Another Fine day


 Monday July 22

Not as hot as the last few days, but with enough sun and cloud to make the views interesting. Puffy white clouds in a deep blue sky s summer for me. We did rather better for birds today too. Lingering in Sculthorpe Mill car park overlooking the last house's garden, brought good views of Spotted Flycatcher perched on the teleohone wire across the garden. Never long enough for a photo.

Waders are returning to the Wash. The low High Tide saw them amassed on the far eastern shore, Dunlin Knot, Oystercatchers discernible. A lone scruffy Curlew on the mud, late broods of Shelduck legging it like Olympic race walkers, in a straight line behind a lead adult. Several hundred terns, Common and Arctic rested in a massed line on the far mud, others screeched in, carrying food for their young, waiting on the  pits.

I took a macro lens with me today so was able to photograph some of the wild flowers from my car window. Only possible with the willing help of Pam jockeying into position.

 

I'm not being allowed to post photos at the moment. Google tells me that it's error no 403 and that's all they're allowed to tell me!!!!!  So frustrating,

One adult Cattle Egret amongst the cattle at Holkham, Spoonbills still in the nesting trees. Something I haven't noticed before, a Shelduck feeding like a Spoonbill. Walking fast through the water sweeping its beak from side to side. Marsh Harriers, Red Kites and Buzzards always good to see.

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