Steve Gantlett's Cley Birds This gallery features my bird and wildlife photo-diary. Since I live at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, it comprises of photographs mainly from that area, but it also includes pictures from my travels further afield. Photographs are continually added in chronological order – to view the latest images in this gallery, please just scroll down the page and enjoy.
All these images are copyright. If you would like to copy and use any of them elsewhere, please ask me first – please email stevegantlett@btinternet.com Prints of all these photos may be purchased from £5.50 each; for details, see my other website, which contains a selection of my bird and wildlife photographs in systematic order, together with quite a few taken by my wife, Sue: www.sgbirdandwildlifephotos.co.uk The north Norfolk village of Cley next the Sea is the home of birding in Britain. The key habitats in the area include Cley & Salthouse Marshes Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserve, Blakeney Fresh Marsh, Blakeney Point National Trust Reserve and Salthouse and Kelling Heaths. Short-cuts to back in time: June 2021, June 2020, May 2019, May 2018, May 2017, May 2016 Dec 2014, May 2014, Dec 2013, June 2013, Dec 2013 (Norfolk), Dec 2012 (Cley), Dec 2012 (Norfolk), Dec 2011 (Cley), Dec 2011 (Norfolk), Dec 2010 (Cley), Dec 2010 (Norfolk), Dec 2009 (Cley), Dec 2009 (Norfolk), Dec 2008 (Cley), Dec 2008 (Norfolk), Dec 2007 (Cley), Dec 2007 (Norfolk), Dec 2006 (Cley), Dec 2006 (Norfolk), Mar 2006-2003 (Cley),
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Spindle Ermines, Holkham Pines, 20th May 2025. Spindle Ermine caterpillars in vast numbers completely defoliating Spindle bushes at the west end of the pines. |
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Greenland Wheatear (presumed), Cley, 19th May 2025. |
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Meadow Pipit, Cley, 19th May 2025. |
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Red-backed Shrike, Weybourne, 19th May 2025. |
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Painted Lady, Bayfield, 19th May 2025. |
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Banded Demoiselle, Bayfield Lake, 19th May 2025. |
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Sabre Wasp, Bayfield, 19th May 2025. |
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Scarlet Tigers, Cley, 18th May 2025. |
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Black-tailed Skimmer, Bayfield Lake, 18th May 2025. |
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Azure Damselfly, Cley, 18th May 2025. |
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Temminck's Stints, Cley, 14th May 2025. A record 10! |
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Great White Egrets, Cley, 14th May 2025. |
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Stoat, Cley, 14th May 2025. |
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Grey-headed Wagtail, Cley, 13th May 2025. |
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Wood Sandpiper, Cley, 13th May 2025. |
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Great White Egrets, Cley, 12th May 2025. |
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Roe Deer, Cley, 12th May 2025. |
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White Wagtail, Cley, 11th May 2025. |
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Spoonbill, Cley, 10th May 2025. |
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Cattle Egret, Cley, 9th May 2025. |
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Little Terns, Cley, 9th May 2025. |
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Sedge Warbler, Cley, 9th May 2025. |
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Woodchat Shrike, Burnham Overy Dunes, Norfolk, 8th May 2025. |
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Red-footed Falcons, Carlton Marshes, Suffolk, 6th May 2025. |
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Kittiwakes, Lowestoft, Suffolk, 6th May 2025. |
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Ranworth Broad, Norfolk, 6th May 2025. |
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Swallow, Cley, 3rd May 2025. |
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Whinchat, Cley, 2nd May 2025. |
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Greenshank, Cley, 2nd May 2025. |
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Four-spotted Chaser, Cley, 2nd May 2025. |
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Temminck's Stint, Cley, 2nd May 2025. |
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Temminck's Stint, Cley, 1st May 2025. |
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Little Egret, Cley, 1st May 2025. |
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Common Frog, Cley, 1st May 2025. |
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Small Heath, Salthouse, 1st May 2025. |
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Large Red Damselflies, Cley, 1st May 2025. |