Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)













Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

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Alder (



Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)





Beech (Fagus sylvatica)







Hawthorn (











Oak (Quercus robur)

Tag CloudWinterBuds, Oak, Hawthorn, Ash, Beech, Alder

Redshank - Tringa tetanus



Two Red Kites ( Milvus milvus ) over the harbour.



Black Headed Gull - Larus ridibundus





Herring Gull - Larus argentatus











Curlew ( Numenius arcuata ) dabbling about in the mud.

Tag CloudCurlew, RedShank, HerringGull, BlackHeadedGull, RedKite

In looking for everything else that was important to look for today these Starlings ( Sterna vulgaris )were quite spectacular.

Also
Red Breasted Goose
Todd's Canada Goose
Taiga Bean Geese
WhiteFronted Goose
and
thousands
of
Pinkfeet

Just amazing.

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Just gorgeous. No wind and subtle hues everywhere.

Out in the bay an amazing display

Long tailed Ducks - With males showing off to each other out on the water.
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye
Red Breasted Merganser
Great Crested Grebe
and
at least one
Great Northern Diver earlier in the morning.

A lone Snow Bunting also flew over.

Tag CloudLandscape, Jay

Looking South west from just down the road from the drying barns.

Over to the right a thousand or so Pinkfeet in the grey morning light.

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Fold and deposit patterns in the Cromer Cliffs







Rust patterns in the sea defences.

Tag CloudLandscape, MudPatterns, RustPatterns

Guelder Rose - Viburnum oculus



Spindle - Euonymus europaea





Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris

Marsh Harriers circling the reed beds
Cries from the numerous water rails


Down at Buckingham

Pergrine sitting quietly
29 Eurasian Whitefront

Tag CloudFieldfare, GuelderRose, Spindle

Late evening Pinkfeet at Cley

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta





Black Tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa







Teal - Anas crecca



Redshank - Tringa totanus














Avocet - Recurvirostra avocata



Eider - Somateria mollissima

Just superb out on the bay and everything so close because of the low tide.

Velvet Scoter - male
Great Crested Grebe
Red Necked Grebe
Common Scoter
Long Tailed Duck
Red Throated Diver
Goldeneye
Red Breasted Merganser

Brilliant and in glorious sunshine with little wind.

Back on the sand









Amazing patterns in the sand on the beach.



View towards Thornham

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, RedShank, LittleEgret, Eider, Landscape, SandPatterns

Starling - Sternus vulgaris



Pinkfeet - Anser brachyrhynchus

Early morning thousands of Pinkfeet in the

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1st Winter






Mediterranean Gull - Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

About 25 beautiful birds on the sea front between the Piers.
Stunning

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Looking towards Waveney Forest



View towards Thurlton Marshes while standing in Thorpe Marshes





View across Limpenhoe Marshes near Reedham Ferry



View across Limpenhoe Marshes from Wherrymans Way







Cantley Sugar Beet Factory looking majestic in the sunlight.

The SS Sugar.





New Buckenham Marshes





Wigeon - Anas penelope

Peregrine
Fieldfare
Pintail
A superb male Hen Harrier

Tag CloudLandscape, Wigeon

The buff tips on the greater coverts means it was this years bird.



Robin - Erithacus rubecula

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Hart's Tongue Fern - Asplenium scolopendrium




Solarized






Tangled, densely packed and stunted sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) on the cliffs at Cromer.



The view halfway down the path.





With a last few leaves.



And the beach at the bottom.





The tide line.

Tag CloudSycamore, Landscape, Hart'sTonguefern