Hanworth
Misty morning Barn Owl quartering the common. 





A lone muntjac makes his way tentatively across.
Sidestrand
Sidestrand beach this morning to look for Glaucous Gulls.







A Little Bit of 'Cabin Porn' this morning.
Two marvellous cabins at Overstrand: one overlooking the beach.

Pretty much the view from the cabin.
and the other on the street.
Two juvenile Glaucous Gulls - Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous from the Latin - ' a bluish-green or grey.
Larus from the Latin - probably - 'a gull or large seabird.'
hyperboreus is the Latin for 'northern' from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi - 'people from the far north'.








Black Headed Gulls - Larus ridibundus
and in the background

Herring Gull - Larus argentatus


Pink-footed geese  - Anser brachyrynchus



Winter heliotrope - Petasites fragrans
A member of the daisy family and a close relative of Coltsfoot apparently.
Sometimes known as Sweet-scented Coltsfoot or Sweet Colt's-foot.
Delicious marzipan scent.
It was introduced to the UK in 1806. It is 
native to south-western and south-eastern Europe 
and North Africa
BSBI Online Atlas
and 
a
Red Admiral 
on the cliff top
Sheringham


Adult Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus
and
a
Small Tortoiseshell briefly on the cliff top.
Cromer






Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
Already prospecting on the cliffs
Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Stiffkey


Looking towards 
Linnets - Linaria cannabina



Brent - Branta bernicla
Cromer







The calm after the storm.
Calm windless morning with a delicate haze off the water.




















