Dunlins, Little Stints and Curlew Sandpipers, Cley, 30th September 2017.
Good numbers of small waders have been feeding on the scrapes in
recent days, including over 30 Little Stints.
Yellow-browed Warbler, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 30th September 2017.
One of two we saw this morning, but they are mostly elusive, as
always.
Sparrowhawk, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 30th September 2017.
Peregrine, Cley, 28th September 2017.
Redstarts, Salthouse, 27th September 2017.
Spotted Flycatcher, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 25th September 2017.
Common Shrew, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 25th September 2017.
Redstart, Cley, 23rd September 2017.
Red-necked Phalarope and Redshank, Sea Pool, Cley, 22nd September 2017.
Kingfisher, Cley, 22nd September 2017.
Migrant Hawker, Cley, 22nd September 2017.
North Scrape, Cley, 20th September 2017. Mud and waders!!
Badgers, Cley, 18th August 2017.
Otter, Cley, 20th September 2017.
Common Snipe, Cley, 20th September 2017.
Yellow-browed Warbler, Blakeney Point, 19th September 2017.
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Blakeney Point, 19th September 2017.
Pied Flycatcher, Blakeney Point, 19th September 2017.
Redstart, Blakeney Point, 19th September 2017.
Grey Heron and Cattle Egret, Stiffkey, Norfolk, 18th September 2017.
Grey Phalarope, Salthouse, 18th September 2017.
Arctic Warbler, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 17th September 2017.
Red-necked Phalarope, Cley, 16th September 2017.
Snow Bunting, Cley, 16th September 2017. The first of the
autumn.
Curlew Sandpiper, Cley, 16th September 2017.
Yellow Wagtail, Cley, 16th September 2017. I have never seen so
few Yellow Wagtails at Cley as I have this year.
Pintail, Cley, 15th September 2017.
Common Seal, Cley, 15th September 2017.
Pink-footed Geese, Cley, 14th September 2017. The first of the
autumn over the house.
Wigeon and Teal, Cley, 14th September 2017. A steady westerly
passage over the sea all day.
Arctic Skuas, Cley, 14th September 2017.
Manx Shearwater, Cley, 14th September 2017.
Yelkouan Shearwater type, Cley, 14th September 2017. Well,
slightly: including a strong foot-projection, a flank-line and
underwing-bar and dark undertail-coverts, but still a Manx –
apparently very likely to be a young juvenile with a
still-growing tail.
Otters, Cley, 12th September 2017. The two cubs have now split
from their mother but are still inseparable from each other –
and often out in the daytime.
Hobby, Cley, 10th September 2017.
Garganey, Serpentine, Cley, 10th September 2017.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Serpentine, Cley, 10th September 2017.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Serpentine, Cley, 9th September 2017.
Hen Harrier, Cley, 7th September 2017.
Little Egret, Cley, 7th September 2017. Clearly only just out of
its nest!
Spoonbills, Cley, 7th September 2017.
Lesser Whitethroat, Cley, 7th September 2017.
Curlew Sandpiper, Cley, 6th September 2017.
Dotterel, Cley, 5th September 2017.
Black-tailed Godwits, Cley, 5th September 2017.
White-winged Black Tern, Rockland Broad, Norfolk, 4th September 2017.
Swift, Cley, 4th September 2017.
Mediterranean Gull, Cley, 4th September 2017.
Guillemot, Cley, 4th September 2017.
Wheatear, Salthouse, 2nd September 2017.
Hobby, Cley, 1st September 2017.
Water Vole, Cley, 1st September 2017.
Whitethroat, Salthouse, 31st August 2017.
Greenshank, Cley, 31st August 2017.
Hen Harrier, Stiffkey, Norfolk, 31st August 2017.
Lesser Whitethroat, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 31st August 2017.
Glossy Ibis, Cley, 26th August 2017.
Shore Crab, Main Cut, Cley, 26th August 2017.
Hobby, Cley, 25th August 2017.
Common Buzzards, Cley, 25th August 2017.
Little Egret, Salthouse, 25th August 2017.
Pied Flycatcher, Salthouse, 23rd August 2017.
Whinchat, Salthouse, 23rd August 2017.
Roe Deer, Cley, 23rd August 2017.
Swift, Cley, 23rd August 2017. One of our late-to-fledge
juveniles looks out on the world – see
www.cleyswifts.blogspot.co.uk
Lesser Whitethroat, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 22nd August 2017.
Whinchat, Salthouse, 21st August 2017. The first of the autumn –
an unusual young juvenile.
Otter, Cley, 21st August 2017. Up two four continue to show very
unpredictably on the reserve.
Hobby, Cley, 20th August 2017. Two adults were again hunting
together over the reserve today – temporarily scattering all the
waders and other birds from the scrapes.
Water Vole, Cley, 20th August 2017. Enjoying the apple on his
floating 'Voltable'.
Spoonbills, Cley, 20th August 2017. A juvenile begging food from
its typically disinterested parent!
Green Sandpipers, Cley, 17th August 2017.
Greenshank, Cley, 17th August 2017.
Glossy Ibis, Salthouse, 17th August 2017. Present for a week
now, it has clearly found 'Salthouse Scrape' very much to its
liking.
Water Vole, Cley, 12th August 2017. Great to have them back and
showing!
Otter, Cley, 12th August 2017. One of two together in the main
cut west of East Bank again late morning.
Glossy Ibis and Ruff, Cley, 11th August 2017. Another nice
surprise –
Thrush Nightingale, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 10th August 2017.
A great find and a real surprise today, but extremely skulking
and almost impossible to see as they almost always are!
Greenshanks, Cley, 10th August 2017. Eight briefly on the
fast-disappearing Whitwell Scrape before flying over Simmonds'
Scrape and off west.
Garganey, Pat's Pool, Cley, 9th August 2017.
Dunlins, Cley, 9th August 2017. Pat's Pool looking good with
over 200 Dunlin feeding.
Great Skuas, Cley, 9th August 2017.
Hobby, Cley, 7th August 2017. A pair were hunting Dunlins
together in front of Daukes Hide this afternoon.
Baird's Sandpiper, Potter Heigham Marshes, Norfolk, 6th August 2017.
Coot, Cley, 5th August 2017. Flightless, with all its flight
feathers moulted.
Avocet, Cley, 3rd August 2017.
Avocets, Cley, 3rd August 2017. Plenty of Avocets have been on
Pat's Pool for some days.
Greenshanks, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 3rd August 2017.
Great White Egret, Cley, 2nd August 2017. This bird dropped onto
Pat's Pool just briefly at dusk.
Swifts, Cley, 2nd August 2017. A year-record c250 were feeding
over the North Scrape in the evening – though one was taken by a
Hobby
Otter, Cley, 2nd August 2017. On Don's Pool, briefly, at 10.00am
