Dunlin and Little Stint

About 35 present today and 5 Curlew Sandpiper













Mixed flock of Dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) & Little Stint ( Calidris minuta ) wheeling in the sunshine.



Lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus )









Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago )



Wigeon ( Anas penelope )

Tag CloudDunlin, LittleStint, Lapwing, Snipe, Wigeon

Puffball sp







?

Tag CloudPuffball, Fungi

Amphibious Bistort ( Persicaria amphibia )












Yellow Mellow ( mellitus officinalis )



Bee sp?



Musk Mallow ( Malva moschata )

Tag CloudAmphibiousBistort, YellowMelilot, Landscape, IvyBee

I wonder if these were planted at the same time as ' The Plantation ' on Blakeney point?







Annual Seablite ( Suaeda marítima )



Common Cord Grass ( Spartina anglica )





Shore Crab ( Carcinus maenas )



The purple form



The white form

Both rayed form









The golden yellow rayless form creates a gold carpet on the marsh this time of year.



Sea Aster ( Aster tripolium )



Sea Purslane ( Halimione portulacoides







Sea Wormwood ( Seriphidium maritimum )







Tideline



Grass-leaved Orache ( Atriplex littoralis )





Spear-leaved Orache ( Atriplex prostrate )

A Cattle Egret
at
Stiffkey

4 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Little Stint & Greenshank at Cley

Tag CloudGrassLeavedOrache, Spearleavedorche, AnnualSeablite, SeaAster, Crab, SeaPurslane, CommonCordGrass, SeaWormwood, Landscape, Tideline

Dogwood ( Cornus sanguinea )



Shaggy Inkcap ( Coprinus comatus ) )



Common Lizard ( Zootoca vivipara )







Spindle ( Euonymus europaea )



Willow emerald - Female







Willow Emerald - Male ( Chalcolestes viridis )

Tag CloudSpindle, Dogwood, Inkcap, CommonLizard, WillowEmerald

Brief glimpses of an Otter in the main drain.











Bird's-foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus )







Buck's Horn Plantain ( Plantago coronopus )









Sea Campion ( Silene uniflora )











Horned Poppy ( Glaucium flavum )

Tag CloudOtter, Buck'sHornPlantain, HornedPoppy, SeaCampion, Landscape

Ivy ( Hedera helix )





Drone Fly - (Eristalsis nemorum)












Honey Bee - ( Apis mellifera )

Tag CloudIvyBee, Ivy, DroneFly

A young fledgling



Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta )







Drake Shoveller ( Anus clypeata )

Yellow Legged Gull ( Larus michaehlis ) Sparrowhawk Hobby Marsh Harrier Kingfisher Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Water Rail

Tag CloudLittleEgret, Shoveller

Fallow Deer ( Dama dama )

Tag CloudFallowDeer

90 Stone Curlews ( Burhinus indicus ) sitting in a field. Just extraordinary.

Tag CloudStoneCurlew

Eleanora's Falcon nest on the cliffs at Cap Formentor

One Juv and two adults



2 Black Vultures ( Coragyps atratus )over the Torrent de Pareis





The salt marsh and salt works at d'es Trenc.



Greater Flamingo ( Phoenicopterus ruber )

Black Winged Stilt & Kentish Plover





Samphire ( Crithmum maritimum )



?









Prickly Pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica )





Red Kite ( Milvus milvus)









Adult






2nd Winter







3rd Winter







Juvenile

Yellow Legged Gull ( Larus michahellis )

Tag CloudYellowLeggedGull, Landscape, RedKite, PricklyPear, Samphire, GreaterFlamingo