White-tailed Plover, Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire, 30th August 2021.

Wood Warbler, Cley, 29th August 2021. Courtesy of NOA Walsey Hills Warden Emma Buck - many thanks! This, our most beautiful warbler, used to breed in the Cley Square, but is now very sadly only a scarce visitor that is becoming ever rarer. This was only the third I have seen in Norfolk since 2015.

Kestrel, Cley, 29th August 2021.

Hare, Cley, 28th August 2021.

Great Skuas, Cley, 26th August 2021.

Red-backed Shrike, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 24th August 2021.

Brimstone, Stiffkey, Norfolk, 24th August 2021.

Greenish Warbler, Blakeney Point, 23rd August 2021.

Icterine Warbler, Blakeney Point, 22nd August 2021.

Pied Flycatcher, Blakeney Point, 22nd August 2021.

Redstart, Blakeney Point, 22nd August 2021.

Garden Warbler, Blakeney Point, 22nd August 2021.

Cuckoo, Cley, 20th August 2021.

Polecat, dead on the road between Morston and Blakeney, 20th August 2021.

Spoonbills (54!) and Little Egrets, Stiffkey Fen, 19th August 2021.

Red Admiral caterpillar, Cley, 19th August 2021.

Sabine's Gull, Arnold's Marsh, Cley, 16th August 2021.

Sabine's Gull, Brackish Pool, Cley, 16th August 2021.   (To see the video again, click the repeat arrow, bottom left, or maybe bottom centre.)

Great Skua, Cley, 16th August 2021.

Whimbrel, Cley, 14th August 2021.

Southern Hawker Dragonfly, Cley, 14th August 2021.

Common Crane, Cley, 12th August 2021.

Common Crane, Cley, 10th August 2021.

Greenshanks, Cley, 10th August 2021.

Water Vole, Cley, 9th August 2021. Great to see four together in the Catchwater Drain. (To see the video again, click the repeat arrow, bottom left, or maybe bottom centre.)

Spoonbills, Cley, 9th August 2021.

Green Sandpiper, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Common Snipe and Green Sandpiper, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Common Sandpiper, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Redshank and Ruff, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Ruff, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Spotted Redshank and Shelducks, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Reed Warbler, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Sedge Warbler, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Swift, Cley, 8th August 2021. Our sole juvenile this year doing its press-ups prior to fledging and leaving for the Congo! More details on cleyswifts.blogspot.com .  (To see the video again, click the repeat arrow, bottom left, or maybe bottom centre.)

Grey Seal, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly, Beach Shelter, Cley, 8th August 2021.

Pacific Golden Plover, North Point Pools, Wells, Norfolk, 7th August 2021.

Wall Brown, Boardwalk, Cley, 7th August 2021.

Roe Deer, North Foreland, Cley, 4th August 2021.

Holly Blue, Beach Road, Cley, 2nd August 2021.

Swallow, Cley, 1st August 2021.

Green Sandpiper, Cley, 30th July 2021.

Swift, Sea Lawn, Cley, 30th July 2021. Our sole swiftlet this year is looking well and looking out, anxious to fledge. (More as always on cleyswifts.blogspot.com.)  (To see the video again, click the repeat arrow, bottom left, or maybe bottom centre.)

Ringlet, Sea Lawn, Cley, 30th July 2021.

Silver-washed Fritillary, Stonepit Heath, Kelling, 29th July 2021.

Purple Emperor, Stonepit Heath, Kelling, 26th July 2021.

Purple Hairstreak, Stonepit Heath, Kelling, 26th July 2021.

Long-billed Dowitcher, Dickleburgh Moor, Norfolk, 25th July 2021.

Garganey, Serpentine, Cley, 25th July 2021.

Common Crane, Cley/Salthouse, 24th July 2021.

Western Sandpiper, Snettisham, Norfolk, 23rd July 2021.

White Stork, Leziate, Norfolk, 23rd July 2021.

Comma, Kelling, 22nd July 2021.

Purple Emperor, Foxley Wood, Norfolk, 20th July 2021.

Silver-washed Fritillary, Foxley Wood, Norfolk, 20th July 2021.

Lunar Hornet Moth, Cley, 18th July 2021.

Osprey, Arnside Knott, Cumbria, 17th July 2021.

High Brown Fritillary, Arnside Knott, Cumbria, 17th July 2021.

Dark Green Fritillary, Arnside Knott, Cumbria, 17th July 2021.

Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Wrynose Pass, Cumbria, 16th July 2021.

Egyptian Vulture, Dunfanaghy Lake, Co. Donegal, 15th July 2021.

Juvenile Yellow Wagtails, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 14th July 2021.

Water Rail, Cley, 12th July 2021.

Mediterranean Gull, Cley, 11th July 2021.

Norfolk Hawker, East Bank, Cley, 11th July 2021. This Broads speciality did not occur here until 2019, but perhaps it's here to stay now.

Emperor Dragonfly, East Bank, Cley, 11th July 2021.

Silver-washed Fritillary, Stonepit Heath, 11th July 2021.

White Admiral, Stonepit Heath, 11th July 2021.

Avocet, Cley, 10th July 2021.

Swifts, Cley, 10th July 2021. Our only pair this year stupidly knocked one of their two eggs out of their nest halfway through incubation, but the remaining egg hatched yesterday. Horray! (To see the video again, click the repeat arrow, bottom left, or maybe bottom centre.)

Tufted Ducks, Cley, 9th July 2021.

Alpine Swift, Cromer, Norfolk, 8th July 2021.

Spoonbills and Great White Egret, Cley, 7th July 2021.

Roseate Terns, Cley, 6th July 2021.

Rufous Turtle Dove, Easington, Yorkshire, 5th July 2021.

Black-browed Albatross, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 5th July 2021.

Gannet, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 5th July 2021.

Tree Sparrow, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 5th July 2021.

Pacific Golden Plover, Hickling, Norfolk, 3rd July 2021.

Black-winged Stilts, Hickling, Norfolk, 3rd July 2021.

Great White Egret, Cley, 2nd July 2021.

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