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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Two Goosanderat Minsmere on the point of taking wing after a rest. An hour previously they were observed coming in off the sea.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Shelduck, Grey Heron and Spoonbills shortly after sunset this evening on Breydon Water. Still a small number of Whimbrel about, too.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A 'Pick-billed Murre' (in 'old Devonian') off Ness Point, Lowestoft this afternoon; a R-t Diver nearby. No other seabirds. Wildfowl inc 21 D-b Brent (two parties), 4 Greylag, 1 Pintail, and 10 Scoter S in 45 mins.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Looking South across Wickhzmpton marshes, Norfolk. In the churchyard Hornet, Hummingbird Hawkmoth and a fresh male Wall Brown butterfly.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A very smart (and mostly somnolent) 1cy Caspian Gull on Gorleston beach at 1630hrs.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Preparing to jump - some of the fifteen Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Lowestoft today.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

White Stork near Shotesham early evening - note distal half of bill is muddy. At close range it is possible to see that the metal ring on the right upper-leg bears a printed 'code'.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Cattle Egret (1 of 4) at Carlton Marshes. A Swift flew across the Waveney at treetop height at 1733hrs. Greenshank heard, 3 distant Tringa sp. (prob. Green Sand), 5 raptor spp. inc. Hobby; 2 Barn Owls; 3 spp. Hirundine inc. 26(+) House Martin. Bittern & Bearded Tit. A v. portly shrew sp. foraging.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Little Stint on Breydon South flats 1330hrs. A beautifully marked juv Curlew Sandpiper was less confiding.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

An interesting duo on Gorleston beach at 7.30 this evening: a Caspian Gull with untypically dark upper-wing coverts, and a possible hybrid/intergrade showing Great Black-backed x Caspian influence.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A Small Copper deftly navigating the spines of Sea Holly on Great Yarmouth's North Denes this afternoon.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

B.o.C of Black Stork at Horsey mid afternoon - after a bit of a wild goose chase. A Hummingbird Hawkmoth on Low Road Winterton earlier.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Gorleston beach 1930hrs: juv Caspian Gull (probably female), found by Oscar Lawrence mid-morning (but not located mid-afternoon when beach crowded). Last seen snoozing 1950hrs.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A study in 'jizz' - looking W as the sun declines, a Spoonbill at the confluence of the Yare and Waveney. On nearby exposed mud adult and juv Little Egret, c. 375 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit and 4 Knot. Two adult Mediterranean Gulls > E towards their 'capital' Great Yarmouth.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Great Green Bush Cricket at Lound Lakes SWT reserve today. (Note that raised antenna almost reaches the top of the frame).

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Alsike Clover on a field margin this morning nr Hopton, close to the county boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A successful hunt for Sulphur Clover in S. Norfolk yesterday also yielded a single dense patch of Annual Beard-grass (aka "Rabbit's-foot Grass"). Roadside reserves provide vital protection for the former. Latter known in S England since 16th C at least.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hedge Woundwort and Tutsan in S. Norfolk this morning; also the first White Admiral, 'hutchinsoni' type Comma, Meadow Browns and Large Skippers for 2026. Good also to have an overdue catchup with Matt Shore (all too often 'gone fishin' these days!).

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Northern Marsh Orchid today at Banavie near Fort William - one of a number which had, thankfully, been 'reprieved' by the local authorities responsible for 'cutting and strimming'.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Sulphur Clover just coming into flower at a site in S. Norfolk that I found while looking for Purple Emperor butterflies in 2025. It seems to be scarce even where it is found.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Thirsty work for a queen? At first I thought this hornet, here drinking at a garden pond at Lound Lakes Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserve, was a Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The beautifully marked Small-flowered Catchfly at Gorleston, Norfolk on Wednesday evening.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A damaged and worn, but still zctive, Painted Lady butterfly, one of c.10 observed in varying states of wear, at Lound Lakes on the Norfolk-Suffolk county boundary early evening 1st May.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

@norwichbirder.bsky.social Hi James - attached, photographed at Salthouse in early Sept. last year, has just been accepted as Norfolk's 1st Southern Small White. The youthful finder sought advice on submission so I am glad I encouraged him to do so. Would the Society welcome a 'write up'? Best, J.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A scene that would have appealed to W.M. Turner at Burgh Flats this evening, near where the river Waveney meets Yare.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Have just received an interesting article from SW France about what appears to be a new, possibly 'invasive', addition to European avifauna - Lelothix lutea variously known as the Peking Nightingale or 'Lipstick Bird'. Said to be four figure populations in N. Italy and nr. Pyrennees.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Two of the dozen or so still flowering Small-flowered Catchflies noted along Gorleston cliffs last eve - as well as several soaked in turquoise weed-killer, alas. I have never previously noted a pink one showing 'quinquevulnera' marks.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Red Bartsia and Marsh Mallow this evening at Minsmere on the Suffolk coast #WildflowerHour

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Common Blue and Wall Butterfly at Lound Lakes ('Nuffolk') today. The latter, a male, showed signs of wear and could have emerged last month - four weeks earlier than the traditional emergence of this species' second brood.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

An enjoyable spell of butterfly watching at Lound Lakes on the county boundary yielded at least 11 species inc. Peacock (3), Red Admiral (6: 4 fresh, 2 faded), Painted Lady (3 sightings of prob one recently emerged), Comma c.12 and Small Tortoiseshell (the attached and one other, battle scarred).

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A Marbled White butterfly > E along Thames footpath just above Hampton Court bridge at 11 a.m. approx. I was able to follow it through binoculars as it headed across the river gaining height > NE. The nearest site for the species that I can think of is near Box Hill on the North Downs.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Norwich Castle and cattle market, circa 1860. It's difficult, at times, not to be nostalgic (!)

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillary in N E Norfolk today. A male Gatekeeper at Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe was about 10 days earlier than usual.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

On the S Wall of Breydon Water another Painted Lady this evening. At least 16 Mediterranean Gulls, very few waders, one Common Tern, excellent view of hunting Hobby and over N Wall a juv Peregrine 'seeing off' a male Marsh Harrier. Two Egyptian Geese on 'the Lumps' after 8pm were a surprise.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Perhaps on account of the dry spring, the flowers of some Pyramidal Orchids are scarcely larger than a thumbnail; a dozy Tree Bumblebee B. hypnorum, a recent colonist, allowed a close approach last evening.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This has got me foxed so confirmation or correction welcome #wildflowerhour - my best guess is a dwarf form of Common Cudweed: it is at home in the narrow gaps between cobblestones long with small Buck's-horn Plantains.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Cut-leaved Cranesbill and Tutsan near the Norfolk - Suffolk county boundary this evening #wildflowerhour

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Two of three Painted Ladies encountered on Breydon S Wall near Humberstone Farm 1915hrs-2000hrs this evening. The fresher of the two chased off all winged intruders.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A rather striking Grey Squirrel enjoying a 'freebie' after hours at Minsmere RSPB - do we know if this 'morph' occurs in the wild in N. America?

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A piece of Jet found on the North Denes, Great Yarmouth, perhaps washed down from NE England. One or two specks of quartz-like material, conspicuous in bright sunlight, can just be made out.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Painted Lady - not much bigger than a Wall butterfly, so presumed male, slightly worn - nr Breydon Water this afternoon.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@davidpappleton.bsky.social You may have perceived that your namesake is the Norfolk recorder for lacewings, Snakeflies etc.(!) Botany angle: I was photographing Sweet Cicely (gone over now and whether wild or a throw-out I am unsure) at that grid ref when the Snakefly landed on me. Super locality

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@matone972.bsky.social This one foxed Seek which would only say 'Mustard family'. Have just sent it to county recorder to confirm id as Hoary Stock. V. few Norfolk records even as a garden 'throw-out'.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social Hello Jo - I spotted the attached yesterday just 50m from my front door on a patch of uncultivated ground. Leaves of of Matthiola incana (Rose & O'Reilly p. 209) seem slightly different, so would be grateful for confirmation of correct id. Hope all is well, Jeremy

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@applewildlife.bsky.social My apologies! But a little serendipity as you say is always nice. A little reading around the subject tells me that Snakeflies are seen when dislodged from the treetops. Wind strength only moderate on Sunday. Remarkable that she should alight on my hand.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@davidpappleton.bsky.social Hi David - id.ing the Snakefly to species was on my to do list so thank you for saving me time in research. It was very confiding and I had to coax it on to a twig eventually. Ref is 775941 (OS Map 144): hope that's correct - S end of track at Cranwich Camp. Best JG

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Mating Small Blues and an unwelcome intruder in W. Norfolk today; an unannounced visitor in the form of one of the four difficult to distinguish species of Snakefly.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Norfolk non-natives - but always good to encounter: Sweet Cicely(I can still smell the aniseed!) and Bloody Cranesbill #wildflowerhourBSBI

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A Small Tortoiseshell which I rescued last Sunday from inside the quaint church at Burgh Saint Peter opposite Carlton Marshes - a Peacock butterfly was lying dead close by. Sunshine helped the Tortoiseshell to revive. Hopefully it had strength enough to get through till morning.

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Jeremy Gaskell @jeremygaskell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Interesting plants encountered during a visit to three Suffolk churches with the Roundtower Society at the weekend: last year's remains of the very local Small Teasel at Mettlingham, and the locally common Meadow Saxifrage at Barsham.

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