Tuesday 21 June 2022

20220621 Little Stint, Cley Marshes & Temminck's Stint, North Point Pools

20220621 Little Stint
Note how leggy and long in the tibia a Stint can look in this posture.

 

20220621 Little Stint
3 of 4 summer plumage.



20220612 Little Stint
Summer plumage strong on head and neck.

20220612 Little Stint
With Dunlin and Tundra Ringed Plover.

20220612 Little Stint
and Tundra Ringed Plover, heading North....

20220519 Temminck's Stint
North Point Pools
Short tibia.

20220703 Temminck's Stint
Serpentine, Cley Marshes.

20220703 Temminck's Stint

20220703 Temminck's Stint
Serpentine, Cley Marshes.









Thursday 9 June 2022

20220609 European Bee-eater, Trimingham NENorfolk

Hurrah! Hang out the bunting, The RSPB have arrived for management input.., set up and take over the jungle...

We elected to contact the RSPB on the 6th June when it became clear the birds were showing great interest in NENorfolk. And the quarry was being used as a dog walking route from the village.

The Bee-eaters are to star on SpringWatch, 2000hrs Thursday 16th June, BBC2.

EDP website has run an article.


20220609 EBee-eater
3 birds today favouring wires along South side of quarry.

20220609 EBee-eater
Nomadic groups now arrive in England each spring and propect suitable sandy sites
for to set up a colony.

20220609 EBee-eater
Underparts.
Light shines through secondaries creating a warm copper glow.

20220609 EBee-eater
Upperparts.

20220609 EBee-eater
Chin shot.

20220611 EBee-eater
6 birds today.

20220611 The Sand Quarry
Taken with 7mm wide angle lens from the same position.
Info leaked from 3 sources within the jungle club over a week before, during which time 
'members' were following local dog walkers through the quarry on this track.
Two came down posing as quarry workers and disapeared below.


20220611 EBee-eater
Pair surveying for burrow site.


20220611 EBee-eater
Pair burrowing below track down into quarry. Easily accessed by ground preditors.

20220613 EBee-eater
Pair favouring cliff below West entrance. A secure location.

20220613 Red Kite
Over quarry a NENorfolk scavenger.

20220611 Kestrel
Over quarry another NENorfolk danger.