20260812 Peregrine Falcon, Bodham & Cromer

 

20260812 Peregrine
Flew onto the Bodham Tx Tower from the direction of Holt to the NW.
Using the tower as a static attack launch site.
Reviewing the shots revealed a blue darvik on the birds left tarsus.

20260812 Peregrine
White MB on blue.
Emailed the Hawk & Owl Trust to find that she is a Norwich Carthderal bird ringed as a pullus last year.

202607 25 Peregrine
Female bird in early morn sun, Cromer Church.
Male appeared latter on also to sun himself on the tower.
No sign of juveniles after 3 visits...??
Have they succumbed to the extreme heat during the 3rd heat wave?

20260725 Peregrine
Positioned sunlit bird against tower shadow...
Links bird well to its habitat, but against the sky surely more pop!?

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.

20260808 Marsh Harrier
Only one juv about reserve. Well marked bird with patagial panels!?
A poor season which is probably due to the heat waves...
As with the heronry of NFWood.

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