Catfield Fen
Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isosceles)
White Water Lilly (Nyphaea alba)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Sparham Pools
Cat's Ear MIning Bee (Andrea humilis)
Tipula vernalis
Common Blue Damselfly (Enellagma cyathigerurm)
Flag Iris (Iris pseudocorus)
Greater Celandine (Chelidoium majus)
Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)
Cley
Adult male Reed Bunting (Embiriza schoeniclus)
Shoveller (Spatula clypeata) at take off & landing.
Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) really don't take kindly to intruders, including this Redshank. (Triga totanus)
A moment of hovering above the female before mating. (Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Mating Avocets
A moment together afterwards.
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Spoonbill gathering nesting material. (Platalea leucorodia)
Alderfen Broad
Greater Tussock-sedge (Carex paniculata)
Cranefly Sp? Tipula vernalis?
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
Anasimyia lineata
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nyphula)
Moss Sp
Moss Sp
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) unfolding
Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Water Violet (Hottunia palustris)
Cley
Common Lizard
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Common Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint
Bawburgh Mill
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Frost's Common
Greater Tussock-sedge (Carex paniculata)
Water Violet (Hottonia palustris)
These are the capsules of Silesian Feather Moss (Herzogiella seligeri)
Not the best of pictures so a return visit is on the cards.
The actual moss was well hidden under a carpet of Kindbergia
Rustwort (Nowellia curvifolia)
Lyell's Bristle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)
Floating Crystalwort (Riccia fluitans)
Ulota Sp
Marsh Yellow Cress (Rorippa palustris)
Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)
Cley
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) about to bloom.
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Gramborough Hill
They didn't quite connect today while we were watching them.
But later is was clear she was sitting on eggs.
As usual Avocets are extraordinary protective of their space. The Turnstones and a Pied Wagtail had a hard time from them
Absolute emotion in action. - Get out of here!
Let's run down a Turnstone.
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
The most beautiful leveret - Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
The same group that have been here all week feeding up for onward migration.
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Ring Ouzel (Turnus torquatus)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Whimbrel, Bar Tailed Godwit, Yellow Wagtails & Swallows moving.