Keen wildlife photographer Barry Buttle braved the cold to head outside on Tuesday afternoon.
He was lucky enough to find a flock of snow buntings at Kessingland beach.
He saw the snow buntings at Kessingland beach (Image: Barry Buttle)
He pulled out his camera and took a series of images, which show the birds perched on a log.
Mr Buttle also captured some individual birds flying and hopping around on the frosty sand.
Snow buntings are not classified as rare, but are scarce visitors to the region.
The species is amber-listed (Image: Barry Buttle)
They usually breed in the Arctic, but are known to spend their winters in Scotland, the north west of England and the eastern coast.
According to Suffolk Wildlife Trust, only a few pairs of snow buntings are known to breed locally.
They are large for buntings, and get their name from their striking, white, “snowy” plumages.
They are scarce visitors to this part of the UK (Image: Barry Buttle)
In the summer, males are black and white, with all-white underparts which contrast their black backs and wing-tips.
Females are browner and more mottled, with streaked backs and dusky heads.