20241119 Little Auk & Black-legged Kittiwake, Cromer Pier.

 

20241119 Little Auk
Diverting to avoid pier.

20241119 Little Auk

202411 Black-legged Kittiwake
A 1st winter formation.

20241119 Black-legged Kittiwake

20241120 Eurasian Wigeon
West into storm over Cley Beach.

20241120 Common Eider
Cley Beach.

20241120 Eurasian Black Scoter
In snow storm.
Reduced colour saturation.

20241120 Eurasian Black Scoter
Greyscale.

20241122 Common Snipe
Weybourne Beach.
2 within one of the frequent Dunlin flocks moving West.
Note prominent white trailing edge to secondaries.

20241122 Mediterranean Gull
2 ads Cley Beach.
Hang out the buntings and crack open the fizz! A great day for Norfolk birding!!

20241122 Little Gull
Juv blown back East in WNW32.
Weybourne Beach.

20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff, NWT Cley Marshes

 

20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff
Called frequently in bursts of single note.
'sweet' louder than most Sibs.
White underparts especially clean on belly and chin.

20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff
Olive green edges to remiges, forming panel on closed wing. Rectrices also edged olive green.
 Dark alula stands out.

20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff
Pale mid-grey upperparts. Raw Umber margin blended to crown sides.

20241101 Siberian Chiffchaff
More active and louder bird than the norm, moved quickly through hedgerows.

20241028-1130 Arctic Peregrine, Cley Marshes

 

202401028 Arctic Peregrine Falco peregrinus calidus
juvenile to 1st winter female top 3 images.
Falco peregrinus peregrinus
Typical juvenile female bottom 3 images.
A3 prints available.

20241031 Arctic Peregrine Falco peregrinus calidus
Excellent shots and ID by GRGS. The bird over the East Bank.
This shot captures the large white cheek patch.

20241031 Arctic Peregrine
Pale forehead and crown.
Crippling series of shots by GRGS The Cley Raptor Guru and Devotee.

20241031 Arctic Peregrine
Pale feet.
Lack of heavey dark feather centres in flanks.

20241031 Arctic Peregrine
Broken moustachial stripe below eye, along gape line.

20241028 Arctic Peregrine
Probably the same bird here on Bull Marsh.
Note pale crown and thin moustachial stripes.
Seen hunting over the scrapes early morn, flushing all wildfowl.

20241028 Arctic Peregrine
Supercilium flares up onto nape.

20241031 Arctic Peregrine
Flank marking detail...

Ref: Millington R. 2011 ID of Arctic Peregrines in Britain. Birding World 24.
        Gensbol B. 2004 Birds of Prey. Collins.
        Forsman D. 1999 The Raptors of Europe and The Middle East.
        Ratcliffe D 1993 The Peregrine Falcon.

20241026 Long-billed Dowitcher
Adult in non-br plumage back at Cley.
Moved by Lapwing and showed a white panel of underwing coverts.
The grey breast meets the white belly without spotting.

20241026 Long-billed Dowitcher
Often hides amongst roosting Teal.

 20181123 Peregrine
Juv low over Cley scrapes.
F p peregrinus

20241130 Arctic Peregrine
F p calidus

20241130 Arctic Peregrine
F p calidus

20241121 Peregrine Falcon
Local ad female with a full crop early morn.
Probably the queen of the Cromer church.

20241126 Peregrine Falcon
Nr Sea Pool.

20241031 Arctic Peregrine
Minimal hood with white dominating the head.

20241018 Yellow-browed Warbler & Horned Lark Suffolk Coast

 

20241018 Yellow-browed Warbler
St Edmunds Churchyard Southwold.

20241018 YbWarb

20241018 YbWarb
Bursts of calling every 10mins...

20241018 St Edmunds
Excellent habitat.

20241018 Horned Lark
4, Kessingland South Beach.

20241018 Horned Shore Lark

20241019 Siberian Chiffchaff
Kessingland Cliffs with LtTit flock.
A quiet 'heeet' call infrequently given.