there was no room and stifling. So I trust that Steve would be pleased with the following.

Birding at Ellough  over the time of the farewell. 

SKYLARK   3,   GREENFINCH 1, BUZZARD 1, WOODPIGEON  32+ LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL  9, HERRING GULL 4, CARRION CROW 4, ROOK 2,

                        Now for a memory of days gone by. With our walk through Speyside.

Steve and Paddy

Recent update

 Pathways was rather slow today, time of year I expect as weather was supportive of birding. Of interest was the two. assumed. BROWN HAWKER. Two BUZZARD flying to the West but other than that just five SWALLOW.                                     Hoverfly Fake Hornet

Young Black Headed Gull. Links Hill.

Pathways Care Farm

 Regular visit with it being warm butterflies were on the mark. RINGLET, GATEKEEPER, CABBAGE WHITE, SMALL SKIPPER, LARGE SKIPPER, SILVER Y. In regards to birds, KINGFISHER feeding a young bird, COMMON BUZZARD, CHIFFCHAF, GREENFINCH, MALLARD, LITTLE GREBE. MOORHEN.

                                             Large Skipper

                                                                      Silver Y

Gatekeeper

Common Darter