TropicBirdArt Blog from Holt

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Monday, 5 October 2026

20261005 Caspian Gull & Peregrine, Cley Marshes

 

20261005 Peregrine
Juvenile hunting about Swan Lake.

20261005 Caspian Gull
Classic lanky 1st winter on the new Whittwell scrape.

20261005 Caspian Gull
Classic hefty 1st winter with retained juvenile upperparts.
Pats Pool roost.


Saturday, 3 October 2026

20261003 Short-eared Owl, Cley Marshes

 

20261003 The eyes of Owldor & the Haddock Curry of Doom...

20261003 Short-eared Owl
Spent 30mins attempting to hunt from this telegraph pole.

20261003 Short-eared Owl
Warming by the West Bank Sluice.



20261003 Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Cley Marshes

 

20261003 
Rt side.
Hint of yellow at rear of supercilium...
Yellow underwing coverts show around bastard wing.
Ref: grey1st winter female Yellow Wagtail by Lewington, Rare Birds of B&E.

20261003 
Lt side.
Pale yellow in vent sides...
1st winter female beema...??
No yellow in tertail edges on this side either.
Ref: A putative 'Eastern Yellow Wagtail' in Devon,  Abbott P & Haig G, Birding World.

20260103 


Tuesday, 29 September 2026

20260929 Yellow-browed Warbler, Morston & Cley Marshes

 

20261003 Yellow-browed Warbler
Central hides clump.
Found by the owners of a large Supermarket chain....
1602mm, Small Black with MC20!!... GRGS?
HiRes image in acrylic available.

20260929 Yellow-browed Warbler
1 of 4 birds about the village.
A country wide invasion.
3 at Stiffkey Fen on 1st Oct and 1 at Morston Pond conservation project, deep in Willows.

20260930 Song Thrush
Birds moving inland all along the coast.
78 inland over Cley Res within 1 hour. Average flock size 10 birds.

20261001 Treecreeper
With LtTit flock Stiffkey Fen.
Back lighting at its best...