Pete Sutton

Retired UK Customs Officer; Wildlife and photography enthusiast; Rugby fan; Husband, Dad & Grandad. Don’t like the way things are going!

[Pete Sutton @petesutton1910]

Had a second go at the outstanding Westen Reef Heron at Foryd Bay today with @SeanOHa19117792 and @SchofieldColin. Better weather, better views and slightly better photos.

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Western Reef Heron... in Caernarfonshire!!!

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Spent a couple of hours at Rixton on a Quail hunt with @SchofieldColin this morning. Although a singing bird was quite close, frustratingly it didn't show itself. Did see a consolation (soggy) hunting Barn Owl, and numbers of both Grey Partridges and Corn Buntings, however.

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@SteveOnHilbre @HERDOFHERDHALL Pleased for you Steve.

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Woodchat Shrike at @RSPBSouthStack today... the heat haze was brutal!! Then on to the hills above Aber Falls where I managed to connect with this smart male Ring Ouzel. Shame about the half-term holiday traffic on the A55 🤬

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Went on a day a trip with #2 daughter to @Bempton_Cliffs today to photograph seabirds. Took the chance to update my year list with Puffins, but mainly pointed my camera at these lovely creatures:

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Finished our East Anglian birding trip by dropping into Blackpool on the way back to catch up with the two White-Winged Black Terns at Marton Mere. Record shots of the full adult. With @SchofieldColin

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@daveliverbirder @SchofieldColin Yes, we saw a few as we were leaving.

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East Anglia '26 day 3 with @SchofieldColin. A typically excellent day spent mostly at @RSPBMinsmere. Birds seen included: Turtle Dove, Stone Curlew, Little & Roseate Terns and Bearded Tits plus Bittern & Gull-Billed Tern (photographed).

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@daveliverbirder @SchofieldColin Thanks Dave… that was the bird heading off, never to be seen again. Lucky to get a couple of frames in focus!

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East Anglia day 1 with @SchofieldColin. Really good day's birding at RSPB Frampton Marsh and NWT Roydon Common. Seen, but not photographed: Temminck's & Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper & Hobby plus this Yellowhammer - the only bird that came close enough! Plus bonus Roe Deer.

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@gevaux_m Check your private messages!

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Pied Flycatcher at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, today with @SchofieldColin.

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Wood Warbler, Clocaenog Forest today.

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I don't normally do cute, but...

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Temminck's Stint at RSPB Marshside this morning.

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Lesser Whitethroat, Heswall Fields Wirral today.

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@almurray @James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters @PenguinUKBooks Got it for my birthday today!

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Back from my travels, out and about attempting to add to my year list. Curlew Sandpipers at RSPB Marshside and Yellow Wagtail at Hale, Cheshire (thanks @daveliverbirder).

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Lesvos '26 day 7. A superb final full day along the south west coast with @SchofieldColin. Some really good birds again (although nothing new - again), these few showed the best. Isabelline Wheatear, Lesser Kestrel, Red-Footed Falcon and a hard to find Rock Sparrow.