Janice Sutton

Tawny Owl, visited my Bolton Garden, two nights running, seems to be watching next doors garden. wonder Why? 🤔🐀😉

Starling Murmuration, WWT Martin Mere 2/11/2024 @WWTMartinMere @BirdGuides @BBCSpringwatch @wickedauntjane

Third time lucky this year and only a five minute wait. More than you could shake a stick at, both ends of the reserve. Leighton Moss RSPB.19/10/2024.@Natures_Voice '@wickedauntjane @LDBWSnews @RSPBLeightonM

After not being able to get away for the last two days, it was great to catch up with the Wilson's Phalarope at RSPB Marshside today 7/9/2024. @Natures_Voice @RSPB_Ribble @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @BirdWatchingMag @wickedauntjane

A second chance to see good numbers of Wheatears when the Autumn comes. Hightown Merseyside, 1st September.@BirdGuides @BirdWatchingMag @wickedauntjane

A year when butterflies are thin on the ground, great to find a Painted Lady at Marshside RSPB 27/7/2024 @BC_Lancs @savebutterflies @Natures_Voice @RSPB_Ribble

There's Silver in them there hills ! Silver-studded Blues by the dozen, Great Orme, Llandudno , Ssp caernensis. Missed out since lockdown ,but yesterday the weather was perfect. @savebutterflies @BBCSpringwatch @wickedauntjane

A trip just up the A6, great to see a family of Peregrines, but this juvenile was the star. After continually calling and being ignored by a nearby parent, she ( I think) started to look fed up. @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @wickedauntjane @BBCSpringwatch

First trip to RSPB Bempton this year. good to see more Puffins than recently. So many fabulous birds, yet at the mention of a Puffin people were pushing and shoving as though their lives depended on seeing one.@Natures_Voice @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @wickedauntjane

Great to see so many Little Terns in North wales, many nesting again after losing the first attempts in the storms. @Natures_Voice @GronantTerns @wickedauntjane @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK

Just love Yellow Wagtails, pity they nearly always decide to show on a manure heap. photo near Rufford Lancs 30/5/2024. @Natures_Voice @BirdGuides @BirdWatchingMag @wickedauntjane

So far it's been raining for 48 hours, lucky we went to Barrow in Furness on Tuesday to look for Small Blue butterflies .Not as many on the wing as last year but always great to see.@savebutterflies @wickedauntjane

Good decision yesterday to pop up to Gait Barrows, looks like Summer is over this morning. Plenty of Butterflies , including Duke of Burgundy, Brimstone and Speckled Yellow Moth. @savebutterflies @BC_Lancs @wickedauntjane

Wood Warbler, having dipped last year, great to hear that familiar song, in a North Wales forest.@BBCSpringwatch @wickedauntjane @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @Natures_Voice

Great to see the Pied Flycatchers back for another season near Chorley after missing for a while. Even better when they're just a short trip from home. @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @Natures_Voice @chorleynats @wickedauntjane

Love these little guys, flushed onto the last remaining dry ground at high tide.@wickedauntjane @RSPB_Ribble

Don't go out of my way for Kingfishers, and certainly wouldn't wait about for one, but when this male landed almost near enough to touch, it would have been rude not to take his pic. WWT Martin Mere.@wickedauntjane @WWTMartinMere @BirdGuides @Natures_Voice

Not the best pic, but after dipping Brent geese this year so far, a walk in the pouring rain to Heysham Power Station paid off. Glad I took my big coat !@wickedauntjane @BirdWatchingMag @BirdGuides

Black Redstart at Horton's Nose near Rhyl North Wales, seen last Saturday but distant. another visit yesterday 30/1/2024 well worth the journey,@BirdGuides @wickedauntjane @BirdWatchingMag

Yellowhammers, it can take the whole birding year before you find them. Yesterday, stopped off by the River Douglas near Rufford Station Lancs, just on the way home, two trees full of them.@chorleynats @wickedauntjane @Natures_Voice