Cley
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus)
Two of the thirteen that flew in this morning.
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
A family party of four were present. Two adults, two juveniles.
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
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A very impressive new sculpture at Cley NWT
Alexander seed heads (Smyrnium olosatrum)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
A juvenile. The buff tips on the coverts & tertials give this away.
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
One adult, two juveniles
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)
Spoonbill (Platalia leucorodia)
Two youngster with the adult. Screaming for food! This all occurred within about three minutes.
The adult flew off closely followed by the youngsters.
Young Little Egerts (Egreta garzetta)
A Snipe flew in (Gallinago gallinago)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Blickling
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerurm)
Branched Bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) ♀︎
Dragonfly exuviae
Red-eyed Dragonfly (Erythroma najas)
Swift (Apus apus)
Wheatfen
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica)
Indian Feather-moss (Timmia megapolitana)
First found by Bob Ellis in 2000 and Wheatfen is still the only British Site for this moss.
from the
Red Data Book
Wheatfen Broad, part of the Ted Ellis Nature Reserve within the Yare Broads and Marshes SSSI, where Bob Ellis first found it in 2000 is still the only British site for this moss. It occurs on willow branches lying on bare mud in carr woodland where tidal flows mean that it can be under water for a number of days. The nearest population to that at Wheatfen, is in the Netherlands where it grows in similar conditions. Although found, so far, in only two adjacent 2 km grid squares, the Norfolk population is estimated at well over two million individual plants. Given concerns about Timmia megapolitana elsewhere in Europe, the population here appears to be of high conservation importance. by Mary Ghullam
Freshwater tidal Sallix Carr.
Kelling Heath
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chiffchaff (Phyloscopus collybita)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Adder (Viperus berus)
Blakeney Freshes
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Rook (Corvus frigilegus)
Blakeney Freshes
Brent (Branta bernicla)
Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red Breasted Goose & Two Tundra Bean Geese also present.
Bizzard (Buteo buteo)
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Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta) basking in the sunshine,
Three of the four youngsters in this family of Brent (Branta bernicla)
Brent (Branta bernicla)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Cormorant (Phlocracorax garbo) thought the reeds.
Reeds (Phragmites communis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Common Reed (Phragmites communis)
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Shoveller (Anas clypeata) scattered by a passing Marsh Harrier
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)