20260220 Ferruginous Duck, Holkham Lake

20260220 C Buzzard
By Village CP in twilight.
F6.3 1/80th sec, ISO25600...

20260220 Barnacle Goose
Feral flock of 900+. Additional flocks flew in throughout the morn...
With plenty of indigenous geese species why has this happened??

20260220 Ferruginous Duck
Adult male, far side of Lake.
Note clean white belly patch.

20260220 Ferruginous Duck
Often showing interest in 2 female Pochard.

20260220 Ferruginous Duck

 

20260221 Pink-footed Goose
2000+ Brant Hill, Holkham.

20260221 Ferruginous Duck
Brighter conditions today.

20260221 Ferruginous Duck
Having read about the white chin spot not often seen in the field...
The fleshy white spot at the base of the bill. Male Baer's Pochard and Ringed-neck Duck also
sport a spot.

20260221 Common Pochard
Large attraction this winter, 200+ birds on the Lake.

20260221 Ferruginous Duck
White under-tail covert and vent diagnostic.

20260221 Ferruginous Duck
1680mm, F11, 1/1600th, ISO4000.

20260216 Hume's Leaf Warbler & Purple Sandpiper, North Denes Lowestoft

20260216 Hume's Leaf Warbler
Shot taken at 10m plus...
Initially the bird popped up within 5m requiring full range reset on Big Black... but too late.
Bird grey overall when in shade, not so in sunlight.
Note faint median covert bar cf Yellow-browed high contrast wing.

20260216 Hume's Leaf Warbler
The bird continually flitted as with most Yellow-browed's.
Called infrequently but was loud, sharp and disyllabic when within range.

 

20260216 Hume's Leaf Warbler
Shot as silhouette against skylight, bird again grey overall. 

20260216 Purple Sandpiper
Flock of 12 here.

20260216 Purple Sandpiper
Rock hopping in the swell.

20260217 Firecrest
Probably roosted in this bush with the Hume's.

20260217 Hume's Leaf Warbler
Bird appeared early morn from within this bush...

20260217 Hume's Leaf Warbler

2060217 Hume's Leaf Warbler
In sunlight and showing olive green tones in mantle and scapulars.

20260217 Denes Oval
Favoured bushes along perimeter wall. 
HDR1 composite shot. Control of the sunlight and sky good but the mid-tones are oddly grey and 
lack contrast.

20260217 
HDR1 shot but not really necessary here.

20260217 North Denes Park
What remains of it...
Birdseye factory in background & caravan park in foreground.

20260217 Meadow Pipit 
8 birds about fish drying racks of yore. 

20260217 Hamilton Dock Lowestoft
Today full of windfarm or gas and oil boats... drill baby drill.
HDR1 shot into the light.

20220426 Yellow-browed Warbler
Spring migrant in April...? NE Norfolk.
Less bright than a 1st autumn bird.

20260214 Eurasian Black Scoter, Burham Overy Staithe

 

20260214 Red Deer
Bintree Mill farmed herd.

20260214 E Black Scoter
Pale and extensive belly patch therefore a 1st winter Female bird.
Actively diving for molluscs in channel, not exactly moribund but has lost her flock...

20260214 E Black Scoter
Note yellow within nostril and along cutting edges mirroring males bill.

20260214 Little Egret
Burnham Overy Staithe channel

20260114 E Black Scoter

20260214 Pink-footed Goose
Patterns in edging.

20260214 Barn Owl

20260214 Barn Owl