Grizzled Skipper, Foulden Common, Norfolk, 6th June
2016.
Dingy Skipper, Foulden Common, Norfolk, 6th June
2016.
Mother Shipton Moth, Foulden Common, Norfolk,
6th June
2016.
Pochards, Cley, 5th June
2016. The female on Snipe's Marsh still seems to have eight of
her nine young, though they're a challenge to count as they dive
constantly!
Spoonbills, Cley, 5th June
2016.
Common Lizard, Cley, 5th June
2016.
Painted Lady, Cley, 5th June
2016. A small influx is underway.
Fox,
Norfolk, 4th June
2016. Don't say where: almost everyone seems to want to kill
these gorgeous animals.
Red-backed Shrike, Walsey Hills, Cley, 3rd
June
2016.
Common Twayblade Orchid, Whitwell Common,
Norfolk, 2nd June
2016.
Green-winged Orchids, New Buckenham Common,
Norfolk, 2nd June
2016.
Swifts, Cley, 29th
May
2016. About 200 have been feeding low over the marshes today in
the cold, dank, northerly conditions.
Small Heath, Gramborough Hill,
Salthouse, 28th
May
2016.
Starling, Cley, 27th
May
2016.
Stonechat, Salthouse, 27th
May
2016.
Stonechat, Salthouse, 26th
May
2016.
Great Reed
Warbler, Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire, 25th
May
2016.
Fallow Deer, Black Gutter Bottom, New Forest,
Hampshire, 25th
May
2016.
Great Spotted Cuckoo, Culverwell,
Portland Bill, Dorset, 24th
May
2016.
Little Owl, Obs Quarry, Portland Bill,
Dorset, 24th May
2016.
Lammergeier, Princetown, Dartmoor,
Devon, 23rd May
2016.
Raven, Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon,
23rd May
2016.
Early Purple Orchid, Kilkhampton,
Cornwall, 22nd May
2016.
Wheatear, Yes Tor, Dartmoor, Devon,
20th May
2016.
Bullfinch, Moretonhampstead, Devon,
20th May
2016.
Dipper, River Dart, Poundsgate,
Dartmoor, Devon, 19th May
2016.
Spotted Flycatcher, Yarner Wood,
Devon, 19th May
2016.
Pied Flycatchers,
Yarner Wood, Devon, 19th
May
2016.
Nuthatch, Yarner Wood, Devon, 18th May
2016.
Mandarin, Yarner Wood, Devon, 18th May
2016.
Whinchat, Dartmoor, Devon,
18th May
2016.
Stonechat, Dartmoor, Devon, 18th May
2016.
Raven and Buzzard,
Dartmoor, Devon, 18th May
2016.
Adder, Dartmoor, Devon,
18th May
2016.
Ruff, Serpentine, Cley, 16th May
2016.
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Overstrand,
Norfolk, 15th May
2016.
Bee-eater, Winterton, Norfolk, 13th May
2016.
Rosybill, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 13th May
2016. A visitor from Blakeney Duckpond maybe.
Grey-headed Wagtails, Kelling Quag, 12th May
2016.
Black Terns, Lakenheath Fen, Norfolk, 12th May
2016.
Caspian Stonechat, Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, 11th May
2016.
Spoonbill, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, 11th May
2016.
Whimbrel, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, 11th May
2016.
Dalmatian Pelican, Polgigga, Cornwall, 10th May
2016.
Woodchat Shrike, Polgigga, Cornwall, 10th May
2016.
Black-winged Stilt, Pat's Pool, Cley, 8th May
2016. She's still here today.
Temminck's Stint, Pat's Pool, Cley, 8th May
2016. The second of the spring.
Ruffs, Pat's Pool, Cley, 7th May
2016.
Little Ringed Plover, Pat's Pool, Cley, 8th May
2016.
Greenshank, Pat's Pool, Cley, 8th May
2016.
Black-winged Stilt, Pat's Pool, Cley, 7th May
2016. A new arrival today – only the second-ever Stilt for Cley.
Dusky Warbler, Hickling Broad, Norfolk 7th May
2016. A singing male, but no easier to see or photograph than a
typical autumn one.
Brown Long-eared Bats, Holt CP, Norfolk, 7th May
2016. Three day-roosting together.
Wood Sandpipers, Iron Road, Salthouse, 6th May
2016. Just three of the exceptional 15 present today.
Whimbrel, Salthouse, 5th May
2016.
Swift, Cley, 4th May
2016. Back in her nestbox this evening, while her mate flies
around outside. Welcome Home!
Pied Flycatcher, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 4th May
2016.
Formerly semi-regular, this one-afternoon bird was the first
spring male I've seen in the Cley Square for 13 years.
Ruffs, Cley, 3rd May
2016.
A little lekking on Pat's Pool this evening – the first I have
seen here for many years.
Black-headed Wagtail, Titchwell, Norfolk, 2nd May
2016.
Common Redstart, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 2nd May
2016.
Reed Warbler, Cley, 2nd May
2016.
Wheatear, Cley, Norfolk, 2nd May
2016.
Dotterels, Choseley, Norfolk, 1st May
2016. These two were part of a trip of nine – characteristically
distant in the huge Choseley field.
Red Deer, Kelling Heath, 1st May 2016.
Part of a group of 19 on the heath this morning.
Short-eared Owl, Cley, 30th April 2016.
Whinchat, Cley, 30th April 2016.
Common Sandpiper, Cley, 30th April 2016.
Greenshank, Pat's Pool, Cley, 29th April 2016.
Ring Ouzel, Friary Hills, Blakeney, 28th April 2016.
Wryneck, Cley, 27th April 2016.
He's still here!
Spoonbill, The Serpentine, Cley, 27th April 2016.
Temminck's Stint, Pat's Pool, Cley, 27th April 2016.
Sadly declining like all passage waders. For the first time in
over 40 years I didn't see one at all last year, despite living
at Cley – the best place in Britain for them.
Wryneck, Cley, 26th April 2016. He's
still here, obviously waiting for the weather to improve before
he heads on north.
Wryneck, Cley, 24th April 2016. He's
still here today (25th), but not showing as well as yesterday
afternoon due to the worse weather (a horrid NW6, 5°C and
showers).
Wryneck, Cley, 24th April 2016. After
looking in vain in all my neighbours' gardens, I found it in
mine!
Spotted Redshank, Cley, 23rd April 2016.
Sadly, these formerly regular beauties are becoming really
scarce – I didn't see one at all last spring.
