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Friday, 15 March 2019

20190315 White Wagtail Kelling Water Meadows




20190315 White Wagtail
Pristine summer male about the water meadow this morning despite prevailing and strong Westerly winds over the last few days. Note black nape and crown patch clearly defined along edge with grey mantle. Less demarked in female. 

Friday, 1 March 2019

20190301 Barn Owls of the N Norfolk Coast




20190301 Barn Owl portrait
Composed from field studies of a Blakeney bird  in January 2016.

20180422 near albino bird frequented Keeper Marsh Cley April 2018.
Males of the alba British race are paler, less spotted and whiter than females....?

20190129 Barn Owl
The plunge.
Hunting demonstration by confiding bird mid afternoon at Titchwell.

Thursday, 21 February 2019

20190221 Glaucous Gull on seal carcass



Glaucous Gull
By Sea Pool Salthouse.

Glaucous Gull
Long staying1st winter bird.

Wednesday, 6 February 2019

20190206 Northern Goshawk in NE Norfolk



20190211 Northern Goshawk
First record shot of Goshawk leaving conifer plantation.
Deep chest and bowed wings.
20190211 Northern Goshawk nest from past years.
20190311 Northern Goshawk
20190311 Northern Goshawk
1st year bird as quite brown overall and buff on underparts.
20190311 C Buzzard
Pair in aerial acrobatics. Goshawk in area with these 2 but no interaction seen.
19910818 Goshawk over Draycote Water...
Or was it?
20190311 Northern Goshawk
Hoped for breeding evidence in the area, but no young seen latter in year.