20190513 Western Polecat & Great Spotted Cuckoo in NE Norfolk

20190513 Western Polecat

Was out field sketching this morning and had this run by!?

Female with kit, at least 3 trips made into scrub...

at least 3 kits.

20190513 Western Polecat
Have been advised by several wildlife enthusiasts not to release this location as ignorant gamekeepers and landowners still go all out to eradicate this species.

20190505 Great Spotted Cuckoo

Many days spent chasing this Cuckoo... resulting in only distant views. 

 Unfortunately it hold up in the worst location possible along the coast.

20190422 Ring Ouzel passage Salthouse Heath

Ring Ouzel

Fine male in early morn sun still with a female and still at the horse paddocks.

Walked up road to heath to listen to a Garden Warbler and a flock of 27 Ouzels flew inland and over to the South East! 

Ring Ouzel

Feeding on earth worms

Ring Ouzel

Mature female with above male.

20190322 LBB Gull x Herring Gull Hybrid Blakeney Duck Pond

20190322 LBB Gull x Herring Gull Hybrid

Back to breed again on the roof tops of Blakeney and favours the stump in the duck pond enclosure.

At least 4 years old now and determined to produce the next generation of hybrids....

20190322 LBB Gull x Herring Gull Hybrid

Paired with this L a argenteus and both in fine fettle.

Blakeney now has two fine examples of hybridization in Gulls much to the delight of the keen gullers Nation wide.

20170128 LBB/Herring Gull hybrid?

Pale and dull flesh coloured legs.

Upperparts darker grey than Yellow-legged Gull but not as dark as nearby LBB...

Primary projection as long as LBB.

'Hybrid Lesser Black-backed Gull x Herring Gull, Blakeney, 12th January 2019. This rather smart adult gull (of this presumed parentage) has been noted at and around Blakeney duck pond since at least January 2016.' ref SJM.

20170128 LBB/Herring Gull hybrid?

Feet a tone stronger pink than legs. No hint of yellow.

4th winter bird.

20190317 Ring-billed x LBBGull Hybrid...?? Blakeney Harbour

20190317 Ring-billed x LBB Gull hybrid
Will require further testing research....

20190317 Ring-billed x LBB Gull hybrid

20190317 Ring-billed x LBB Gull hybrid

20190317 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Pair beside channel just to the left of the Hybrid bird.

Hybrid Ring-billed x LBB.

Derbyshire Dec 2018.