Mark's 2023 list (1 Viewer)

[Owene]

Well done on the lifers. Introduction or not I really like Chinese water deer. Only seen them the one time in Suffolk but really enjoyed looking for and watching them

Beardies are great too haven’t seen one this year or last despite them being fairly local

 

[markpie]

Well done on the lifers. Introduction or not I really like Chinese water deer. Only seen them the one time in Suffolk but really enjoyed looking for and watching them

Beardies are great too haven’t seen one this year or last despite them being fairly local

Thanks! Yeah had great views of a pair sprinting around a field, got to see the male's tusks quite well.

 

[markpie]

Good to see the summer migrants return and bump me up to 100.

17/4/23:

90. Little Ringed Plover (Rye Meads)
91. Common Tern (Amwell)
92. Sand Martin (Amwell)

20/4/23:

93. Swallow (River Stort)
94. House Martin (River Stort)

29/4/23:

95. Whitethroat (Amwell)
96. Reed Warbler (Amwell)
97. Dunlin (Rye Meads)
98. Red-crested Pochard (Rye Meads)
99. Sedge Warbler (Rye Meads)
100. Grasshopper Warbler (Parndon Meadow, River Stort, eventually located it reeling from a tussock)

A brown rat yesterday was my 11th mammal.

Butterflies seen so far:
1. Peacock
2. Brimstone
3. Small Tortoiseshell
4. Orange-tip
5. Small White
6. Comma

 

[markpie]

Swifts have returned home!

101. Swift