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| Lammergeier, North Elmham, Norfolk, 28th September 2020. Who'd have thought it?! |
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| Grey Phalaropes, Kelling, 28th September 2020. |
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| Little Gull, Kelling Water Meadow, 28th September 2020. |
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| Grey Phalarope, the Serpentine, Cley, 27th September 2020. |
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| Little Gull, Cley, 27th September 2020. |
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| Dark-bellied Brent Geese, Cley, 27th September 2020. |
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| Red-necked Phalarope, the Serpentine, Cley, 26th September 2020. |
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| Grey Phalarope, the Serpentine, Cley, 26th September 2020. |
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| Little Stints, the Serpentine, Cley, 26th September 2020. Busy on the Serpentine today – a Purple Sandpiper there and Little Gulls behind too. |
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| Lapland Bunting, Cley, 24th September 2020. Five were together on the beach by Sea Pool, and then flew west together. |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler, Walsey Hills, Cley, 23rd September 2020. |
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| Black-throated Diver, Cley, 22nd September 2020. |
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| Willow Emerald Damselfly, Cley, 22nd September 2020. |
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| Red-breasted Flycatcher, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 20th September 2020. |
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| Red-breasted Flycatcher, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 19th September 2020. |
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| Red-backed Shrike, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 19th September 2020. |
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| Brown Shrike, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 18th September 2020. I took far too many photographs of this lovely bird, so there are rather too many here too. It is, however, an interesting bird with numerous, mainly subtle, features, of course. |
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| Common Redstart, Warham Greens, Norfolk, 18th September 2020. |
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| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Tiree, Argyll, 16th September 2020. A bit of a surprise to find myself on Tiree watching this beauty on Wednesday! |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs, Runham, Norfolk, 14th September 2020. Unlike the current Cley Greenshank and some Lesser Yellowlegs, this bird was very nervous and not at all approachable. |
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| Greenshank, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 13th September 2020. |
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| Mediterranean Gull, Cley, 12th September 2020. |
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| Peregrine, Cley, 11th September 2020. |
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| Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, Cley, 11th September 2020. |
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| Wheatear, Cley, 7th September 2020. |
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| Water Vole, Cley, 7th September 2020. He's still beside the bridge to Bishop's Hide at Cley NWT this afternoon. He's not always there, but can be at any time of day. I get many more sightings of Otters here these days. |
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| Spoonbills, Stiffkey Fen, Norfolk, 7th September 2020. 45 roosting this morning! |
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| Curlew Sandpipers, Cley, 6th September 2020. |
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| Red-backed Shrike, Waxham, Norfolk, 3rd September 2020. |
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| White-winged Black Tern, Cantley Beet Factory Lagoons, Norfolk, 3rd September 2020. |
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| Whinchat, Wells North Point, Norfolk, 1st September 2020. |
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| Jay, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 1st September 2020. |
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| Great White Egret, Cley, 1st September 2020... compared with Cley's recent white Grey Heron. |
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| Great White Egret, Cley, 31st August 2020. |
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| Barred Warbler, Blakeney Point, 31st August 2020. The apparent second bird, in the Lupins. |
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| Barred Warbler, Blakeney Point, 31st August 2020. Feeding on asparagus berries in the plantation. |
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| Lesser Whitethroat, Blakeney Point, 31st August 2020. |
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| Tree Pipit, Blakeney Point, 31st August 2020. |
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| Kittiwake, Blakeney Point, 31st August 2020. |
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| Long-tailed Skua, Cley, 29th August 2020. Although the seawatch in today's northerly was disappointing and nearly all the few birds seen were distant, two or three Long-tailed Skuas were identified this morning. This was the relatively close 11.37 bird as it headed west. |
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| Great Skua, Cley, 29th August 2020. |
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| Shag, Cley, 29th August 2020. |
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| Great Crested Grebe, Cley, 29th August 2020. |
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| Water Rail, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 28th August 2020. |
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| Devil's Coach Horse, West Bank, Cley, 28th August 2020. |
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| Grey Heron, Cley, 27th August 2020. |
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| Icterine Warbler, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 23rd August 2020. . |
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| Leucistic Grey Heron, Cley, 22nd August 2020. Feeding on grasshoppers beside and on the East Bank this morning. |
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| Citrine Wagtail, Titchwell, Norfolk, 20th August 2020. Although quite close, it was so skulking in the reeds that it barely showed at all in the three hours that we were there this morning. |
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| Chinese Water Deer, Titchwell, Norfolk, 20th August 2020. Living up to its name. |
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| Jay, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 19th August 2020. |
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| Silver-Y, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 19th August 2020. 500 or more were on the knapweed in the Dell this morning. |
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| Barnacle Geese and Greylag Geese, North Point Pools, Wells, Norfolk, 19th August 2020. More than enough feral geese at North Point Pools today. |
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| Leucistic Grey Heron, Cley, 18th August 2020. This bird has been mostly elusive since it was first seen perched up beside Snipe's Marsh on 13th, but it was back there again this morning for a short while. The little Sony Rx10iv didn't perform too badly either. |
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| Black Tern, Arnold's Marsh, Cley, 17th August 2020. |
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| Greenish Warbler, Blakeney Point, 16th August 2020. |
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| Redstart, Blakeney Point, 16th August 2020. |
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| Sanderling, Blakeney Point, 16th August 2020. |
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| Albino/leucistic Grey Heron, Cley, 15th August 2020. |
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| Tawny Owls, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 13th August 2020. |
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| Pacific Golden Plover, Boulmer, Northumberland, 12th August 2020. |
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| Gull-billed Tern, Alton Water, Suffolk, 10th August 2020. |
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| Curlews, Cley, 10th August 2020. |
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| Water Rail, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 10th August 2020. |
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| Pied Flycatcher, Wells Woods, Norfolk, 9th August 2020. |
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| Hybrid escaped duck, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 8th August 2020. Well, one parent was clearly a whistling duck.... |
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| Sandwich Tern, Kelling, 7th August 2020. |
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| Gulls, Kelling, 7th August 2020. |
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| Compass Jellyfish, Kelling, 7th August 2020. |
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| Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Cley, 7th August 2020. |
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| White Stork, Ringstead, Norfolk, 6th August 2020. I missed her as she flew over Cley early afternoon, but caught up with her at her evening's roost at Ringstead. This is GB 46 – better known as Doris to her friends – from the Sussex/Surrey reintroduction project. She was originally a wild Polish bird, brought to Wintershall Estate (Surrey) in 2018 (presumably injured, for rehabilitation). It flew off from there in 2019 and has been wandering north to Norfolk and Lincolnshire ever since. |
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| Pied Flycatcher, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 6th August 2020. Proper autumn begins! |
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| Wheatear, Salthouse, 6th August 2020. |
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| Fish, Cley beach, 6th August 2020. Apart from the ones that were in the sea... |
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| Little Egrets, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 4th August 2020. 22, and a Grey Heron, fishing. All the fish must be there! |
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| Southern Migrant Hawker, Thompson Common, Norfolk, 4th August 2020. |
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| Southern Hawker, Thompson Common, Norfolk, 4th August 2020. |
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| Scarce Emerald Damselfly, Thompson Common, Norfolk, 4th August 2020. |
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| Adult male and juvenile Stonechats, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 3rd August 2020. |
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| Migrant Hawker, Walsey Hills, Cley, 1st August 2020. |
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| Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Warham Camp, Norfolk, 31st July 2020. |
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| Chalkhill Blues, Warham Camp, Norfolk, 31st July 2020. Hundreds of them on the wing at this delightful spot! |
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| Cattle Egret, Arnold's Marsh, Cley, 30th July 2020. |
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| Ruddy Shelduck x Egyptian Goose, Salthouse, 29th July 2020. This hybrid has returned to Salthouse for its fourth year. Is it time we gave him a name? I haven't seen an actual Ruddy Shelduck here for five years. |
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| Little Egrets, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 29th July 2020. |
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| Common Frog, Skirts Path, Cley, 29th July 2020. |
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| Common Whitethroat, Cley, 25th July 2020. |
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| Common Eiders, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 25th July 2020. |
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| Buff-tip Moth caterpillars, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 25th July 2020. |
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| Grayling, Walsey Hills, Cley, 24th July 2020. |
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| Common Darter, Walsey Hills, Cley, 24th July 2020. |
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| Little Grebes, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 23rd July 2020. |
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| Common Blue & Gatekeeper, Cley, 23rd July 2020. |
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| Common Eider, Cley, 22nd July 2020. |
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| Honey Buzzard, Walsey Hills, Cley, 21st July 2020. Perhaps the first ever to be photographed in the Cley square? |
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| Mediterranean Gull, Cley, 21st July 2020. |
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| A fish boil attracting Sandwich Terns and Black-headed Gulls, Cley, 21st July 2020. |
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| Red Deer, Salthouse Heath, 21st July 2020. |
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| Redshank chick, Salthouse, 20th July 2020. |
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| Cattle Egret, Cley, 20th July 2020. |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary form valezina, Stonepit Heath, 20th July 2020. |
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| Southern Hawker, Walsey Hills, Cley, 18th July 2020. |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker, Walsey Hills, Cley, 15th July 2020. |
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| Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Pectoral Sandpiper and Black-headed Gulls, Cley, 13th July 2020. |
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| Large Tortoiseshell, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, 13th July 2020. |
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| Redshanks, Salthouse, 12th July 2020. |
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| White-letter Hairstreak, Stonepit Heath, 12th July 2020. |
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| Lammergeier, Howden Moor, Yorkshire, 11th July 2020. |
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| Goldfinch, East Bank, Cley, 10th July 2020. |
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| Cley, 10th July 2020. Hopefully it will be possible to re-open the hides before too much longer, but NWT are going to have to find the boardwalk first! |
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| Common Darter, Walsey Hills, Cley, 10th July 2020. |
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| Black-tailed Skimmer, Walsey Hills, Cley, 10th July 2020. |
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| Raven, Portland Bill, Dorset, 8th July 2020. Photographed by Sue while I was watching assorted shearwaters! |
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| Essex Skipper, East Bank, Cley, 7th July 2020. |
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| Gatekeeper, Walsey Hills, Cley, 7th July 2020. |
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| White-letter Hairstreak, Stonepit Heath, 6th July 2020. |
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| Purple Hairstreak, Salthouse Heath, 2nd July 2020. |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cley, 1st July 2020. |
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| Small Skipper, Salthouse, 1st July 2020. |
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| Peacock Butterfly caterpillars, Salthouse, 1st July 2020. |
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