Charles Cuthbert

@GrundySally @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice Hi Sally, good to hear from you, in Europe there's a wide range of different sub-species, and the UK ones are very yellow (especially the males)!

@CRCuthbert @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice I had no idea yellow wagtail’s existed!

A superb male Yellow Wagtail from the Scrapes at Minsmere, Suffolk, sadly not a bird that I see here very often these days... 12th May 2026 @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice

@TerryTyler4 @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice Wow, terrible weather but what a great little video, many thanks!

@CRCuthbert @BTO_Suffolk @Natures_Voice We had a grey wagtail visit our urban north-east garden every day in the winter, but he stopped coming when the weather got warmer. They're lovely, aren't they? Here is Mr G Wagtail sheltering from a blizzard!

One of the smallest and rarest breeding seabirds in the UK... the Little Tern, a beautiful but extremely vulnerable species and in need of all the protection we can provide, from predators, people and unwitting disturbance of sensitive beaches! 12th May 2026

Sizewell beach, almost deserted in a chilly north-easterly breeze this afternoon, but lots of Sea Kale in flower on the shingle ridge, and many Kittiwakes nesting on the offshore platforms. Sizewell, Suffolk, 10th May 2026.

A beautiful female Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly (Libellula depressa) in close up, freshly-emerged and ready to fly... from the Suffolk Sandlings, with Collared Dove song (7th May 2026) @BDSdragonflies @BBCSpringwatch @suffolkwildlife

A few butterflies, large and small, from the Suffolk coast in early May 2026 - Red Admiral (on Hawthorn & Bramble), Small Copper (feeding on Green Alkanet) and Holly Blue (on Ivy) @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies

It's been a very good spring for Painted Lady butterflies, and looks like it will be a bumper summer too, as more and more arrive here on the Suffolk coast - this one feeding on Green Alkanet (8th May 2026) @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies @BBCSpringwatch

A beautiful carpet of yellow and purple at Winks Meadow Nature Reserve, including thousands of Green-winged Orchids now in full flower, a rare example of unimproved grassland - owned and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust (7th May 2026) @wildflower_hour @WildaboutPlants

@B_Strawbridge @BBCSpringwatch @Natures_Voice @BTO_Suffolk Thank you Brigit, I was lucky to be so close to this Blackcap as I was waiting at 7 am for a group of visitors to arrive for a birdsong walk, and it popped up in front of me for several minutes before anyone turned up!

@CRCuthbert @BBCSpringwatch @Natures_Voice @BTO_Suffolk How wonderful, Charles!

Just one of the many wonderful sounds of spring at Minsmere, Suffolk - a male Blackcap in full song, loud, with far-carrying flutey notes, and in the background, the calls and songs of more than 8 other species! (5th May 2026) @BBCSpringwatch @Natures_Voice @BTO_Suffolk

One of several Hobbies feeding on insects over the marsh and woodland edge at Minsmere yesterday, mostly too fast to follow closely, but this one paused to rest for just a few minutes! (5th May 2026)

A small selection of the migratory waders passing through the Scrapes at Minsmere today... Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpipers and Bar-tailed Godwit, among many other species! (5th May 2026) @GrahamFAppleton @suffolkwildlife

A Painted Lady butterfly nectaring on Ground Ivy flowers at Dunwich, Suffolk, yesterday - one of 5 minimum seen in the same area - lots more expected very soon! (3rd May 2026) @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies

"Sealed with a kiss" - the fascinating courtship and bonding behaviour of Avocets on the Scrapes at Minsmere, Suffolk... after mating, the pair briefly cross their bills as they separate and walk away together, shown here at normal speed and in slow-motion. @BBCSpringwatch

An unexpected encounter with a pair of Hairy Dragonflies today, here mating in tandem at RSPB North Warren, Suffolk... the male (above) grasps the female by the back of her head while sperm is transferred via the male's 'accessory genitalia' (27th April 2026) @BDSdragonflies

@Middletonfox @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies Yes, that's true, no Buckthorn... no Brimstones! It's always a good plant to have in the garden and generally a medium size shrub, also used by Green Hairstreak butterflies!

@CRCuthbert @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies Wonderful. Just looked them up this is one of only UK food sources it seems. What an amazing fact to start the week with.

13 years ago I planted a tiny Buckthorn in my Suffolk garden, now grown to a small tree, often visited by female Brimstone butterflies in spring in order to lay their eggs on the fresh leaves... always a delight to follow their life cycle! @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies

The varied and powerful song of Nightingales at dusk, unseen, and hidden deep in the heathland of the Suffolk coast... many have recently arrived in the area this month (24th April 2026) @suffolkwildlife @coastandheaths @BBCSpringwatch @BBCLookEast

A few beautiful spring butterflies from the Suffolk Sandlings in sunny but breezy conditions yesterday - Orange-Tip (male & female), Holly Blue, Small Copper, Speckled Wood and Green-veined White (22nd April 2026) @BC_Suffolk @savebutterflies