Pleased to see my first ever Purple Emperor on the path from the Bittern Hide to Island Mere @RSPBMinsmere @BC_Suffolk

Jailbird! Cattle Egret @ HMP Warren Hill on a gloomy February afternoon @BTO_Suffolk @SuffolkBirdGrp

Tundra Bean & Pink Footed geese keeping close formation on Loompit Lake @BTO_Suffolk @SuffolkBirdGrp

You need Bird Guides @michaelastracha #Winterwatch

Venus adjacent to crescent moon this evening

Amur Stonechat from @suffolkwildlife Trimley Marshes on Monday. A bird I would not have given much scrutiny if I hadn't known it was there. I wonder how many more are out there undiscovered?

Purple Sandpiper showed well this afternoon feeding on the rocks at Landguard @SuffolkBirdGrp

Short Eared Owl hunting at RSPB Hollesley this afternoon @Natures_Voice @SuffolkBirdGrp

Chinese Water Deer lying low yesterday afternoon @suffolkwildlife Trimley Marshes

How now brown cow? Cattle Egret @NorfolkWT Holme NNR

Family trip to @RSPBMinsmere for the red deer safari did not disappoint. Thanks to David for guiding @Natures_Voice

The obliging Kessingland Black Necked Grebe @BTO_Suffolk @SuffolkBirdGrp

Excellent views of this Merlin at RSPB Boyton Marshes yesterday. She was hawking dragonflies and causing surprisingly little alarm among the other birds on the scrape @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice

My first ever Grayling, seen @suffolkwildlife Trimley Marshes with the @IpswichRSPB group yesterday. Great conditions and a few good birds too

Canvasback seen yesterday at Abberton from LBC. Whinchat, 21 Spoonbills, 12+ Great White Egret other notables present @BirdWatchingMag @BirdGuides @EssexWildlife @EssexBirdNews @EBwSTweets

Great to see the Osprey family @RutlandWaterNR yesterday. 60 species seen in total over the day

Great to see my first ever Temminck's Stint @EssexWildlife Blue House Farm this afternoon. Thanks also to the local birders who shared views of distant Curlew & Wood Sands thru their scopes

Painted lady @RSPBLakenheath yesterday. For birds it was quality rather than quantity: Two families of cranes, 9 Great Egrets, prowling Bittern and a couple of Hobbies my highlights

Sitting on the fence- Common Darter, Moats Tye, Suffolk @BDSdragonflies

Great to see my first Red Backed Shrike @RSPBMinsmere today @suffolkwildlife