Norfolk (Cley)

Today, I went to Cley and saw the general birds that  you can see there regularly; Avocets, Marsh Harriers, Greenshank, Sedge Warblers and the like, although a special bird of note was a Shorelark (a long way of and un-photographable.) But anyway, I took this opportunity to take some decent photos of the more common birds around Cley. The birds were perhaps easier to see and photograph as many of them had young with them, which is shown in some of these images…

 

   

 

 

 

Photographer of the month!

Baltic Gull

We went to north Cambridgeshire to look for Water Pipits but found none. Later we went to Lackford lakes to see the Baltic Gull (fuscus Lesser Black-backed) that was spending the rest of the cold weather there and we saw it sitting behind a mud bank. i drew this picture of it.

Great Grey Shrike

Today I went to the telescopes at Barton to see the Great Grey Shrike that had decided to stay there. After a previous failed attempt at seeing it, I saw it pretty much straight away, and decided to watch it until it flew off. I took a few pictures, not particularly good but OK for "proof" snaps.

Long-tailed Tit

There has been a Long-tailed Tit banging its head on pretty much all the windows of my house lately. This is probably because of its reflection in the window as they become quite territorial around this time of year. I took this opportunity to take a few pictures of it attempting to kill its reflection. Click the picture below to see the slide-show...

My dad also took some video on his phone.

Pink-footed Geese

today I went to Snettisham with my family. There were a lot of Knots and Oystercatchers there.  At about 4:00 the Pink- footed Geese flew in in big waves. There was about 10,000 of them flying to roost.

I took these pictures of them…

Cornwall

We went to Cornwall for three nights at Mousehole near Land’s End. Because of the northerly winds, we didn’t see much other than a Buff-breasted Sandpiper. My dad did find some Firecrests, Yellow-browed Warblers, and a Lapland Bunting as well. We also saw some Peregrines which were close to the cliffs in Porthgwara.

I drew the Buff Breasted Sandpiper then painted it with watercolours.