Tuesday, 7 October 2025

20251007 Whinchat & Whooper swan, Cley Marshes

 

20251007 Whinchat
1st winter with closed left foot, Whatling Water.

20251007 M Harrier
Yellow FL over Popes to Harrier Man...

20251007 Whooper Swan 
3 in Pats roost this even.

20251007 ??

2025107 Whinchat
Shot supplied by GRGS and his FF Nikon.
Note weight of bird on rt leg.


Monday, 6 October 2025

Saturday, 4 October 2025

20251004 Turkestan Shrike, Dunwich Heath

 

20251004 Turkestan Shrike
Bird first seen in the roosting clump with agitated Blue Tits.
Flew out to coastguard cottages garden.  

20251004 T Shrike
Adult male.
Big black & 1.4x tele at F10, the sweet spot....
All shots at 1680mm.

20251004 T Shrike
Orangish Burnt Sienna to forehead, rump and tail, not red...
A bird of semi-deserts with tones to match.

20251004 Turkestan Shrike
Breeding range lies between the Caspian Sea and the Gobi Desert.
An area known as Turkestan...

20251004 T Shrike

20251002 Red-throated Diver
Walcott Gap.

20251002 Red-throated Diver
Walcott Gap.
The first image to really pop with the Big Black & 1.4x, at F10 1/3 of a stop from F9,
the max aperture with this converter.


Saturday, 27 September 2025

20250927 Common Redstart, Holkham Pines

 

2020927 Kestrel on sunrise
For the raptor connoisseur. 

20250927 C Redstart
2 males chasing about scrub.

20250927 C Redstart
1st winter male. Type not well depicted in field guides.




20250927 C Redstart

Thursday, 25 September 2025

20250925 Red-backed Shrike, Morston Greens

 







20250925 Barnacle Goose
Onto Bull Marsh.

20250925 Chiffchaff
Walsey Hills, with a weak 'heeet' call.


Tuesday, 23 September 2025

20250923 Lesser Grey Shrike, Winterton

 

20020526 Lesser Grey Shrike
A bright male at Dawlish Warren.
Brit Isles Lifer 357.

20250923 Lesser Grey Shrike

20250923 LG Shrike
Not in flight mode nor pro-capture.
When will the switch be made quick enough...??

20250923 LG Shrike
Less processing is more...?
Adult female with partial mask on forehead.

20250923 LG Shrike
Pale pinkish lower mandible base, a sign of immaturity...
A few barred scapulars remain also.


Monday, 22 September 2025

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck, Cley Marshes

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck
Bull Marsh with 5 Egyptian and 20 Pink-foot nearby... provenance??

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck
Blueish green speculum sheen.

20250922 Ruddy Shelduck
1921hrs into roost with c400 Pink-foot...!
Sunset 1845hrs, Night Vision set and first outing for the Big Black in the dark.