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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A Clouded Yellow that stopped still for once! By the bailey bridge at Southwold this morning @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

After a fair bit of searching we did manage to find Starred Agama in a couple of places on Lesvos. One of the things I particularly wanted to see.

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wall Brown is having a good year. 3rd generation now flying at Carlton Marshes SWT 😍 @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A small selection of butterflies seen on my trip to Lesvos in the last 2 weeks - Cardinal, Chapman’s Blue, Freyer’s Grayling and Aegean Meadow Brown

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A lovely little ‘flock’ of 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Children’s Corner, Lowestoft this evening. Feeding actively in the surf just off the beach

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Juvenile Red-footed Falcon in busy urban Lowestoft this late afternoon. Causing quite a stir with the rush-hour commuters!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today’s Lowestoft drift migrants - Pied Flycatcher, Willow Warbler and Wheatears. Great to be out and about and not knowing what you might find around the next corner…

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

More drift migrants on the NE Suffolk coast today - Pied Flycatcher, Wheatear and a Wryneck (honestly!)

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A lovely Whinchat in the last rays of sun today - Kessingland beach, 200 yards from our front door! 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A couple of nice micro moths trapped in Kessingland last night - the nationally scarce Rosy Knot-horn (aka the rhubarb and custard moth!) and Saltmarsh Knot-horn #teammoth @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Some marvellous moths trapped overnight in Kessingland - Dewick’s Plusia, Sallow Kitten, Pebble Prominent and Gold Spot. Also my 2nd Striped Hawkmoth of the week.

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The best from my moth trap on the NE Suffolk coast last night - Striped Hawkmoth, Oak Processionary Moth, Coast Dart and Toadflax Brocade @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A couple of highlights of a trip to the Woodbridge area in Suffolk today - Ornate Shieldbug and Strawberry Clover

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@mothiduk.bsky.social Could this be Spotted White Plume? Trapped in coastal NE Suffolk last night. Many thanks in advance 🤪

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Great Green Bush Cricket at Lound Lakes, Norfolk today. One of 3 seen while out with the Norfolk Fungus Study Group 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Maritime Mason Wasp, Ancistrocerus scoticus on Marsh-mallow at Benacre Broad, Suffolk today

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oak Scymnus, Scymnus auritus a very local (and tiny!) species seen in central Norwich today. My thanks to @norwichbirder.bsky.social for some excellent directions!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Some very nice insects in Kessingland Dunes yesterday evening when all the ladybirds had disappeared. I think these are Dune Robberfly, Silvery Leafcutter Bee and Grooved Sharp-tail Bee

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We seem to have a bit of an arrival of 7-spot Ladybirds on Kessingland beach this afternoon. Millions!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Some nice micros trapped in Kessingland this past weekend - Nyctegretis lineana, Platytes alpinella, Agapeta zoegana and Catoptria pinella. The first one in particular being very localised. The joys of being on the coast!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Some rather lovely butterflies seen over the last couple of days in the Shropshire Hills - Marbled Whites aplenty, the last of the years Wood Whites, Small Tortoiseshells and the first Graylings

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A surprise White-legged Damselfly that decided to roost next to my chair on our campsite this evening. Wenlock Edge, Shropshire Not bad when you’re chilling and supping wine! 🤪

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Quite a few Scarlet Tigers on the wing in the roasting conditions in Shropshire 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A Grass Snake that bit off a little more than it could chew with this Common Toad. Eventually it gave up and the toad lives to fight another day! At Holt Lowes @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A rather interesting female Silver-studded Blue on Kelling Heath, Norfolk. I have never seen a female with blue on the upper wing apart from the ones on the Great Orme. @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Long-headed Poppies at West Runton, Norfolk today. This area seems to be a bit of a stronghold for them. @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

1st summer female Red-footed Falcon at Westwood Marshes, Walberswick, Suffolk today

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Tens of thousands of Small-flowered Catchflies on Gorleston Cliffs at the moment. These used to be rare! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Very excited to find Bithynian Vetch on the NE Suffolk coast at Kessingland yesterday. A site it was recorded at in 1975 then 2004 and now 2026! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Pleased to find some naturalised Dusky Crane’s-bill close to home in Kessingland this evening 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The nationally rare tiny soldier beetle Cerapheles terminatus at Oulton Marshes today. May even be a first for Suffolk

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A couple of new plants for me today - Nettle-leaved Figwort and Caraway. Both growing beside the River Wensum in central Norwich @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The scarce spider Hypositticus pubescens has a liking for human habitation. This one was on my bedroom window frame in coastal NE Suffolk

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Gorse Seed Weevil, Exapion ulicis - a tiny weevil found today on Walberswick Common, Suffolk

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Black Redstarts in the Lowestoft area can be very hit and miss but this gorgeous male was very much a hit this morning 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some great views of Iberian Chiffchaff on Westleton Heath, Suffolk this morning. Singing continuously

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Very happy to find this beauty on Lowestoft South Beach this afternoon. It looked good for a Baltic Gull so I took a hasty phone pic. Id confirmed by people far more into gulls than me!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Early Colletes in the dunes at Kessingland, NE Suffolk today 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

One of the five Shorelarks wintering by Kessingland Shore Pools. Now beginning to look quite smart

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Whooper Swan resting up on the beach by Lowestoft South Pier this morning.

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A great day out in our NE Suffolk home area - Ferruginous Duck, Garganey, Sand Martin and Saucer Beetle at Carlton Marshes followed by Marsh Tit, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Comma and Dark-edged Bee-fly at North Cove

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The Waxham Glaucous Gull was busy annoying the local Grey Seals today!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Slightly better photographs of the wintering Hume’s Warbler in Sparrow’s Nest Gardens, Lowestoft today. Probably still need to try again though!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Pleased to see that we still have resident Noble False Widows despite moving house!

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My first good garden find at our new abode in Kessingland, East Suffolk - the nationally scarce diving beetle Hydaticus seminiger 😍

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kessingland shore pools - now 5 Shorelarks, 3 Snow Buntings, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 pairs of Ringed Plovers

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Some great wildfowling at SWT Carlton Marshes today - American Wigeon, Tundra Bean Goose and Russian White-fronted Goose

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Mezereon (aka Daphne!) - one of the absolute delights of late winter. Enough to brighten the greyest of days - and we’ve had a few of those! Breckland yesterday

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