And now watching Purple Hairstreaks duelling around the top of a Sycamore, with a beer, in the garden in Wretton

Hi Dave, this is the only other photo. Specimen may still be at Weeting NWT - I'll check with James tomorrow. NB. ObsIdentify app was fairly certain of ID as A.maculicollus

Do you know happen to know what time it was found? There was one at Wissington Beet Factory just before half 10 this morning. Same bird?

At least 5 along the 'Wretton Road' down from Boughton village yesterday evening (12/5). This is an inexplicable local hot-spot for the species for me, first seen there this year on 20/4.

This one's probably from the hunting estate down the road. It's been touring the village gardens this week, apparently. I don't hold out much hope for it in the long term, having seen how it struggled with a chicken wire fence!

Headed out to check on an occasional gull roost in the hope of finally securing LBbG for the year list. Not a single gull came in. Had to make do with a few Whoopers and doubling my patch record count for Cranes, with 54 coming in. The seal was still in the cut-off channel #NorfolkBirding

Checked the field drains and channels near the house during the big freeze this weekend. Yesterday, with visibility no more than 20m due to fog, managed a Water Rail and 2 Snipe. This morning a Green Sandpiper, and a couple of photo opps along the cut-off channel #NorfolkBirding

Didn't feel motivated to do a big day now it's not Jan 1st, so a leisurely afternoon walk out concentrating on the local farmland spp., which now include Stonechat #NorfolkBirding

*Final visit of the year (I'll probably go out there again next year!)

Finished the year with 137 bird spp on patch, pretty much average, with Arctic Tern the only new addition of the year. Generally a poor year for wader and passerine passage. Highlights included Spotted Flycatcher, Osprey, Black-necked Grebe and Hawfinch.