20260827 Arctic Skua, Blakeney Spit

 

20260827 Arctic Skua

20260827 Arctic Skua

20260803 Arctic Skua on Herring Gull

20260803 Arctic Skua
Grabbing tail of Herring Gull.

20260803 Arctic Skua
2nd summer pale morph.
Well marked cap and neck collar.
Underparts barred as in juvenile.

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 Cathedral bird ringed as a pullus last year.
Using the European cr-birding site is not a pleasant experience, but in this case it gave the email address of a H&O Trust member...

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.