Crocus. One of naturalised group at the top of the cliff at the edge of Cromer.





Magpie - Pica pica



Wet soggy clay cliffs just right for Coltsfoot.



Looking towards Cromer from Overstrand.

















Coltsfoot - Tussilago farfara

































Glaucous Gull (Juvenile) - Larus hyperboreus

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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

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and

a

Red Admiral

on the cliff top

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Adult Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus

and

a

Small Tortoiseshell briefly on the cliff top.

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