20200918 Brown Shrike, Warham Greens

 

20200921 Brown Shrike
Early morning sun and ultimate bokeh.
The second bite of the cherry often produces results... artistically speaking...

20200930 Red-backed Shrike.

One eyed individual South of Pinewoods Caravan Park.

20200930 Eurasian Jay

Holkham Pines.

20120617 Red-backed Shrike

 Male of Dartmoor pair, the ultimate shot...?

20200906 White-winged Black Tern, Cantley Sugar Beet Factory

 

20200906 Cantley Sugar Beet Factory
SE Lagoon, Excellent site for waders, terns and wagtails...

20200906 White-winged Black Tern
Upperparts and head on.
Difficult flight shooting as bird zipped about. 

Best fix settings in Manual mode, except focusing and sort out exposure in Adobe back at base.

20200906 White-winged Black Tern

20200906 White-winged Black Tern

20200906 Ww Black tern
Underparts against sky.

20200906 Ww Black Tern
Underparts against water.

20200906 Ww Black Tern
Flew about hunting over lagoons all day until 1530hrs...

20200906 Peregrine Falcon
Family about tallest chimney.

20200906 Yellow Wagtail
Male Motacilla flava flava
Briefly passed lagoon with a flock of  c10 flavissima

20200906 Yellow Wagtail
Moved through with above bird.

20200906 Curlew Sandpiper
2 juveniles here and unaware of humanoids.

20200825 Sea-watching Sheringham Prom & Cley Beach

20200825 European Shag

One juvenile keenly hunted around the breakwater rocks, Sheringham.

20200825 European Shag

2 birds flew in from East in heavy rain.

20200826 European Shag
Leaping about on the rocks in a stiff Westerly this morning.

20200826 European Shag
Wing tip more rounded than Cormorants below, and shows a pale coverts panel.
This bird unfortunately shows a Cormorant like kink in its neck.... 

20200826 Cormorant
1st winter bird in foreground.
Note sloping forehead, thicker neck and heavy bill.

20200826 Caspian Gull
1st winter bird.

Feeding inshore along Sheringham Prom.

20200826 Caspian Gull

Overall paler mid-tones than juvenile LBB with a striking near white head.

20200826 Black Tern

Juvenile West and into high wind, inshore past Cley Beach. 

 

20200829 Long-tailed Skua
Pale morph West, Cley Beach.
Dwarfed by passing Fulmars and lobster pot flag.

20200829 Long-tailed Skua
Off white breast and belly. Blunt tail spike.

20200829 Long-tailed Skua

Off white nape shows well. Two white primary pins just show.

20200823 Icterine Warbler Grambore Hill

 

20200823 Willow Warbler

12 plus in clump, all olivish-yellow base colour. 

20200823 Icterine Warbler

Open face and large black eye.

20200823 Icterine Warbler

Faint yellow tint to central breast and face.

20200823 Icterine Warbler