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| 20241231 American Yellow Warbler |
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| 20241231 A Yellow Warbler 1st winter male. Diffused with cadmium yellow throughout. |
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| 20241231 A Yellow Warbler Olive green tones in upperparts. |
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| 20241231 American Yellow Warbler Bird spent most of its time in the Sewage Works, an excellent food supply. Infrequently showed well in scrub along dyke. |
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| 20241231 A Yellow Warbler |
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| 20241231 American Yellow Warbler |
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| 20241231 A Yellow Warbler Yellow inner web in tail feathers shows in this preening shot. |
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| 20241224 Herring Gull Paired with this bird. A shorter legged female argenteus. |
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| 20241224 Holding territory around Quay and onto hotel roof. |
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| 20241224 Hybrid Herring x LBB Gull Slight yellow tone in tarsus of pale legs. May increase into spring? |
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| 20241225 Herring Gull Black primary wedge. |
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| 20241225 Hybrid Gull Large black primary wedge. P10s mirror has fused with tip and P9 has a large mirror. |
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| 20241214 Grey-headed Lapwing Hiding amongst mole hills in grazing field. Adjacent to main track through reserve... Adult with red Iris. |
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| 20241214 Grey-headed Lapwing |
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| 20241214 Grey-headed Lapwing Strong Westerley winds for 3 days and the bird didn't show as well as this again. |
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| 20241214 Grey-headed Lapwing |
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| 20241214 Grey-headed Lapwing Rumours in the tabloid press suggest the bird has been in Britain for much of 2024...?? Where would that Point to in Norfolk....? |
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| 20241215 E Curlew Abundant on sheep pasture here. Several flocks of c50 birds. |
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| 20241216 N Lapwing Hunkered down out of strong Westerley in recently well ploughed field. No sign of a grey head... The Grey-headed only loosley associated with the Lapwing flocks and sat away from them. |
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| 20241216 Pheasant Whilst walking the desert of farmland lanes one comes across major dumps of game by the hedges. Similar problems for wildlife as in arable NNorfolk... |
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| 20241119 Little Auk Diverting to avoid pier. |
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| 20241119 Little Auk |
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| 202411 Black-legged Kittiwake A 1st winter formation. |
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| 20241119 Black-legged Kittiwake |
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| 20241120 Eurasian Wigeon West into storm over Cley Beach. |
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| 20241120 Common Eider Cley Beach. |
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| 20241120 Eurasian Black Scoter In snow storm. Reduced colour saturation. |
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| 20241120 Eurasian Black Scoter Greyscale. |
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| 20241122 Common Snipe Weybourne Beach. 2 within one of the frequent Dunlin flocks moving West. Note prominent white trailing edge to secondaries. |
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| 20241122 Mediterranean Gull 2 ads Cley Beach. Hang out the buntings and crack open the fizz! A great day for Norfolk birding!! |
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| 20241122 Little Gull Juv blown back East in WNW32. Weybourne Beach. |
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| 20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff Called frequently in bursts of single note. 'sweet' louder than most Sibs. White underparts especially clean on belly and chin. |
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| 20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff Olive green edges to remiges, forming panel on closed wing. Rectrices also edged olive green. Dark alula stands out. |
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| 20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff Pale mid-grey upperparts. Raw Umber margin blended to crown sides. |
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| 20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff More active and louder bird than the norm, moved quickly through hedgerows. |
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| 20241031 Arctic Peregrine Falco peregrinus calidus Excellent shots and ID by GRGS. The bird over the East Bank. This shot captures the large white cheek patch. |
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| 20241031 Arctic Peregrine Pale forehead and crown. Crippling series of shots by GRGS The Cley Raptor Guru and Devotee. |
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| 20241031 Arctic Peregrine Pale feet. Lack of heavey dark feather centres in flanks. |
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| 20241031 Arctic Peregrine Broken moustachial stripe below eye, along gape line. |
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| 20241028 Arctic Peregrine Probably the same bird here on Bull Marsh. Note pale crown and thin moustachial stripes. Seen hunting over the scrapes early morn, flushing all wildfowl. |
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| 20241028 Arctic Peregrine Supercilium flares up onto nape. |
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| 20241031 Arctic Peregrine Flank marking detail... |
Ref: Millington R. 2011 ID of Arctic Peregrines in Britain. Birding World 24.
Gensbol B. 2004 Birds of Prey. Collins.
Forsman D. 1999 The Raptors of Europe and The Middle East.
Ratcliffe D 1993 The Peregrine Falcon.
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| 20241026 Long-billed Dowitcher Adult in non-br plumage back at Cley. Moved by Lapwing and showed a white panel of underwing coverts. The grey breast meets the white belly without spotting. |
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| 20241026 Long-billed Dowitcher Often hides amongst roosting Teal. |
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| 20181123 Peregrine Juv low over Cley scrapes. F p peregrinus |
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| 20241130 Arctic Peregrine F p calidus |
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| 20241130 Arctic Peregrine F p calidus |
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| 20241121 Peregrine Falcon Local ad female with a full crop early morn. Probably the queen of the Cromer church. |
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| 20241126 Peregrine Falcon Nr Sea Pool. |
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| 20241031 Arctic Peregrine Minimal hood with white dominating the head. |
