20210619 Common Redstart breeding NE Norfolk

20210619 Common Redstart
Female searching for food and returning to nest.
Initial contact firm 'hweet' as Willow Warbler heard from hedgerow.
'sweet' often followed by 'tick-tick-tick' as Robin.

20210619 C Redstart
Male on the hunt swopping down onto grass.
Song not heard as there is nothing to sing to in Norfolk anymore...

 

20210621 C Redstart
Male in woodland with at least 2 well hidden young this morning.

20210621 Eurasian Jay
Dangers to all breeding passerines on top of no suitable habitat.

20210622 C Redstart
Habitat destruction and humanoid destrubance is overwhelming at this site.

20210613 Marsh Warbler, KWMeadows

 

20200613 Marsh Warbler
Singing from cover, now 80% volume and content effort from 30% sub-song delivery yesterday.

20210615 Marsh Warbler
90% volume and manic delivery, fast and furious solos today.
Showing better and holding territory.

20210615 Marsh Warbler
Kindly submitted by RC, captured without reed interference and with great skill...
Using wazzo Sony gear, Sony A7riii with 200-600 lens. . Note the difference in white balance effect compared with above shots.

20210615 Marsh Warbler
Sang from deep reed.

20210509 Grey-headed Wagtail, West Runton

 

20210509 Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi
Crippling male...!!
With flock of c25 Yellow Wagtail in cattle paddocks.

20210509 Yellow Wagtail M f flavissima

20210509 Grey-headed Wagtail

20210505 Common Cuckoo, hepatic female

 

20210505 Common Cuckoo
Hepatic or rufous morph female.

20210505 C Cuckoo
Hepatic female.
Note effect of electronic shutter and panning.

20210505 C Cuckoo
Blueish grey male.
Note turquoise sheen to outer secondaries.

20210505 C Cuckoo