Hooded Crow, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 30th July 2022.

Common Sandpiper, Cley, 30th July 2022.

Ringed Plover fledgling, Cley, 30th July 2022.

Grey Heron, Cley, 30th July 2022.

Water Rail, Cley, 30th July 2022.

Mediterranean Gull, Cley, 29th July 2022.

Sandwich Tern, Cley, 29th July 2022.

Kestrel, Cley, 29th July 2022.

Bee-eater, Trimingham, Norfolk, 27th July 2022.

Pochard, Cley, 25th July 2022. The sole juvenile to fledge at Cley this year.

Water Vole, Cley, 25th July 2022.

Night Heron, Cley, 25th July 2022.

Bittern, Cley, 23rd July 2022.

Lesser Yellowlegs, Titchwell, Norfolk, 23rd July 2022.

Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle, Cley, 23rd July 2022.

Swift, Cley, 22nd July 2022. Our last youngster about to fledge...

Wood Pigeon, Cley, 22nd July 2022. The Swallows haven't nested on their brackets in Cley Beach Shelter for some years, but someone's found a place...

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Walsey Hills, Cley, 22nd July 2022.

Wheatear, Cley, 22nd July 2022.

Water Rail chick, Cley, 21st July 2022.

Curlew Sandpiper, Cley, 21st July 2022.

White-rumped Sandpiper and Dunlins, Titchwell, Norfolk, 21st July 2022.

Curlew Sandpiper, Cley, 21st July 2022.

Spoonbills, Cley, 21st July 2022.

Marsh Harriers, Cley, 21st July 2022.

Little Ringed Plover, Cley, 21st July 2022.

Spotted Redshank, Cley, 21st July 2022.

Green Sandpiper, Cley, 20th July 2022.

Water Rail, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 20th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plovers, Cley, 20th July 2022. The four chicks on Pat's Pool are down to three now. They can't fly yet, but they seem more marsh-wise than they were and they can run fast!

Swallows, Cley, 20th July 2022. So, over our heads in the three main hides, there was a pair in each, and these look to be another brood of four about to fledge (see 3rd July & 29th June below). The Cley hides are clearly prime real estate for Swallows and they don't mind sharing with birders at least!

Night Heron, Cley, 17th July 2022.

Wheatear, Cley, 17th July 2022. A juvenile moulting to first-winter – I wonder where it was bred.

Otter, Cley, 17th July 2022. A rare summer sighting – and all too common balloon litter.

Green Sandpiper, Cley, 15th July 2022.

Bearded Tit, Cley, 15th July 2022.

Green Sandpipers, Cley, 14th July 2022.

Redshank, Cley, 14th July 2022.

Grayling, Cley, 14th July 2022.

Weasel, Cley, 12th July 2022.

Bittern, Cley, 12th July 2022.

Redshank, Cley, 12th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plover, Cley, 11th July 2022.

Purple Emperor, Foxley Wood, Norfolk, 11th July 2022.

Spoonbills, Cley, 10th July 2022.

Spoonbills, Cley, 10th July 2022. A begging youngster chasing its parent and another joins in!  (To see the video again, press the repeat button bottom left, or maybe bottom middle.)

Goldfinch, Walsey Hills, Cley, 9th July 2022.

Common Frog, Cley boardwalk, 9th July 2022.

Night Heron, Cley, 8th July 2022.

Little Egret, Cley, 8th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plovers, Cley, 8th July 2022.

Moorhen, Cley, 8th July 2022.

Curlew and Whimbrel, Cley, 7th July 2022.

Whimbrel, Cley, 7th July 2022.

Ruff, Cley, 7th July 2022.

Marsh Harriers, Cley, 6th July 2022.

Little Ringed Plovers, Cley, 5th July 2022.

Toadlet, Cley, 6th July 2022.

Spoonbill, Cley, 5th July 2022.

Little Egret, Cley, 5th July 2022.

Coot, Cley, 5th July 2022.

Spoonbills, three juveniles on Pat's Pool, Cley, 3rd July 2022.

Swallows, Cley, 3rd July 2022. The second pair fledging their brood from the hides.

Emperor Moth caterpillar, Cley, 3rd July 2022.

White-letter Hairstreak, Stonepit Heath, 3rd July 2022.

Temminck's Stint, Serpentine, Cley, 2nd July 2022.

Juvenile Spoonbills, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 2nd July 2022.

Wood Sandpiper, Cley, 1st July 2022.

Small Skipper, Cley, 1st July 2022.

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