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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 21h

Bittern heading out across the water.
Seen from Island Mere Hide at RSPB Minsmere

#bird #birds #birdphotography #ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #NaturePhotography

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 1d

Dartford Warbler peeking out from between the heather flowers on Westleton Heath, Suffolk

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 2d

Love it when autumn fungi starts to appear. I came across this Fly Agaric on Dunwich Heath, Suffolk last week

#mycology #fungus #fungi #toadstool #nature #NaturePhotography

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 3d

Male Dartford Warbler among the haws in a bush on Dunwich Heath, Suffolk

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Tony 😊

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 4d

Young Bittern peering out from among the reeds.
Seen from Island Mere Hide at RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 5d

Juvenile Gannet just offshore at Dunwich Heath. Sadly this bird must have been sick as it was found dead on the beach later in the day 😢

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 6d

Female Great Spotted Woodpecker feasting on peanuts in our Essex garden

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 7d

Common Carder Bee enjoying some late season nectar on Dunwich Heath, Suffolk

#bee #bees #ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 8d

Male Dartford Warbler ‘singing like it’s springtime’ in a hedgerow on Westleton Heath, Suffolk

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 9d

Red Deer hind on Westleton Heath.
This adult was accompanied by a calf which still had bold white spots on its back so no more than 3 or 4 months old

#deer #ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 10d

Close up of a male Stonechat standing proud on one of the concrete tank traps in the dunes at RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 11d

Kestrel ready to ‘spring’ on any unsuspecting rodent from his helical metal perch in the cliff at Dunwich, Suffolk

#bird #birdsofprey #birdphotography #ukwildlife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #NaturePhotography

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 12d

Clouded Yellow feeding on flowering heather on Dunwich Heath on Sunday morning 21st Sept.
A first for me in Suffolk! 😁

#Butterfly #Butterflies #wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Mark

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 13d

Long Tailed Tit, one of a flock seen passing through woodland at RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 14d

A close flypast by a Great White Egret. Captured from Island Mere Hide at RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 15d

Kestrel hunting over reedbeds south of RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 16d

Male Stonechat on a prickly perch in the dunes at RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 17d

Lots of Hobbies hunting over the reedbeds at RSPB Minsmere last weekend. I captured this one from the boardwalk behind Island Mere Hide

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 18d

Surprised and delighted to come across this Woodlark singing joyously on Suffolk heathland yesterday

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 19d

Having found a female Wheatear in the dunes at Dunwich last Friday I returned on Sunday to find she had been joined by this handsome male

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 20d

Notoriously elusive, this Cetti’s Warbler showed itself when chasing migrating Chiffchaffs from its territory at the edge of RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 21d

Male Stonechat grabbing a flying snack in the dunes south of the sluice at RSPB Minsmere

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Mike Smith @mikecsmiffy.bsky.social · 22d

Common Blue soaking up the sunshine in Dunwich, Suffolk

#butterfly #Butterflies #wildlife #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #NaturePhotography

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