Steve Gantlett
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This fabulous pure white Barn Owl just appeared in front of our house at Cley NWT this evening.
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Always a lovely surprise to have a gorgeous Waxwing appear in the garden!
#lowcarbonbirding
😇😁
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Europe's smallest raptor (a male Merlin) mobs the largest – a Lammergeier over the Peak District!
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Bee-eaters are nesting at Trimingham for the first time ever in Norfolk! More photos at .
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The Red-backed Shrike at Cley showed much better beside the footpath yesterday evening, but there was no sign of it this morning. (More pics at .)
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For those, like me, that didn't know it, the stunning Black-necked Grebes are close and highly photogenic at St Aiden's RSPB throughout spring and early summer (more pics at ).
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I do hope you can enjoy this vicariously with me: a stunning breeding-plumaged Purple Heron here at Cley, photographed from my house today.
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Sometimes I think I should skip the morning walk: there was nothing much different around Cley this morning, but then this superb Wryneck was in the garden when we got home! Photographed from the bedroom window. (More pics, as usual, on my .)
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This Woodcock on Cley beach this morning was taking a well-earned rest, having just been seen arriving from across the North Sea. Why would anyone in their right mind want to kill such a fantastic bird? It's a declining species too so it's high time shooting them was banned.
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There are only a handful of Ruff around Cley NWT at the moment, but they're at their funkiest, plumage-wise, at the moment. (As always, more pics at .)
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Our highlight today was watching this cute mother Stoat ferry her tiny young one-by-one across the footpath at Kelling Water Meadow. No less than eight kits!
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On the exact anniversary of the 2020 Wryneck in our Cley garden, he's back again!
#lowcarbonbirding
!😇
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This American Golden Plover has been gracing Cley NWT for two days now. It's the 7th I've seen here, all since 2005. More pics on .
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I was somewhat surprised to get these views of the Night Heron close in front of Bishop's Hide at Cley NWT this afternoon!
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After five days, this charismatic and popular bird is still gracing our small garden.
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This Hen Harrier flew east over Blakeney Freshes early afternoon. Anyone that shoots such a beautiful bird is clearly a psychopath (as well as a criminal).
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He's back! After being missing since June, Casper the albino Barn Owl was back in front of our house on Cley NWT early this morning.
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A superb adult Night Heron here at Cley NWT this afternoon. (It was first seen two days ago, but has been very elusive.) The first I've seen here for 21 years.
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Cley's Ghost Owl (albino Barn Owl) is a true phantom: it's been here for a year yet I've only seen it a handful of times and this is only the second time I have managed to photograph it.
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The American Bittern at Carlton Marshes SWT showed quite nicely early afternoon today.
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My new thermal toy scored its first find today: this lovely Woodcock beside the carpark at Titchwell RSPB. We wouldn't have found it without it.
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It was wintry & bitterly cold at Cley this a.m. but, at 2.34pm precisely, the sky cleared and it became summer: warm and sunny at last – at the exact moment these 2 Bee-eaters came in from the east & briefly circled over the East Bank. Thanks for the alert from Overstrand Simon!
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Well that brightened up a dull day! Four gorgeous Bee-eaters lingering at Trimingham. Thanks Andrew! (More pics at .)
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The pair of Glossy Ibises remain at Potter Heigham Marshes. (More pics as usual at .)
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Spoonbills have bred at Cley for the first time ever. What a great addition to our breeding fauna! Here's the first juvenile to fledge, on Snipe's Marsh this evening, with a neighbouring juvenile Little Egret.
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Two Temminck's Stints remain on Cley NWT Pat's Pool. Annual in spring in very small numbers, it is the only passage wader here not to have declined drastically over recent decades. (More pics at .)
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Absolute Beauty - Camberwell! At Burnham Overy Dunes this afternoon. My fifth ever, all in Norfolk, but only the second I've seen this millenium.
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Wednesday's Alpine Swift was repeatedly giving superb views, almost clipping its admirers on the top of Beeston Bump. So fast and jinking, it was a real challenge to photograph and with the OM1 set to 25fps, it was easy to fill 128GB. (Many more pics at !)
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Great to see another brood of Bearded Tits successfully fledging at Cley NWT East Bank yesterday.
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Lovely views of the Red-footed Falcon catching dragonflies at Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe on Sunday. Very many thanks to
@AlisonAllen769
&
@ThorpeMarshman
for allowing access. (More pics at .)
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This rare gorgeous bronze 'hepatic' female Cuckoo is shy & elusive, but has been between Gramboro & Weybourne Camp for a few days, gorging with up to 4 normal Cuckoos on the infestations of Brown-tail moth caterpillars there. Remarkably, on Thursday there were 2 hepatics together
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Bird of the month so far at Cley NWT: this nice Temminck's Stint on the Serpentine this afternoon.
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Pushing my new Olympus - or any camera - to its limits: the Pallid Harrier at Warham Greens at half-a-mile at dusk yesterday.
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It's Goshawk time of year again in Norfolk. The lovely weather today helped. What impressive birds they are! (As usual, more pics on my ).
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This Weasel ferried 5 kits along & across Cley East Bank, from one nest to another yesterday evening. Brilliant wildlife, not 'vermin'!
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Always great to see the spring passage Ring Ouzels in Norfolk. This was one of three males between Blakeney and Morston yesterday morning. (More pics at .)
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The superb Red-breasted Goose spent all day feeding with Brents in Cley's Eye Field today. The nearest birds in the flock were just 10 yards from the birders on the road (nearly all watching from their cars so as not to disturb them).
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Bird migration has been very slow at Cley for several weeks, but that changed today: arrivals included over 30 Short-eared Owls watched coming in off the sea throughout the day.
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This pair of Turtle were feeding on the island in front of Babcock Hide at Cley NWT yesterday evening – quite literally, taking clay.
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The Desert Wheatear at Gramborough Hill is a particularly fine-looking male, but it's very mobile and nowhere near as confiding for close photography as some – perhaps because it's an adult? The 6th record for the Cley square.
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Yesterday I went back for seconds of the Ken Hill Great Reed Warbler. It's now singing louder and with more confidence and showing more than when it first arrived. A superb bird! (More pics on my .)
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One or two Water Pipits are still hanging about at Cley NWT. This one was living up to its name close in front of Babcock Hide this morning. (More pics as usual at .)
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This fine male Red-backed Shrike was on Kelling Heath yesterday evening.
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This gorgeous Red-throated Diver gave superb close views off Cley NWT yesterday afternoon.
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It was nice to bump into this Shore Lark at Salthouse yesterday – the first to be seen there for a month. (More pics at .)
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After keeping its distance for the last few months, Cley's wintering celebrity Long-billed Dowitcher has been showing much better these last few days, feeding close to the East Bank on the Serpentine for at least part of each day. (More pics at .)
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That's that then. After 16 years, I've sold all my Canon gear and I'm now a fully paid up Olympian (with a little Sony on the side). This is the Great Grey Shrike at Methwold yesterday - the first I've seen for nearly 3 years.
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Bird of the day for us, however, was this Woodcock feeding in our small garden.
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What a nice surprise: a Rufous Bush Chat at Stiffkey today! The first ever for Norfolk and the first to be 'gettable' anywhere in Britain since 1963!
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The obliging Rough-legged Buzzard remains at Wells-next-the-Sea this morning, having been lingering in the small area of roadside fields for over a week now.
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Norfolk's 2nd-ever Sykes's Warbler on Blakeney Point this afternoon! Another great find by the dynamic duo
@KaynForbes
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@JamesRMcCallum1
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Great to see the Cley Isabelline Wheatear looking a bit perkier and taking a few more mealworms this morning; they've clearly saved its life. (Photo this morning.)
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Top bird of the day locally was this lovely Wryneck, briefly in a Kelling garden this afternoon. With very many thanks to the home owner for sharing 👍
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Woo-hoo! The Winterton Eagle Owl showed in its tree tonight. This pic 1/6 second at 16,000 ISO.
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And, also on Thursday, the first Purple Emperor caterpillar ever to be seen in the Cley square.
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This delightful Little Auk lingered quite close inshore off Cley beach carpark yesterday for most of the day, although apparently a second bird appeared later in the afternoon and was promptly killed by a gull. (More pics at .)
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Exceptional views of the Nightjar perched on the side of Cley East Bank all yesterday afternoon! Only the second one I've seen on the marsh, and that was on East Bank too (on the unusual date of 11th October 2002).
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The Garganey were again showing well at Cley NWT this morning. I think there are 3 pairs here still, though they're not all quite as blatant in front of the hides as they were a week or so ago. (More pics at .)
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The superb Black-necked Grebe remains here at Cley NWT today – the first I've seen here in summer plumage in over 50 years of watching Cley.
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Yesterday's 3 Cranes proved to be a one-day wonder at Cley NWT, but it's not every day you see an Osprey sitting next to the East Bank - in fact, I never have done before in 55 years of birding here!
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And this morning, White-tailed Eagle G471 has been on the beach between Cley and Salthouse (before flying west again when deliberately flushed by some stupid woman). More pics as usual at
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I don't think I've ever seen Nightjar in Norfolk this well before!
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Pallas's Warbler: THE best rare autumn migrant, at Thornham Point this morning. My first since several in 2016.
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A lovely surprise arrival amongst the Brent Geese in the Eye Field this morning – the third Red-breasted Goose for Cley (following singles in 1986 & 1987-8).
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Wells next the Sea Abraham's Bosom today: you can't beat a Red-necked Phalarope, especially when it's showing down to 2ft 6ins. Such super birds!
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This superb male Hen Harrier flashed west over Cley West Bank this morning. Always a treat to see.
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There's one less Green Sandpiper on Cley NWT this morning – still at least four though (as always, more pics on my ).
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A gorgeous adult male Rose-coloured Starling in Titchwell village this afternoon.
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The Kingfisher posed nicely in front of Bishop's Hide at Cley this morning - as it does sometimes when the hide is quiet and not too many flaps are open. (This with the little Sony RX10iv.)
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The gorgeous Black-headed Wagtail at Happisburgh this evening performed superbly for its small group of admirers. Well worth a late tea!
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Thetford Forest in February – Goshawks & Sparrowhawks for everyone! Spot the difference!
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This morning's White-tailed Eagle was a surprise when it appeared over the distant western ridge at Glandford, but then it surprised us even more by coming right over our heads!
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A long gap since I've seen them there, 2009, but great to have Honey Buzzards back again at Swanton Novers. Wing-clapping displaying really well today (more pics at .)
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Although the Orcas didn't play ball for us, we just enjoyed 2 terrific weeks on Shetland. Apart from the usual seabirds etc etc, there were Two-barred Crossbills everywhere - I saw 24!
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The Cley NWT Spoonbills still looking extra funky in their early spring breeding plumage. (More pics at .)
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Well worth the trip to Kent to see the gorgeous Bonaparte's Gull, now in full summer plumage and present at Oare Marshes KWT for its 6th summer.
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My best shots of the Greenish Warbler on Blakeney Point yesterday. My 17th out there since 1972, but exciting little birds always worth the walk while I can still do it!
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I missed the zoom-through Alpine Swift at Cley NWT this morning, but was lucky to be on East Bank when this surprise Collared Pratincole performed for just a few minutes.
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The Glaucous Gull lingering at Cley this morning. Rather gruesome, but dead seal pups are a key food resource if you're an Arctic gull.
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Great to watch a flock of 7 Shore Larks on the shore pools at Salthouse on Tuesday - just like the good old days when they used to winter here. (More pics at .)
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The Red-rumped Swallow at Cley NWT today. A delightful surprise, though not easy to photograph in the near-dark conditions. It seemed to be feeding well in the lee of North Foreland wood, where it remained all afternoon.
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The beautiful Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow showed well at Seaford Head yesterday. (More pics at .)
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I was lucky with the Hoopoe at Winterton yesterday: I saw it the minute I arrived and had to walk only about 200yards. What wonderful wacky birds they are!
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The gorgeous Stilt Sandpiper remains at the superb Frampton Marsh RSPB today – this shot taken on 23rd Aug.
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And, on our way home yesterday, we timed our arrival at the Black-winged Pratincole at Frampton Marsh RSPB just right.
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Marsh Harriers are regularly on view, but there seems to be just one Hen Harrier visiting Cley NWT this winter. Here it is crossing the East Bank on Monday afternoon.
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There are now 19 Twite at Salthouse - the only hotspot for the species in Norfolk this winter. All 19 are in this photo - and spot the 3 Linnets!
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Is this an unusually pale-legged and rather 'dirty' Great White Egret or an albino Grey Heron? Cley NWT today.
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This Channel Wagtail (hybrid Yellow x Blue-headed Wagtail) type was amongst a small group of Yellow Wagtails feeding around the newly arrived cows on Blakeney Freshes this afternoon.
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Now it really is spring: a fine male Wheatear at Weybourne today.
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Just a few of the 100 or so Toads I rescued off the A149 on Friday evening. Sadly, about 300 had already been squashed between Cley and Salthouse. Look where you're going folks - they're not dead leaves, they're toads!
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After a very cold 2-hour wait – and a much-appreciated phone call – the lovely male Red-spotted Bluethroat on Cley NWT East Bank suprised us all by popping out and showing well right on dusk.
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Cley NWT's wintering celebrity Dowitcher is colouring up nicely with summer plumage. How much redder will it get before it finally departs? (More pics at .)
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A superb male Grey-headed Wagtail with about a dozen Yellow Wagtails with the cows right in front of Babcock Hide at Cley NWT this afternoon.
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Cley NWT's celebrity wintering Long-billed Dowitcher was close in front of Daukes' Hide yesterday afternoon and showing off its acquiring new summer feathers. (More pics at .)
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