Cley
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Snipe (Galinago gallinago)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Swallow (Hirundo rusticata)
Cley
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)
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)
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.
