Kelling Heath
Silver Birch - Betula pendular
Juniper Hair Cap (Polytrichum juniperimum) Male plants
Puffball spp?
Willow Warbler singing this morning.
Short burst of Stonechat song flighting.
Kelling Heath
A lone Silver Birch - Betual pendula
Woodlark - Lullula arborea singing high overhead.
They couldn't have a better Latin name: the heathland resounds with Lullula when they are singing.
Gorse - Ulex europeus
A juicy green caterpillar sunning itself on the gorse. spp?
Fresh young Silver Birch leaves.
Lots of dew laden funnels about this morning.
Super little bristly brown spiders. Spp???
Lots of Linnets - Linaria cannabina singing.
Chiffchaffs singing in profusion.
Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
Kelling Heath
Gorse - Ulex europeus
Western Gorse - Ulex gall
Flowers later in the year than one in flower at the moment.
Ling - Calluna vulgaris
Kelling Heath
2 singing Chiffchaffs this morning
4 Dartford Warblers
+
Wood Lark singing
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Linnets singing away
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Yellow Hammers getting into the groove.
Green Woodpecker
Buzzard
At least a 100 Redwing passing through.
and
a
Blackbird on a post
Kelling Heath
Looking towards Cley
Woodlark singing
and
a
snatch of Dartford Warbler song.
and
a
Yellow Hammer tuning up for the Spring
Kelling Heath
Gorse - Ulex europeus
+ Weevil Spp?
Ants spp in the sunshine.
Gorse - Ulex europeus
Those first spider spp? hatching in the sunshine
Kelling Heath
Gorse - Ulex europaeus
Roe Deer - Capreolus capreolus
Silver Birch - Betula pendula
Kelling Heath
Just still and calm today
with the odd car in the distance
The high pitched plaintive call with a little trill at the end of Long Tailed Tits
The even higher pitch of the occasional Goldcrest
and
the
occasional
short churr of a Dartford Warbler
Gorse - Ulex europeus