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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Waxham this AM: 22 Brent, 50 Wigeon, 65 Teal, 34 Common Scoter and 2 smart drake Eider on the move offshore as well as two Black Terns, Arctic Skua and Sooty Shearwater.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

More snaps of yesterday evenings Caspian Gulls at Cromer...

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Enjoyable morning at Waxham. 1CY Caspian Gull along dunes, some vis-mig featuring mainly Jays, Mipits and Linnets. 2 Great White Egrets inland and a Shoveler offshore.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A non-birding day on the coast ended at Cromer, where two Caspian Gulls remained, including the Dutch-ringed bird “O:S”.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This mornings offerings from Waxham...Given that I was out doing a bat survey last night prehaps I should have stayed in bed! Hoping next Thursday holds 🤞

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pottered around East Norfolk today...light passage of Mipits & Swallow at Waxham first thing then c.200 Swallows/ House Martins feeding over Dunes with single Swift in the PM. Ten Cattle Egrets on Potter Heigham Reedbed and a approachable Med Gull at Walcott.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just managed to squeeze in a two hour seawatch before work which saw 24 Arctic Skuas south past Waxham + a Bonxie and Sooty Shearwater north. Very quiet besides that.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Curlew Sand south offshore this PM, along with recent additions of Caspian Gull, Common Sand and Razorbill, takes my Waxham yearlist to 117. Other recent h/lights: 3 Greenshank north today, c.150 Swallows south last night with 5 Swifts, and a Med Gull count that probably just crept into 4 figures!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Several enjoyable sessions at Waxham over the past 3 days peaking last night with at least 5 Pied Flys, Redstart, Spot Fly, and 6 Willow Wblrs all north of S-lC.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A slight improvement last night with 182 of 50 spp.. NFG Udea ferrugalis + Ethmia quadrillella, 65+ Scrobipalpa ocellatella, Plutella xylostella and 2 Dark-bordered Pearls. #norfolkmoths

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

44 spp. out of 127 moths during night of the 13th in NR7. Hightlights were 4 Scthropia crataegella, Cydia amplana, Ypsolopha sequella, 11 Scobipalpa ocellatella, Orange Swift and Figure of Eighty.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Smartish looking Turnstone from Waxham the other night.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

More photos from Dungeness: Tree Cricket, Helops caeruleus and Coleophora galbulipennella.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Went to checkout Arnolds Marsh at Cley this afternoon and found another very obliging Great Green Bush-cricket in East Bank car park.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

At least 16 Great Green Bush-crickets in song at Waxham last night. @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

37 spp. in NR7 last night inc. 2 Evergestis limbata, Plutella xylostella, Small Mottled Willow, Silver Y, several Scrobipalpa ocellatella and new to me - Gypsonoma minutana. #norfolkmoths

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The other bonus species...2AMish just settling down after some moth trapping and a phone rings in the Obs. Next thing David and I are in the car heading out to join the others and arrived just in time to here the last two burst of song.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Large Conehead, Dungeness. We returned to a spot in daylight where we’d heard them singing the previous night and our luck was in!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

On our way home after a fantastic trip to Dungeness to look for Orthoptera (& moths)! We managed to see all our targets: Large Conehead, Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket, Southern Oak Bush-cricket and Tree Cricket. We even had a couple of bonus species, including Blue-winged Grasshoppers near Folkestone!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hattrick - Scarce, Eastern and Bordered Straws from @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Back at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social for 48hrs and things have started well! 📷 Med. Stick Insect, Eastern Bordered Straw and Striped Hawk-moth.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

At least one Queen of Spain Fritillary still showing well at NWT Ringstead Downs this afternoon. Lots of Hummingbird Hawk-moths on the Knapweed on the way down!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Another Hummingbird Hawk-moth but this time an adult. Taken just over a week ago in Oxfordshire...

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hummingbird Hawk-moth from Saxlingham Nethergate today.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A good haul in NR7 last night - 120 of 48spp and counting. H/lights Small Mottled Willow, Nephopterix angustella, Clay Triple-Lines, Ethmia quadrillella, Tawny-barred Angle, Ruby Tiger, and Epinotia ramella...#norfolkmoths

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

From the Haddiscoe area today...Vestal, Volucella zonaria,Stratiomys potamida, Wasp Spider & Hummingbird Hawk. cat. which picked up a hitchiker...

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Two Broadland specialist from Friday night - Dentated Pug and Small Dotted Footman.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Crested Cow-wheat still in flower earlier this week...now with image! 🫠 #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Two moths from Cart Gap, East Norfolk last night I'm struggling to settle on an ID on... any help greatly appreciated.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Out trapping again last night - this time Cart Gap. Again, a nice selection (45+ spp) with a few coastal jobs. H/lights: pos. Chionodes fumatella, Cydia amplana, Ypsolopha sequella, Pediasia contaminella, 3 Marbled Clovers, Anerastia lotella and Celypha rosaceana.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Around 34 species from c.100 moths in just 2.5 hours on the banks of the lower Bure last night. A productive session with several Broadland specialities, including 6+ Dotted Footman, 2 Dentated Pugs, Reed Daggers, and a possible Gynnidomorpha alismana (TBC).

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Fresh in from another away day featuring the fantastic duo of Brown Hairstreak (five seen) & Long-tailed Shrike.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Still hoping the Hudsonian Godwit finds its way to Norfolk, but just in case it doesn't, I made the short trip south yesterday evening with the boys. Great views, but into the sun.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

From a lunch time wander around Alderfen: Red-tipped Clearwing & Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillar.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Busy morning in the garden light trap! Highlights L-Album Wainscot, 2 Evergestis limbata and Oncocera semirubella.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Dungeness: Opatrum sabulosum, Mogulones geographicus, Nottingham Catchfly, Fire Bug and Lesser Cockroach

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Many thanks to everyone at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social for hosting a sensational moth fest on Saturday morning! Combined with our own trapping on the peninsula we saw over 130 species! 🤯

Ethmia bipunctella, Cynaeda dentalis, Sussex Emerald and White Spot.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Six-belted Clearwings from a site visit yesterday...

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Bintry Mill: Scabious Longhorn, Meadowsweet, 23 Barnacle Geese!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hornet Moth - A nice reward for getting up early and doing the last of the eDNA sampling on our restored ponds before the heat really got going!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

More from South Norfolk today: Pyramidal Orchid (100s!), Common Spotted Orchid, Spiny Restharrow and a giant clump of more Dyer's Greenweed

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

South Norfolk today: Crested Cow-wheat, Dyers Greenweed and Sulphur Clover

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Third time's the charm - Smooth Rupturewort (Herniaria glabra) from the Brecks this week. After two failed searches I was pleased to finally see this Breckland specialist. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The beautiful Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica) from Gorleston-on-Sea promenade on Friday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I think there's only been one readily viewable Gull-billed Tern in Norfolk since I started birding (Titchwell area), and I missed that one, so I was really pleased that yesterday's Cley bird stuck around until late evening!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Insects stole the show at Waxham this morning with a steady trickle of Painted Ladies moving north, plus a few Whites, Bumblebees and Dragons incl. Lesser Emp and what was likely a Red-veined Darter. Birds quieter tho Cuckoo, Reed Warbler, 3 Yellow Wags and 3 Curlew were notable.

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Record shot of a surprising c.20 Common Scoter on Ranworth Broad this PM!

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Rob Smith @robertsjsmith.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Platyrhinus resinosus, Early Marsh Orchid and Common Twayblade from South Norfolk this morning.

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