20150128 Grey Heron and the digger. NWT Cley

Catchwater Drain being dredged out.
Trail of sludge attracted several Herons after exposed aquatic life.

Grey Heron in high wind.

Grey Heron.

20150121 Bearded Babbler Lark female variant & Snow Bunting. NWT Cley.

Bearded Reedling.
 Female variant showing crown stripes and black central mantle streak. 

Bearded Reedling.
Female plumage variant as above, with lateral crown stripes.

Bearded Reedling. Male.

Bearded Reedling.
Today a group of 6 birds spent long periods feeding on the ground by the East Bank. 

Snow Bunting.
Part of a flock of 44 birds about the shingle ridge.
The flock split with 30 birds flying towards Salthouse beach.

Snow Bunting.

20150102 Horned Lark & Grey Seals, Blakeney point

Horned Lark. One of the few new names that's worth it.

Horned Lark.

Brown Hare.

Horned Lark.

GBBacked Gull.
Dead Grey seal pups throughout the dunes, easy scavenging for the large Gulls.
Gulls spooked away from carcasses too readily for the ultimate shot....

Grey Seal pup.
Young seals along beach all the way out and many in the dunes around the Point with a few females.
4 hours latter on return, at least 3 pups a long way back from the beach had pasted away.

Grey Seal pair.
Profile comparison. Roman nose of male, flatter and less pronounced in female.
Now the largest rookery in the UK.
 Estimate of 1,800 pups this season up from 25 in 2001/2002!

Grey Seal pup.
Less than 2 weeks old and looking very happy.

Horned Lark.

20141213 Crane. Grey Seals at Horsey Gap.

Crane NE of Martham Braod from road. 2800mm as distant.
2 birds calling and flew off South at dusk at Stubbs Mill.

Crane. 1400mm.

Grey Seal pup. Horsey Gap colony doing very well.
Viewing excellent here.

Grey Seal Pup.

Grey Seal male. The beach master comes ashore.

Grey Seal nursing female.
Childhood obesity also a problem in this species.

Excellent views of colony.