Pochard that seems to be the same bird first seen in December and showing features of possible Pochard x Canvasback, Abberton #EssexBirding

Wow! Stunning count.

Nice hybrids!

Peregrine falcon, Colchester.

Daurian/Isabelline shrike, North Warren, Suffolk.

Little stints, Abberton.

Lesser scaup, with scaup, Abberton

Brambling, Aldeburgh.

1W Brown shrike, Upper Hollesley Common, Suffolk.

Lovely Jay in the garden today #essexbirding

Aldeburgh's weekend Yellow-browed warbler.

Juvenile Hobby, Minsmere, Suffolk.

Turkestan shrike, Dunwich.

The stunning ad male Turkestan shrike, Dunwich.

Beautiful pale juvenile sinensis Cormorant, Abberton #essexbirding

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Very striking gingery Grey Squirrel, Castle Park, Colchester.

Glossy ibis, distantly, Abberton #essexbirding

Juvenile Little stint, Abberton #essexbirding

Juvenile Curlew sandpipers, Abberton #essexbirding

Some of the impressive Curlew sandpiper flock at Abberton, with the associating Little stints.

Showy Wryneck at Landguard NR, Suffolk.

Typical Abberton long-range views of Curlew sandpiper and Little stint #essexbirding

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Adult and juvenile Black tern, Abberton #essexbirding

Adult Black tern, Abberton.

yes, it is.

Arctic warbler, Gt. Wigborough, Essex, showing better today #essexbirding

Great shots!

A phylloscopus warbler that flicked up in the orchard of Gt. Wig church, showing strong super and dark eye stripe and short wing bar, eventually showed just about well enough to nail down as Arctic warbler #essexbirding