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@roxby_malcolm @MJLbirder I was thinking exactly the same, I thought Marcus had got hold of a time machine & bumped into his younger self

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Striped Hawkmoth in my Great Cornard garden traps this morning, amazingly for my inland garden it's the 2nd record after one 4 years ago

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Another late afternoon wander out to Old Hall Marshes; the American Golden Plover 📷 was still in Abbotts Hall Breach, Temminck's Stint 📷, Pectoral Sand 📷, Curlew Sand📷 , Wood Sand on Bale Field plus at least 9 Whimbrel

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Late afternoon at Old Hall Marshes, the Am Golden Plover still in Abbotts Hall Breach, Little Stint 📷, 3 Wood Sands 📷, Spotted Red 📷, 2 Greenshank, 8 Whimbrel on Bale Field, hepatic Cuckoo along path from Salcott. Then 1s Lt Gull 📷 at Abberton from Billets Screen in evening

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Adult summer plumaged American Golden Plover at Old Hall Marshes this afternoon, was showing well on Bale Field when I arrived but flew passed at close range calling & out onto the mudflats, then popped into Wigborough Bay, Abberton on the way home & the Glossy Ibis dropped in

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An excellent hour at Wigborough Bay, Abberton Reservoir this evening after work; 47+ Black Terns, ad Little Gull, Glossy Ibis, 11 Greenshank, 3 Whimbrel & plenty of Yellow Wagtails.

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@Paul_Langley80 On the reserve between Island & Gwens Hides

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A few recent sightings; Tawny Pipit from Landguard today, Green Hairstreak & Green-winged Orchids from Abberton recently.

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50 species seen this evening at Giffords Flash, StokebyNayland, Suffolk incl. 3 Wood Sand, Cattle Egret, Hobby, 3 Swift, 2 LRP, 3 drk Mandarin, 2 Raven, all 3 hirundine sp. singing Reed & Sedge Warbler, Common & Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo & Kingfisher

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@PhilWoollen Chilton/Gt Waldingfield, typo - should have said NE

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Nice male Wheatear at the disused airfield just NW of Sudbury, Suffolk this afternoon

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A few interesting species from Kiln Farm, Long Melford today;
Horseshoe Ladybird (Clitostethus arcuatus) beaten from Yew
Ant Woodlouse (Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii) in an ant hill
Plum Woodlouse (Porcellionides pruinosus) in a manure heap
Dermestes murinus from a Muntjac head

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Pair of Lesser Scaup at Giffords Flash, Stoke by Nayland this afternoon

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Phone-scoped shots from an couple of brief visits to Abberton Reservoir this week, pair of Lesser Scaup in PeldonBay, Canvasback & Ring-necked Duck from Billets Screen plus 1 of 2 near adult Yellow-legged Gulls in Wigborough Bay

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Great White Egret at Shalford Meadow, Lt Cornard today, the 9 White-fronted Geese still present plus the 2 Barnacle Geese also 36 Wigeon & 24 Gadwall

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Shalford Meadow, Lt Cornard yesterday afternoon & this morning; 5 Pintail (2 drk), 5 Goosander (3 drk), 9 White-fronted Geese, 2 Barnacle Geese (ad & 1w), 6 Lapwing, 17 Shoveler, 44 Gadwall & 37 Wigeon the highlights

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Excellent days birding at Abberton Reservoir, 83 species recorded, highlights; 3 Tundra Bean 📷 & 26 White-fronted Geese, 5 Smew (4 drk), Lesser Scaup. 12 Gtr Scaup, 3 Bewick's Swans 📷, 10 Med Gulls, 92 Curlew, 3 Corn Buntings📷, Blackcap in sub-song & 4 RC Pochard

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25 White-fronted Geese at Henny on the Essex side of the river Stour this afternoon, meanwhile at Shalford Meadow, Lt Cornard on the Suffolk side there were 118 Lapwing, 15 Common Snipe, 170 Teal, 30 Gadwall, 23 Wigeon & 8 Shoveler enjoying the floodwater

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Highlights from an excellent days birding at Abberton despite a late start; drake Lesser Scaup, 13 Greater Scaup, 5 Bewick's Swan, 2 Common Scoter, Slav Grebe, 5 Little Stint, 61 Dunlin, 2 Green Sands, 18 Curlew, 12 Ruff, Rock Pipit, Kingfisher Red Kite & at least 17 GWE

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Highlights of moth trapping at Kiln Farm with @dku1000 last night; Plumed Prominent, Scarce Umber & December Moth