Cley
Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) and Black Tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) spooked by a Sparrowhawk.
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) landing manoeuvres.
Cley
Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Clearly shows the state of the bird's moult. Five old outer primaries. One missing or in pin and four new feathers at different stages.
Doesn't seem to have dropped any secondaries yet only the greater coverts.
Green Sandpiper (Trinag ochropus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Pied Wagtail - (Motacilla alba yarelli)
Titchwell
Not a swan but a rather beautiful young Avocet.
Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Wonderful wing contortions of the Juvenile Black headed Gull
Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Glorious wing markings of the Juvenile Med Gulls
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Ruff (Philomacus pugnax)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Leighton Moss - Lancashire
Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)
Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Cley - The second nest
Hello World
Freshly hatched chicks. You can just see the fourth egg.
Quietly hatching as we watched
Cley- Avocet Disputations
Avocet Ballet
Taking stock
We''l take the high road, if you'll …………..
And by a beak and an arch.
Left over right
Push me - Pull you
Just tremendous - Avocet disputations.
Cley - Avocet The first nest
Little beauties
So delightful. But just look at those leg trunks.
Cley
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Play fighting godwits
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa mimosa)
I want to grow up
Avocet ( Recurvirostra avocetta)
The Gadwall won this battle.
Greenshank, Knot, Little Ringed Plover, Superb Ruffled Ruff
