Lackford Lakes Part 1

The weather stayed fairly chilly and overcast all day at Lackford Lakes despite the promise of sunshine so a bit challenging for birds in the woodland areas but this Wren put on a great display, singing its heart out trying to compete with an equally vocal Blackcap. The Marsh Harriers, Heron, Egrets and Shelducks put on good displays so the morning passed very quickly!!

Gunton Beach Sunset

For our final evening in Suffolk on Saturday, we visited Gunton beach for the sunset. I was using my Fuji compact (1,2) and Olympus with 12-42 lens (3,4,5) plus I  borrowed Barry's full-spectrum infrared camera(6,7,8,9) .  Late in the evening, the full spectrum camera gave very similar colouring to normal cameras with their infrared etc blocking filters but allowed faster shutterspeeds. Not sure which member of the party was being beamed up in image 9 but we seemed to have our full complement at Breakfast on Sunday (though we couldn't confirm that Ian, who was in self-catering accommodation, was safe).

Dunwich Heath and Sizewell Beach

Yesterday a day of sandy heathland and sand/shingle beaches produced some good species including this Banded Sandwasp, Fan-bristled Robberfly, Spiny Digger Wasp, Short-horned Grasshoppers and, a species seen previously at Arne on one of our Group holidays, the Coastal Stilletto Fly.

Southwold Evening Shots

Monday evening after dinner in Southwold, we visited the beach for sunset and the last colour in the reflections and in the sky, not forgetting a few shots of the Pier and Beach huts.

Spiders Galore Lakenheath

Spiders were certainly the most prominent creatures in the vegetation at Lakenheath - here 12 ?identified species plus some images of what extra was on the menu for Xysticus spiders. The first two images show Xysticus cristatus consuming its male suitor (hopefully after a successful attempt at mating) and Xysticus ulmi with a 14-spot Ladybird