Tag CloudLandscape

Blackheaded Gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus )







Common Gull ( Larus canus )









Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus )



Golden Plover ( Pluvialis apricaria )

















Goldfinches charming ( Carduelis carduelis )

Tag CloudLandscape, CommonGull, HerringGull, Goldfinch, BlackHeadedGull, GoldenPlover, Spume&Spray

Stonechat ( Saxicola rubicola )















Goldfinch ( Carduelis carduelis )





































Snow Bunting ( Plectrophenax nivalis )





















Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria )





Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla alba )

Tag CloudStonechat, Goldfinch, SnowBunting, GoldenPlover

Marsh Harrier ( Circus aeruginosus )









































Delightful Wigeon ( Anas penelope ) very close to the hide.





Shelduck ( Tadorna tadorna )


Golden Plover ( Pluvialis apricaria )

Tag CloudMarshHarrier, Wigeon, GoldenPlover

A superb sunny morning with no wind.











Brent ( Branta bernicla )





Black Tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa )



















Marsh Harrier ( Circus aeruginosus )





Peregrine ( Falco peregrinus ) & Marsh Harriers stirring things up.



Teal ( Anas crécca )







Shelduck ( Tadorna tadorna )





















Mixed flock of Teal ( Anas crecca ) & Wigeon ( Anas penelope )

Tag CloudWigeon, Teal, Shelduck, BlacktailedGodwit, Brent, MarshHarrier, Peregrine

Brent ( Branta bernicla ) in the morning sun.

Tag CloudBrent

Magnificent Oak ( Quercus robur ) on the edge of the field.

The predominant moss on the field.



Cuspidate Earth-moss ( Phascum cuspidatum ) ?

All moss IDs are a work in progress hence ???







Dunlin ( Calidris alpina )

and
a
Grey Phalorope on Simmond's scrape.























Wave studies

Tag CloudSpume&Spray, Moss, Landscape, Dunlin, Bryophytes, Oak

Brent in the field to the east of the Beach Road at Cley (Branta bernicla )



With a lone Black brant in the background. ( Branta bernicla nigricans )

Tag CloudBlackBrant, Brent

Brent ( Branta bernicla )

Tag CloudBrent

Marsh Harrier ( Circus aeruginosus )





Geese on a wall.



Brent ( Branta bernicla )













Wigeon ( Mareca penelope )

Tag CloudBrent, Wigeon, MarshHarrier, Landscape

Lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus )



A bevy of Shoveller in the spectacular morning light ( Anas clypeata )





A lone Pinkfooted Goose ( Anser brachyrynchus )





Pied Wagtail ( Moticilla alba ) keeping half an eye on the sky.

11 Little Stint
Marsh Harrier
3 Greenshank

Tag CloudShoveller, PiedWagtail, Lapwing, PinkFootedGoose

Teal ( Anas crécca )



Heron ( Ardea cinerea )




























Gannets ( Morus bassanus ) fishing off the coastguards






Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus )

Tag CloudTeal, Heron, Gannet, HerringGull

Alexanders ( Smynium olusatrum ) seeds









Lesser Burdock ( Arctium minus )







Common Darter ( Sympetrum striolatum )



Eristalsis sp



Eupeodes luniger





Heliophilus pendulum













Ivy Bee ( Colletes hederae )





Red Admiral ( Vanessa atalanta )











Rough Chervil ( Chaerophyllum temulum )







Hornet Mimic ( Volucella zonaria )

On the hedge, on the field side of Old Woman Lane

Thanks to James Emerson @Norwichbirder for help with insect identification.












Pink-footed Geese ( Anser brachyrynchus )



Little Stint ( Calidris minuta ) & Dunlin ( Calidris alpina )



Dunlin ( Calidris alpina ) on Pat's Pool





Sea Beet ( Beta vulgarisms subs maritima ) still in flower Just on the edge of the reserve by the side of the road.

Tag CloudHoverfly, DroneFly, IvyBee, Dunlin, RoughChervil, SeaBeet, PinkFootedGoose, LittleStint, Burdock, RedAdmiral, Alexanders, CommonDarter

Black Tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa )



Curlew Sandpiper ( Calidris ferruginea )



Dunlin ( Calidris alpina )

Tag CloudDunlin, BlacktailedGodwit, CurlewSandpiper

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

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

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