Coastal Flowers Yarmouth

During our week in Suffolk, I spent a very enjoyable hour or so in the dunes at Yarmouth photographing the flowers, including Yellow-horned Poppies, Devil's Bit Scabious etc. There was a very confiding Meadow Pipit who came to regard me as another feature of the landscape.

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).

Carlton Marshes

 Despite getting very wet in the morning with a sudden heavy shower, we thoroughly enjoyed our day at Suffolk Wildlife Trust's reserve at Carlton Marshes with Sedge Warblers, Reed Warblers, Linnets, Reed Bunting, Marsh Harriers, Heron's fishing and Dragonflies keeping our cameras busy.

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.

Hickling Broad

A very enjoyable day at Hickling Broad yesterday - amazingly we must have seen around 20 different Swallowtails and only one other butterfly - a Speckled Wood. Emperor moth caterpillars were every where together with Wooly Bear (caterpillars of Garden? Tiger moths. Lots of other insects and also birds including flying Bitterns and Cranes.