Mike Edgecombe

Retired dentist& implant surgeon. Mad birder. rainforest loving Asiaphile, pilot. ex (and poor) ski instructor!

[Mike Edgecombe @EdgecombeM]

Great to enjoy this 1st record for Britain of Western Reef Heron in its near perfect summer finery.

[Mike Edgecombe @EdgecombeM]

@silveryk @tescomobile Welcome home!!😉

[Mike Edgecombe @EdgecombeM]

It’s that time of year again! The first Bee Orchids appearing in our wild flower border surrounding our pond. Hopefully many more will appear over the next few weeks.

[G R I F T Y @GriftReport]

Travellers have brazenly started turning a protected 4-acre wildlife haven into a caravan site in Willows Green near Felsted, Essex,

an army of around 30 vehicles and diggers descended under cover of darkness on Friday night using floodlights and generators,

they ripped up vegetation, bulldozed protected habitats for great-crested newts, destroyed an ancient hedgerow and filled in a ditch with rubble to create a new access road,

all of this happened just hours after Uttlesford District Council closed its doors for the entire three-day Bank Holiday weekend,

locals woke up to the shocking devastation and say the council had been warned but took no pre-emptive action,

by the time offices reopen on Tuesday the field could already be a fully fledged caravan park,

residents are furious at the total failure to protect the pristine countryside and rare wildlife including albino fallow deer,

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Ross’s Gull are globally very difficult to see. A high Arctic species that just occasionally visits our shores and this the first I’ve seen in Norfolk for 42 years. A lovely Ist winter bird at Thornham today

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@andysbutler Often seen them higher up but never before at Samoëns 1600. Clearly this late winter spell having an influence

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@LewisStuff Forgotten about that one!! Slightly before my time

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A dash this morning to Lowestoft for what would have been Britains first ever Pallas's Gull. Alas it wasn't one but nice to catch up with the overwintering Hume's Warbler.

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Managed to catch up with this nice Red-flanked Bluetail that had been found only a few miles from home. Once an extremely rare vagrant to the UK but over the last few decades a more regular bird due to westward expansion of its breeding range. Still a crowd pleasing bird

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After a 2 year absence it was nice to record this Little Owl in the garden staking out our feeders. Perched like this reminded me of another yellow eyed beauty in Shetland a few years back!!

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What a beauty at Sheringham beach. Not the normal Christmas redbreast but a lovely Eastern Black Redstart

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@keelebirder I had a 4 hour snowshoe trek to see mine but worth all the effort. Such a stunning bird.

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@latterash @RupertLowe10 @JulianFerrier I’m not surprised you feel like that Ashley. A man who has supported the business of dentistry so well for decades, helping many thousands of small dental businesses become more successful. Small businesses that are the linchpin of our economy-and this is how she thanks you!!

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@MikeSmi06339415 Exactly!

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I’ve heard lots of complaints about the noisy images taken by the Canon R5ii but I certainly find it incredible in low light. This Firecrest at Titchwell is a perfectly usable image despite 51,200ISO

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@wildnorfolk Never used canon’s DPP. Do you recommend? Found it quite clunky to use. Be interested in your thoughts on editing

[Mike Edgecombe @EdgecombeM]

@LewisStuff DXO pure raw and then edited in Lightroom but not much

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A rewarding visit to Holme where this Hume’s Warbler showed low enough in the brambles to enable me to capture the subtle plumage of yet another Asian vagrant from the east.

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The diminutive Pallas’s Warbler is a classic November delight and thanks to ⁦@Oriole_Ashley⁩ for finding this one at Wells woods this afternoon

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The north east Norfolk coast has attracted a few Pallid Swifts over the years and it was good to catch up with this superbly fresh individual with @Vaasetter