20150206 Wild Swans & Crane. Ludham & NWT Hickling Broad

Bewick Swan.
St Benets Levels

Bewick and Whooper Swan.
St Benets Levels.

Whooper Swan.

Bewick Swan.

Cold Harbour.
Was bloody cold.

Crane.
Stubbs Mill fly by in afternoon.

Crane.

20150204 Glaucous Gull & Iceland Gull Sherringham

Glaucous Gull.
1st winter off promenade.
Sea spray and gunk on lens caused focusing difficulty and pink areas on the photos
 so colour balance adjusted but the bird has ended up with a green breast in low res...

Glaucous Gull. 1st winter.
As this sequence strobed by I felt good about it. Best ever Glauc shot.

Iceland Gull. 1st winter.
Bird flew close in on promenade in shadow of buildings, WB wrong therefore and EV -1.0 stop...dam.

Iceland Gull. 1st winter.
WB??

Fulmar.
4 birds about cliffs here sitting on suitable nesting ledges.

Iceland Gull & Common Gull.

Iceland Gull.

Glaucous Gull.

Glaucous Gull.
Sea spray on lens!??

20150202 Red Kite Holkham Estate

Red Kite.
14 birds in one large tree East side of Park.

Red Kite.

20150131 Smew & Goldeneye Felbrigg Pond

Smew. 1st winter male.
Darker face mask showed well.

Smew.
Bird cautiously walked on ice several times showing extensive white belly.

Smew.
Braod white trailing edge to secondaries.

Goldeneye pair and Smew flew off high South late morning.
Note white secondaries on Goldeneye and smaller size of Smew recalling Teal.

Common Gulls.



Mallards on ice.
This shot is upside down.

Smew.
Black mantle feathers indicate 1st winter male.

Goldeney.
1st year male and female.

Smew.
Wing stretch showing white axillaries.

Smew.

Smew.