Simon

Birder and Local Patcher.
Also Butterflies, Dragonflies and all Wildlife in general.
Based on North Norfolk coast near Cromer.

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@JeanHaines A Silver-washed Fritillary. It's a female of the form 'valezina' hence why it's not the usual orange colour.

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The Dusky Warbler at Trimingham this afternoon

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The Siberian Stonechat on the west side of Cromer this afternoon.

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@LingwoodMurray Thanks. Will be interesting to see how things develop there given the female was seen egg laying on at least 4 days last week. There's still a chance they are still present and with better weather forecast next week hopefully they will be seen again.

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Scarlet Darters at Crossways

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A few shots of the female Scarlet Darter when she came on to the lake to egg lay.

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@SueBryan2 Was there last week, just finally got round to posting them!

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A few more of the Scarlet Darters at Crossways

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A few more photos of the Long-tailed Blues in Brighton last month.

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Long-tailed Blue at Whitehawk Hill, Brighton last month

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One of the 3 Bee-eaters currently at Trimingham. Despite the initial nesting attempt having sadly failed, they are still present and continuing to regularly visit the nest burrow, so there's still hope that they will try again.

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@grifbag1 The birds don't come any closer than 100-200 metres from the viewpoint and are often even more distant, so combined with the heat haze don't expect anything other than record shots. A visit in the morning is best for photos as by late morning you are starting to look into the sun

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@AnSolasOir @WiWildlife @HebridesBirds Looks like a Common Blue Damselfly

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@birdingprof @jahanlon2 Had one at Trimingham this afternoon. Award winning pic ☺️

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A freshly arrived Yellow-browed Warbler on the clifftop at Trimingham this afternoon before it quickly headed off to find shelter from the wind and approaching rain.

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Record shot of 3 of the recently fledged juvenile Bee-eaters, Trimingham August 2022.

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Juvenile Bee-eater Trimingham, August 2022.

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A few photos of one of the juvenile Bee-eaters from the breeding colony at Trimingham taken in late August.

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The Overstrand Barred Warbler. Many thanks to @norwichbirds for the find and news.