20170708 EDP field sketching article RSPB Titchwell

Many thanks to Carrie for the compiling and editing.

Excellent student sketches and notes from this seasons course.

20170615 Spotted Flycatcher Glandford

Spotted Flycatcher
Pair nested near the Ford this year in ivy clad tree.

Feeding young in the nest on 15th but by the 21st there was no sign of the family.
Appear to be very thin on the ground this year in North Norfolk and going the same way as Turtle Dove and Nightingale...??
Last summer we came across Spot Fly family of 3 fledglings on the Blickling Hall Estate. 

20170530 Southern Marsh-orchid RSPB Titchwell

Southern Marsh-orchid or hybrid...

By the East Trail.

20170527 Bee Orchid Friary Hills

Bee Orchid

20170516 Turtle Dove RSPB Titchwell

Turtle Dove

In the car park and very confiding following a long lurking period.

Is this the ultimate TDove shot?

Turtle Dove

Is this the ultimate TDove shot?

20170502 Turtle Dove & Yellowhammer Choosley

Turtle Dove

Collecting spilt grain on concrete pad.

Turtle Dove

One of 3 birds on ploughed field.

Turtle Dove

3 birds just in from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Arguably the last 3 in Norfolk to make it through the Mediterranean zone.

Turtle Dove

Yellowhammer

Resplendent male

Corn bunting in song here also.

20170408 Pied Wagtail Morston Quay

Pied Wagtail

Male about the picnic tables.