20240726 Greater Sand Plover, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Northumberland

 

20240726 Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii

20240726 Greater Sand Plover
British Isles Lifer 460...

20240726 Power Station Beach
Bird roosted amongst bolders here with Ringed Plover and Dunlin.
Good evening light.

20240726 Greater Sand Plover

20240726 Greater Sand Plover
At one with the bolders.

20240727 Med Gull
Juvenile off rocks at Beacon Point. 

20240727 Eider

20240727 Greater Sand Plover

20240727 Greater Sand Plover
Coming into land on Church Beach, Newbiggin-by -the-Sea.

20240727 GS Plover
Black mask against white chin and throat would be the first of many alarm bells,
 as the bird comes into land on a beach near you...

20240727 GS Plover
Feeding space aggression with Ringed, Sanderling runnig for cover...

20240727 GS Plover

20240727 GS Plover
Much larger and longer in the wing than Ringed in flight.
Feet slightly beyond tail.

20240727 GS Plover
Feeding on Church Beach.

20240726 Greater Sand Plover

20240726 Greater Sand Plover

20240729 Humber Bridge
Lincolnshire, the gateway to many ticks...

20240720 Caspian Gull juvenile green E/U, Sheringham

20240720 Caspian Gull
Fresh juv loafing on rocks with Herring Gull.

20240720 Caspian Gull

 

20240720 Lesser Black Backed Gull
2nd summer in wing moult,
white bases of secondaries showing as most of the greater coverts have been shed.

20240626 Cromers new rocky reef for Caspian Gulls

 

20240626 Rocky Reef
 Excellent way to spend a Gullers council tax.

20240626 Rocky Reef
Gulls on a level from prom and not easily flushed by the public.

20240626 
The first Gull portraite on Rocky Reef from prom.

202407016 Cromer Reef
Yet more construction...

20240716 Cromer Reef
3 massive diggers and millions of pounds...

20240802 Caspian Gull
Juvenile on Reef Edmondo.

20240802 Caspian Gull

20240802 Caspian Gull
Lt: green B/D.
Rt: metal on tibia.

20240802 Rocky Reef Cromer
Reef Edmondo still offshore....

20240802 Caspian Gull 
3rd summer on fishing boat beach.

20240713 Peregrine Falcon hunting Stint, Cromer Pier

 

20240713 Peregrine Falcon
Juvenile bird of the year hunting Temminck's Stint.
White outer tail feathers...
Launched from Church Tower onto Stint passing end of pier, 350m away.

20240713 Peregrine Falcon

20240710 Red-footed Falcon SWT Carlton Marshes

 

20240710 Red-footed Falcon
1st summer male.
In The German's Dead Bush during the morning. The bird would not return here despite an all day
stake out.

20240710 Red-footed Falcon
6 central tail feathers are dark grey of the adult male plumage, 4 outer still juveniles.
Also lacks the pale grey silvery glint in remiges of adult male.
cf 2nd May.

20240710 Red-footed Falcon
On The Stick, its favoured purch in the middle of Share Marsh.
Strange but often true, a SWT vol decides to do a Raft Spider survey on Share Marsh and around The Stick all day....??