20260808 Caspian Gull & Yellow-legged Gull, Cley Marshes

 

20260808 Wood Sandpiper
Juvenile bird, the 1st of the autumn.

20260808 Yellow-legged Gull

20260808 Caspian Gull
2nd summer.

20260808 Caspian Gull
Bill and head shape comparison with Yelleg.

20260728 Pectoral Sandpiper, Stiffkey Fen

 

20260728 Pectoral Sandpiper
Shot from the sea wall to remains of the pool...

20260728 Pectoral Sandpiper
Adult male with thick breast markings.

20260728 Pectoral Sandpiper
Diagnostic v-neck head on.

20111001 Pectoral Sandpiper
The famous Marazion Beach bird... cannot be beaten.
Juvenile bird with a less solid pectoral band.
G1 and Sigma at 851mm, laying on sand.
Re-processed to 2026 standards.

20260725 Caspian Gull, Cromer & Sheringham

 

20260725 Caspian Gull
Early morn on Cromer beach.
1st summer bird, rather worn and tertials missing from left wing.
Excellent bill, a 2nd winter type, very streaky with a black distal end.
Wing covert wear is extensive and reveals the dark brown secondaries in this wing.
Note bug infestation around eye, overall not a healthy bird...

20260725 Peregrine Falcon
Female sunning. A Cromer visit is not complete...
No sign of juveniles but the tercel appeared on the sunny side later on.

20260725 Caspian Gull
Adult Sheringham rocks. A large lanky classic.

20260725 Caspian Gull
Dark eyes due to varying amounts of vein like blobs in the iris.
Eyes look black at range.

20260725 Caspian Gull

20260718 Black Tern & Continental Black-tailed Godwit, Cley Marshes

 

20260718 Arctic Tern
Over Arnolds. Maybe nesting on the rejuvenated Blakeney Point...?
Sandwich Tern juveniles are now gathering on Arnolds, rumoured to be from a new colony
on the Point..!??

20260718 Black Tern
Juvenile West inshore, Cley Beach. An excellent flyby.

20260718 Continental Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa limosa.
A helpful Juvenile with 2 adult Ll islandica.

20260718 Continental Black-tailed Godwit
Adult non-breeding plumage and juv with 2 ad islandica.

20260781 Continental Black-tailed Godwit
Juvenile helpfully with a deep bill base.
Note this gives a straighter bill profile than the slightly up-curved islandica.

20260724 Spoonbill
Low over East Bank.