Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)









Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Tag CloudMarshHarrier, LittleEgret

Curlew (Numenius arquatus)



Starling (Sternus vulgaris)





Teal (Anas crecca)

Tag CloudTeal, Curlew , Starling , Landscape

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)



Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Tag CloudMarshHarrier, Lapwing

Black Tailed Godwit (limosa limosa)











Young Male Marsh Harrier making a meal of a dead Pinkfooted Goose.







Teal, Wigeon & Black Tailed Godwit



Teal in the evening light.

Adult Yellow Legged Gull

Adult and Second Winter Caspian Gull

and a part Glaucous Gull.

Very pale plumage, bill showing Glaucous tendencies but black primaries.

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, MarshHarrier, Teal, Wigeon

Black tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) & the odd Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)



Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)



Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)





Juv Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)

and just down the road at Salthouse

Black headed Gulls doing the two step

Tag CloudPeregrine, BlacktailedGodwit, MarshHarrier, Moorhen

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)








White Wall Rocket (Diplotaxus erucoides)

And
Just down the road
A very nice European Stonechat

Sadly the other one dropped from the top of the reeds near the Lane first thing this morning
and
disappeared for two hours.

Tag CloudMarshHarrier, AnnualWallRocket, Stonechat

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)











Coming in



Resting















Going out

Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)



Shoveller & Teal (Anas crecca)





Shoveller (Anas clypeata)



Coot (Fulica atra)


Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)







Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)



Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)




Three Black Tailed Godwit in a scrape.

Tag CloudPinkFootedGoose, Shoveller, Teal, MarshHarrier, Kestrel, Coot

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)



Gadwall (Anas strepera)







Wigeon (Anas penelope)



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)











Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)





Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)







Pinkfeet choosing the moon.

Tag CloudSnipe, Landscape, WaterPipit, Gadwall, Wigeon, BarnacleGoose

Leaving the roost this morning









Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)



Canada Goose with the Pinkfeet.

Seems to have a very pale almost white breast with clear demarcation between the breast and neck colour.

Does this make it B C canadensis?

'That Cackling conundrum'
from
the IRBC

Comparison's of sub species here

and

from an article from Sibley's

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)

Probably not wild but….?













Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrynchus)

Tag CloudBarnacleGoose, PinkFootedGoose

Wigeon (Anas penelope)





Beautiful markings on a freshly arrived Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

&

One Little Stint

Tag CloudWigeon, SongThrush

The magnificent aerial antics of Pink Feet coming into land.



















Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Tag CloudPinkFootedGoose

One of a pair of Buzzards (Buteo buteo)


Tagged Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)





Pink Footed geese landing. (Anser brachyrynchus)

Monday Wash Day at Cley












































Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

Tag CloudMuteSwan, Buzzard, MarshHarrier

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)



Lesser Black Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)



Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyryhnchus)

Tag CloudPinkFootedGoose, BeardedTit, LBBG

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)









Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Tag CloudWigeon, GreenSandpiper, CommonSandpiper

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



















Common Sandpiper (Actits hypoleucos)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)









Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, CommonSandpiper, Buzzard, GreyWagtail