Su Gough

@naturetrektours Some of the fabulous finds this weekend on the two 1-day fungus forays in Thetford Forest. Crossbills 'chupping' overhead and Redwings streaming by, alongside furry Fox Moth caterpillars also starred. Join me in the next 2 weeks?

Very unusually we have a couple of places still available on my fungus foray days in Thetford Forest. If you can join me on 26 Oct or 2 Nov, message @naturetrektours to book your place - and enjoy the glorious autumn colours with me.

Lots of Grass of Parnassus on my two @naturetrektours Suffolk Valley Fens days this weekend and other wonderful sightings too! The Fen Raft Spiders co-operated and Common Lizards abounded. Willow Emeralds were just hanging about :)

Another v. successful @naturetrektours #GoSlow in the Brecks and Fens. Great group and all the usual targets: Scarce Emerald Damsel, Fen Raft Spider, Stone Curlew & Nightjar in the bag, some wonderful 'others' too - the superb views of a hunting Long-eared Owl were a real treat!

Wonderful Breckland colours. So easy to focus on all the amazing wildlife we've been finding, and we mustn't miss the true beauty of this little-known part of the UK @naturetrektours #GoSlow

Productive 1/2hr at the fen, with Nightingale singing lustily, Grasshopper Warbler & Water Rails noisy. Dac. ochroleuca coming on in a very wet fen, looking great for my @naturetrektours days and Go Slow week

@maryewalker24 @BC_Norfolk Yes, I had 33 of 11 in my little spot just over the border. Nice Small Brindled Beauty :) It was 14oC when I checked the trap at 10pm last night...

Rather a vast amount of moths in south Norwich last night😳 @BC_Norfolk

The recent cold weather (& being stuck at home with Covid!) inspired me to put on paper a pencil painting of a Buzzard in front of a misty Dorset scene from just before Christmas. Enjoying painting again SO much

Sociable Lapwing Conservation at Talimarzhan Natural Sanctuary, Uzbekistan: Oleg Kashkarov (UzSPB) tells us about monitoring and conservation work at the site since 2012 at 10am GMT on Jan 20th for the @_OSME Winter Meeting. Register here: bit.ly/4aQSEri

Another super bird ID weekend @HowHillTrust 90 species found, with some corkers (incl. Crane, Short-eared Owl, GWEgret) and some amazing mammals too - an Otter and prolonged views of a Weasel. Why not come and join me for future courses this year?

My latest painting inspired by sightings while leading the phenomenal @naturetrektours Whales & Dolphins of Madeira tour. Fancy joining me next year and seeing Bulwer's Petrel and Man O' War amongst loads of other amazing ocean wildlife? bit.ly/47Pd9Tc

@TomCadwallender You're too late Tom. Mine went on in August...

Now that it’s the 1st December should we put the Brussels Sprouts on? #askingforafriend.

That's what its all about! Fly Agaric being photobombed by a nugget of pony poo carrying the mega rare Nail Fungus! The first of four @Naturetrek 1-day trips completed today. Lovely group and super finds, but slightly damp to say the least!

@AlanSalter13 Trying with my actinic on Norfolk/Suffolk border, but been raining since I put it out...

Just a couple of the 77 bird species we found on our Bird ID weekend at the wonderful @HowHillTrust Why not join me for another amazing bird-filled weekend 11-14 Jan next year? Great birds, food & company, who knows what we might find! Book here: bit.ly/46hTR88

@maryewalker24 @BC_Norfolk Still no big blue thing here, but something VERY large fluttered around us when we checked the trap at 10. Fingers firmly crossed! Had the Red Underwing though...

Another Clifden Nonpareil this morning👏, immediately flew into the clematis accompanied by 2 new for year, Red Underwing & Lunar Underwing @BC_Norfolk

@maryewalker24 @BC_Norfolk I am so hoping for my first since starting regular trapping - was the species that got me into moths, when one was the first out when experiencing trapping for the 1st time on a school trip!

Delighted to find a Clifden Nonpareil on the fence by the actinic, it definitely wasn’t hanging around for photos & was soon gone with the wind. 109 of 29 species last night @BC_Norfolk

@maryewalker24 or egg sandwich both worked well with snowfinch and siberian jay. But digestives def the best!! Hope you are having a fab time

@SuGough all you can eat breakfast buffet. #alwaystravelwithdigestives😅🍪

Great spider activity at @suffolkwildlife Redgrave & Lopham Fen. 3 Fen Rafts, a self-found Wasp Spider, Araneus marmoreus var pyramidatus and several others :) Is this handsome beast Marpissa radiata? @BritishSpiders