Strumpshaw fen

Nice sunny day sitting in the wood at Strumpshaw fen
with Bull finch Treecreeper Jays Marsh tit Robins singing
Gt spot wood hammering.

Today's Star is this Female Kingfisher

Cley NWT

She arrived as I opened the shutter on a hide at cley.

First walk of the year at Winterton

Numbers of Snow Bunting
are climbing first 48 then next count 58
as I left looked like more arrived.
Then a Shag drifted passed going north to Horsey

 Snow Buntings

 Juv Shag

Brancaster staithe and Thornham

On the 20th December
Went birding north Norfolk
to see a Red-necked Grebe at Brancaster Staithe that showed then moved out of site.
then went to see Twite at Thornham near Titchwell 14 in one group at Barn two with rings on
one yellow orange left leg yellow metal right leg the other Red metal 38 left yellow black right.

 Red-necked Grebe

 Twite

 Twite

 Grey Plover

 Bar-tailed Godwit

 Pink-footed Goose

Horsey beach and Twins

This is my first year
helping as a volunteer Warden with the seals
an saw the twins at about a hour old this could
be a first record for the UK for grey seals and
they will get DNA tested to be shore in a few weeks
the Pup count is over 600 now from Horsey to Winterton
work has stopped on sea defence till pups have moved on.

 one twin a day old

 Twins at a hour old

 Mum of Twins

Winterton Humpback Whale

Over the passed week a Humpback Whale
has been of Winterton beach on different
times of the day seen from Hemsby to Horsey
mostly where the Gannets group over it but
some time with no birds around it of shore
from 1-3 miles out need scope some time bins ok

mouth out

 back & fin

 Blow

Strumpshaw fen

Fen hide for a few hours with jack & Common snipe
water rail 3 marsh Harrier about.

Marsh Harrier

Jack snipe

 Water rail

Jack & Common snipe

 Common snipe