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Two hot & humid late afternoon hours scanning the big sky at the back of the square. No Black Storks today but 3 Hobbies, 10 Red Kites (6 juvs), Peregrine, Marsh Harrier, 20 Common Buzzards, 5 Kestrels & a Sparrowhawk + Raven & 50 Stock Doves. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

Couldn't not post a few *very* record shot-y record shots of the cracking advanced juvenile-1w (1CY) nominate limosa Black-tailed Godwit. A new bird & I was happy to find this one at range on Pat's tonight. So distinctive ~ lovely new slate-grey scaps all in place 👌 #cleybirds #norfolkbirding #L3

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit Pat's Pool, Cley August 3 2026 #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

Green Sandpiper Simmonds Scrape, Cley August 3 2026 #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

Autumn waders front & centre tonight on the marsh: 9 Green Sandpipers & 50 Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits showed well + 2 Curlew Sands, Common Sand, LRPs. Also 3 Yellow-legged Gulls, juv Med Gull oh & bird of the night ~ a super looking advanced juv-1w nominate limosa 😎 #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

We headed out the back today for a wander through the Glaven valley. Lots of big blue sky scanned for incoming Black Storks - a Top 3 "want" for my TG04 list - but the roaming juvs headed direct from Lincs into Suffolk, which was a bit rude...😅 @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

We rarely egt daylight NFG moths here but Lynnette found our first-ever Fig-leaf Skeletoniser on the echinops just now. We'd walked past a fig tree in Salthouse yesterday and said "wonder if we'll ever get one of these in the garden". Hey presto! @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths

Beautiful big sky looking northeast from the heath earlier today. Juvenile Common Cuckoo on the Hangs was a real highlight, plus two Red Kites & several Common Buzzards. Little sign of any hint of migrant passerines but they will come... @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

Queen of Spain Fritillary Kesgrave, Suffolk July 31 2026 @linnetincley.bsky.social #suffolkbutterflies Released or not, these are seriously smart. Does anyone know what the history is of the species on site at all? I know that two years ago there was discussion as to origins & provenance...

...as well as the QoSFs, we found a few moths amongst the fleabane & brassicas. Along with Sitochroa verticalis & a lovely Marbled Clover, the highlights were at least two Vestals that would often settle low down & right in front of us for a while. @linnetincley.bsky.social @suffolkmoths.bsky.social

Our afternoon was focused on walking tracks thru' a big set-aside field at Kesgrave for the Queen of Spain Fritillaries reported recently. We had 5 brief sightings on a blustery, often cloudy afternoon across 2 hours. Then, boom! A feeding QOSF! Sweet! @linnetincley.bsky.social #suffolkbutterflies

Had to head across our county lines again today (collecting a few new bits & bobs) ~ but 1st stop was a superb Antlion, courtesy of Dave Fairhurst. Only seen one adult before, decades ago at Dunwich, so this one was a very welcome refresher. Absolute knockout! @linnetincley.bsky.social #suffolkbugs

Plenty of snazzy looking male Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits around the reserve this afternoon/evening & a single nominate limosa too. This islandica performed nicely in front of Daukes' Hide tonight. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

There's a lot of Common Snipe around the marsh at the moment & they are all just as smart as each other. Feather perfect 👌 @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

Better views of the unseasonal Jack Snipe off East Bank late afternoon, often showing well & fully in the open, sometimes with a Common Snipe too. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding

It's not always moths that catch the morning eye ~ this superb Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) was in the actinic today, perhaps it was the same own that we saw yesterday (but didn't get too many shots of). Absolute unit & v. smart too. @linnetincley.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Frosted Orange! The first of the proper autumn moths dropped in last night ~ our earliest ever and, for a moth that we often see when it's cool & crisp, it seems weird to see one when the temperature barely dropped below 20 degrees. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth

Vapourer Cley Moth Obs July 29 2026 @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth

The Mohawk Moth came to visit today ~ our annual Bird's Wing showed up and was a dark mantled cracker. We average one a year and here is the 2026 model. Part goth-moth, part punk-moth. The Sisters of Pistols should you wish... @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth

Double helping of Rhubarb & Custard at CMO today. Rosy Knot-horn (Oncocera semirubella) is always a favourite here and we keep on getting them this summer. And we're very happy about that! @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth 1 /2