Cley Birds Photo Gallery

Grey Partridges and Lapwing, Eye Field, Cley, 29th April 2020.

Grey Heron, Main Cut, Cley, 29th April 2020. Feeding amongst SIX bloody balloons!

Whinchat, Iron Road, Salthouse, 28th April 2020.

Sedge Warbler, Cley, 24th April 2020.

Peregrine, Cley, 24th April 2020.

Spoonbill, Cley, 24th April 2020.

Yellow Wagtails, Morston, 23rd April 2020.

Cley, 21st April 2020. Amazing totally cloud-free skies these last few days, with not a single aeroplane trail all day long. Never have I seen it like this before.

Wryneck, Cley, 19th April 2020.

Tawny Owl, Cley, 17th April 2020.

Green Hairstreak, Wiveton Downs, 16th April 2020.

Green Woodpecker, Walsey Hills, 15th April 2020.

Holly Blue, Walsey Hills, 15th April 2020.

Grasshopper Warbler, Kelling Hard, 14th April 2020.

Hares, Gramborough Marsh, Salthouse, 14th April 2020. [Just click the replay arrow - bottom left or maybe bottom centre in the image - to view again.]

Willow Warbler, Cley, 11th April 2020.

Orange-tip, Cley, 11th April 2020.

Brimstone, Cley, 11th April 2020.

Wren, Walsey Hills, Cley, 9th April 2020.

Walsey Hills, Cley, 6th April 2020. The Blackthorn blossom just reaching its peak now.

Ring Ouzel, Salthouse, 6th April 2020.

Wheatear, Salthouse, 6th April 2020.

Short-eared Owl, Salthouse, 6th April 2020.

Great White Egrets, Cley, 4th April 2020.

Field Vole, Cley, 3rd April 2020. [Just click the replay arrow - bottom left or maybe bottom centre in the image - to see it again.]

Firecrest, Walsey Hills, Cley, 2nd April 2020.

Black Swan, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 1st April 2020. Newly arrived; the first here for some years.

Red Deer, Glandford, 31st March 2020. Part of a group of 9 breaking cover.

Pink-footed Geese, Cley, 31st March 2020. Six of the last eight.

Purple Heron, Cley, 30th March 2020.

Blob, Cley, 30th March 2020. Does anyone know what this is please?

Plaice, Cley, 30th March 2020.

Lobster, Cley, 30th March 2020. Part of a tide wreck following Sunday's northerly gale. It was still alive (just), so I 'lobbed' it back in.

West Bank, Cley, 30th March 2020. The annual 'Essential' destruction of the insect-rich Alexanders by the Dis Environment Agency.

Polecat, Cley garden (not mine, alas!), 25th March 2020. It has a very pale face, so is surely a Polecat showing its Ferret genes. [Just click the replay arrow - bottom left or maybe bottom centre in the image - to see it again.]

Purple Heron, Salthouse, 28th March 2020.

Spoonbills, Cley, 27th March 2020. Four gorgeous breeding plumaged adults dropped in at midday. Gorgeously unringed too.

Small Tortoiseshell, Cley, 27th March 2020.

Great White Egret and Little Egret, Cley, 26th March 2020.

Comma, Cley, 26th March 2020.

Black Redstart, Cley, 25th March 2020.

Dogfish, Cley, 15th March 2020. The second on the beach in two days.

Peacock Butterfly, Cley, 25th March 2020. Hopefully the DisEnvironment Agency will not find it essential to mow the Cley banks this spring.

Common Toads, Cley, 20th March 2020.

Whooper Swans, Cley, 19th March 2020.

Barn Owl, Salthouse, 18th March 2020.

Tree Sparrow, Cley, 17th March 2020.

Barn Owl, Cley, 15th March 2020.

Wheatear, Cley, 15th March 2020.

Red-legged Partridge, Cley, 14th March 2020.

Waxwings, Salthouse, 14th March 2020. Feeding on Robusta Hybrid Black Poplar blossom.

Great Grey Shrike, Fincham, Norfolk, 13th March 2020.

Little Grebe, Cley, 12th March 2020.

Common Cranes, Cley, 10th March 2020. These four flew west mid morning, making a total of 10 flying west here in the last five days – unless they're doing complete laps of the county (which is quite possible).

Pochards, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 10th March 2020. The flock is up to 23 today.

Common Toad, Walsey Hills, Cley, 10th March 2020.

Common Cranes, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 7th March 2020.

Great White Egret, Cley, 2nd March 2020.

Common Frog, Cley, 24th February 2020.

Water Pipit, Cley, 23rd February 2020.

Snow Buntings, Cley, 23rd February 2020.

Avocets, Cley, 20th February 2020.

Hawfinch, Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk, 19th February 2020.

Mandarin, Brandon, Suffolk, 19th February 2020.

Marsh Tit, Cockley Cley, Norfolk, 19th February 2020.

Twite, Blakeney Freshes, 14th February 2020.

Kingfisher, Cley, 12th February 2020.

Shovelers, Teal and Wigeon, Cley, 11th February 2020.

Common Toad, Cley, 9th February 2020.

Goshawk, Norfolk, 7th February 2020.

Stonechat, Cley, 28th January 2020.

Wigeon, Cley, 25th January 2020.

Waxwing, Cley, 23rd January 2020.

Grey Heron, Cley, 23rd January 2020. Good to see it with a large Eel.

Great Crested Grebe, Horning, Norfolk, 22nd January 2020.

Otters, Irstead, Norfolk, 21st January 2020. Note the unfortunate fishing hook in the second photo up.

Caspian Gull, Sheringham, Norfolk, 21st January 2020.

Black Redstart, Cley Church, 20th January 2020.

Great Crested Grebe, Cley, 15th January 2020.

North Scrape, Cley, 15th January 2020. More ducks are using the often neglected North Scrape than the other main pools at Cley NWT at the moment, including 150 Pintail this afternoon.

Common Cranes, Billockby, Norfolk, 12th January 2020.

Red Kite and Carrion Crow, Kelling, 11th January 2020.

Lesser White-fronted Goose, Walpole Marsh, Norfolk, 9th January 2020. Good to catch up with this elusive bird at last – less than 400 yards short of the Lincolnshire border!

Red-throated Diver, Cley, 8th January 2020.

Otters, Bayfield Lake, Glandford, 6th January 2020. I think these were two well-grown cubs – probably the ones seen on Cley NWT last week – but no sign of their Mum at this time.

Whooper Swans, Cley, 4th January 2020. Short-stayers as almost always, these four were present for just a few hours in the middle of the day.

Common Seal, Cley, 3rd January 2020. This fellow seems to have found his way into the Main Cut. There is food in there, but hopefully he'll regain the sea before too long.