Matthew Deans

Suffolk birder for 40 years and moth-man for 25 years. Based on the Bawdsey Peninsula, Suffolk.

[Matthew Deans @DeansMatthew]

With all the excitement of the past week of mothing, this Concolorous trapped @Bawdsey_Hall on 28 May largely went under the radar. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

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Agrotera nemoralis (Beautiful Pearl) and Striped Hawk-moth @Bawdsey_Hall last night. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

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Feathered Beauty from @Bawdsey_Hall last night. Also Ni Moth, Gem, Flame Wainscot and Bordered Straw. An Eastern Bordered Straw in my garden at Hollesley. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

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Delighted to get a second chance at the Gull-billed Tern at @RSPBMinsmere this afternoon having missed it by minutes on 20 May! Only my second GBT in Suffolk. It's very mobile and gave me the runaround today.

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Powdered Grass-veneer (Thisanotia chrysonuchella) from @Bawdsey_Hall last night. A new pyralid moth for Bawdsey. The second vc25 record. Likely an immigrant. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

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Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) from the @Bawdsey_Hall traps last night. A 'first' for Bawdsey. @MigrantMothUK @BC_Suffolk

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@MisterThomasP @MisterJamesP8 Great photo. You get about!

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@JLowenWildlife @travel_wildlife @WildlifePrecey That's a really stunning Purple Marbled. The ones we get here are usually the dull forms.

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@BLI_Jim Great shot, Jim. I hope you had a good time away in S.A.

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A gorgeous male Snow Bunting from Landguard, Suffolk, on 22 February. Three birds have been present here for much of the winter but will soon be off to their breeding grounds.

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@Craigshaw333 Very nice clip that.

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An enjoyable morning at Carlton Marshes, Suffolk, with the highlight the continuing drake American Wigeon. Also seen were a single Tundra Bean Goose and c150 White-fronted Geese.

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@Craigshaw333 Glad you made it pal.

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Record shot of Slavonian Grebe at Hollesley Marshes, Suffolk, this afternoon. A rare bird in the county since the demise of the Stour wintering population in recent years.

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Hume's Warbler at Lowestoft, Suffolk this morning. A very active bird which showed well. A very pale individual with a call similar to a Pied Wagtail.

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@nature_michelle Thanks, Michelle. Yes, plenty of good birds to see in Suffolk. Just need some decent weather to enjoy them!

[Matthew Deans @DeansMatthew]

Dartford Warbler singing on the Suffolk coast this morning. It was also good to see Wood Larks and Crossbills today.

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Record shot of one of the Zitting Cisticolas at Walberswick, Suffolk, in nice winter light this morning.

[Matthew Deans @DeansMatthew]

It was nice to see my first Killdeer on British soil in twenty years today at Ripley, Hampshire. Also, Little Gull of note here. Then, on to Holbury for the Great-tailed Grackle.

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Aurora borealis from Suffolk last night and Aurora australis from Victoria, Australia yesterday (taken by my sister).