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Birder,Norfolk. Likes sketching-also swimming, park run and empty beaches

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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The east Norfolk Black- winged kite has been pretty faithful to a couple of hedgerows throughout the summer. Although mostly distant as a grey dot, some artistic license was needed to make this picture!😁
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Ed Keeble @edkeeble.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here was nice on the Stour late evening last week- Greenshank stepping out on the turning tide. Or for non-birders, aliens nervously stepping out of a crashed space module. #BirdArt
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cranes on stubble field, east Norfolk
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Well worth the jog down to Lowestoft to enjoy the extremely confiding Red-footed falcon
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Little group of wood sandpipers dropped onto Simmonds Scrape, Cley , last night
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Little terns, Norfolk. I enjoyed painting the pebbles as much as the terns😁
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Goodness knows what a jack snipe is doing at Cley in July. It’s been around for a couple of weeks but gave good views last night. It’s got a gammy left leg
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A trio of green sandpipers at Cley
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Twitch down memory lane. Enjoyed watching the Hudsonian Godwit in the company of several greenshank at Cattawade this morning
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Squacco heron from Kelling WM last night
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Grey Plovers, Snettisham. Acrylic work up of sketches from the spring
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Little tern and chick sketch, Norfolk
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Some fancy ruff returning to Cley over last few days
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Been a good May passage for tundra Ringed Plovers along the coast. Peak count of 130 one evening at Cley.
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Impressive poppy field in N Norfolk
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Glossy ibis from last night at Cley. Good views from Bishop’s hide
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A few of a spectacular 3000+ grey plover at Snettisham last week. One of the best waders IMO
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There has been a strong showing of wood sandpipers at Cley, with 4-6 birds daily from late April to mid May. The reflections from a nearby rape field caught my eye with this bird one evening.
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
It’s been one of the best springs in a long time for waders at Cley, with a rejuvenated North Scrape attracting most of the action
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Tundra ringed plovers and a stunning summer turnstone at Cley today
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Temminck’s stint and tundra ringed plovers- classic May combo at Cley
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Great to see 13 bee-eaters lingering this morning at Lessingham😁
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The Cley Eye Field often holds whimbrel and godwits passing through in late April. Enjoyed watching 6 of each in past few days
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Recently back from a superb trip to NEIndia. There has been a lot of changes since my first visit to India in 1984- and the birding remains high quality 😁
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
High Arctic meets The Mediterranean-on a Norfolk potato field today! The two best gulls in the world, side by side. Wow!
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Yesterday I saw one of these. Aranachal Pradesh, NE India
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It’s been a good winter for Jack Snipe at Cley NWT, with a bird favouring the cut reeds near Bishop’s Hide.However, seeing them is a different matter !
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Nice Crane this morning in fields above Cley NWT
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Hickling Black- winged Kite was pretty reliable over the Brograve Levels throughout most of January. I managed to catch up with it on a rare sunny day in January
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Cranes getting vocal at Hickling
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Caught up with the Iceland Gull that’s been at Sea Palling the last count of weeks
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
One from late autumn when there was a bit more colour in the saltmarsh. Shovelers on brackish marsh, Cley
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Cranes and water deer in a snowy Broads today, St.Benet’s Abbey
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
More Brent on an Essex saltmarsh, Leigh- on-Sea
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I don’t often see black- necked grebes so was pleased to see 4 together whilst visiting family in Essex -although not the 7 reported here recently.
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Jack snipe have been showing well from Bishop’s hide at Cley NWT this autumn. Great to eventually catch up with one today and spent an enjoyable morning sketching it along with 6 water pipits that dropped in. Quality!
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Brent geese feeding on spring tide. Two-tree Is. Essex
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Young shelduck and godwits, Bishop’s Hide, Cley, late August
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
The 2 pec sands at Salthouse eventually gave themselves up, after staying hidden amongst reeds and vegetation for long periods
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Up to 6 Caspian gulls still being seen at Cromer
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Black-winged kite, Hickling. Second record in 2 years-?returning bird?
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Spent a lovely couple of hours watching waders at North Point pools, Wells. Highlight was 2 juvvy Temminck’s stints that suddenly appeared but didn’t stay long as flushed by a hobby. Garganey also in attendance
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Wryneck and blackberries-hopefully there’ll be a few about in the next few weeks
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Probably my least satisfying twitch: Fantailed Warbler, Walberswick-saved by brief scope views perched in reeds at 200m😜
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Cattle egrets are now part of the summer scene at Cley, along with the spoonbills
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Popped over to Rockland Broad to see Norfolk’s first pair of breeding Ospreys. Two healthy young were feeding well
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Good year for Cromer peregrines with 3 young successfully fledged. Best year since they first bred here in 2019 and also raised 3 young
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
All quiet in The Broads this evening
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Spent a couple of evenings back in May with the Red- footed falcons at Carlton Marshes, Suffolk.They deserved a painting
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garywright62.bsky.social @garywright62.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Marsh Warbler, Cley. Blasting out bursts of bee-eater,blackbird, goldfinch,blue tit, house sparrow, swallow,swift, grey heron and oystercatcher… amongst others
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