Salthouse
A lone branch stranded on the shingle.
Sheringham was getting the rain.
The snaking red seaweed tide line on the pebbles.
and just a bit further along the coast at Blakeney
Beautiful squat little things but sadly the Latin name comes from
Sgatorola a Venetian name for some kind of Plover (according to wikipedia)
Further research impossible as Sgatorola isn't searchable.
Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
Salthouse
Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
Wigeon - Anas penelope
Black Headed Gull - Larus ridibundus
Salthouse
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
The light changed so rapidly this morning. From dark to this last photo when the sun came out and bathed Salthouse.
He really liked this area for a while this morning.
Perching on the pole tops and eyeing the flies.
Dashing off, up and around - putting on superb display.
A little bit of preening.
Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe desert
Managed to get a bit closer today hence the number of photos.
He just wouldn't turn and look at us all standing on the shingle just focussed on the insects over the water.
Sea Aster seed heads - Tripolium pannonicum
The whole marsh is resplendent in these fluffy seed heads at the moment.
House Sparrow ( Passser domesticus) caught with it's mouth full.
Teal - Anas crecca
Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
Comma - Polygonia c-album
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
Almost falling apart from the rigours of the year.
and
a
Long Tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
from the
Babcock hide.
Salthouse
Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe deserti
Yellow Horned Poppy - Glaucium flava
A nice little party of Shorelarks (Eremophila alpestris)on the beech
and
a
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
in the village.
Salthouse
Mallard - Anas platyrynchos
Totally resplendent in his fresh autumn plumage.
Teal - Anas crécha
Such a delicate variety of feather patterning.
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficolis
So handsome and delicate.
Cute in fact.
Wigeon - Anas penelope
Unmistakable white flashes especially against the grey sky.
