And then there were four.







Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)





Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)



Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) in the Visitor Centre Car Park.

Tag CloudAvocet, LittleRingedPlover, LittleEgret

Avocet (Revurvirostra avosetta)



Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)



Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) and Black Tailed Godwit (limosa limosa)







Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa & Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)







Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)







Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinenesis)



Little Egret (Egret garzetta)



Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Tag CloudAvocet, BartailedGodwit, BlacktailedGodwit, GreenWingedTeal, LittleEgret

And then there were three.

















Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)



Teal (Anas crecca) But in the top right of the picture a Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)



Quite a family of Shellduck (Tadorna tadorna)



Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)



Redshank (Tringa totanus)



Pied Wagtail (Moticilla alba yarelli)



Little Egret (Egret garzetta)











Knot (Calidris canutus)



Club Rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris)



Pondweed Sp

Tag CloudAvocet, GreenWingedTeal, ReedBunting, LittleEgret, BlacktailedGodwit, Redshank, PiedWagtail, Knot, Teal, Shellduck

Avocett (Revurvirostra avosetta)

Still scraping & not settled.





Little Egret (Egret garzetta)



Starling (Sternus vulgaris)



Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)













Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Tag CloudAvocet, LittleEgret, Starling, TuftedDuck, Wheatear

Little Egret (Egret garzetta)

























Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) scraping the nest scrape.

Tag CloudAvocet, LittleEgret

Ant Sp



Fungus Sp







Moss Sp





Tongue Orchid Sp (Serapias Sp)









Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)



Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)













Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)





Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Tag CloudPurpleHeron, LittleEgret, SquaccoHeron, BermudaButtercup, MossSp, Bryophytes, SerapiasSp, Fungus, Antsp

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)









Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)





Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)



Pied Wagtail (Moticilla alba yarelli)



Redshank (Tringa totanus)



Reed Bunting (Embiriza schoeniclus)









Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)



Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)







Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Tag CloudLapwing, LittleEgret, MarshHarrier, PiedWagtail, Redshank, ReedBunting, BlacktailedGodwit, Ruff, Snipe, Peregrine

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)





Brent (Branta bernicla)





Little Egret (Egret garzetta)





Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)




Shellduck (Tadorna tadorna)

























Shoveller (Anas clypeata)

Tag CloudAvocet, Brent, LittleEgret, MarshHarrier, Shoveller

Grey cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata)



False Beard-moss (Didymodon fallax)



Capillary Thread-moss (Bryum capillare)



Wall Screw-moss (Tortula muralis)

One or two mosses on the boardwalk by the mill
and
a
lichen


Lichen Sp





Herringfleet Marshes



Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Between six and eight birds flighting the marshes. Beginning to display.





Read Bunting beginning to sing even though not quite in full breeding colour.



Looking towards Herringfleet Hills from the Marshes



Common Reed (Phragmites communis)



Root plate in Herringfleet Hills



A few Siskin (Spinus spinus) in Herringfleet Hills



Oak (Quercus robur) Bullock's Carr



Rookery coming to life in Bullock's Carr



Oak by Sewage Plant



Rough grass on field edge near Sewage Plant



Looking back from the North side of Bullock's Carr



Superb Old Oak complete with dead branches. On the edge of the Conifer Plantation near the Duke's Head



Fine tracery leaves of Hemlock (Conium maculatum



Looking through Oaks back to Herringfleet marshes from the conifer plantation near The Duke's Head



A variety of habitats near the bottom of Marsh Lane



The Conifer plantation fronted by Birch near the Duke's Head



Sliver Birch - On the edge of the field from the path to Cobitt's Carr



Alder fronted by Birch in the same field







Just a bit further down the path a rather fine old Oak.

Tag CloudLandscape, LittleEgret, ReedBunting, Oak , SilverBirch, Hemlock, WallScrew-moss, FalseBeard-moss, CapillaryThread-moss, Common Reed, Grey-cushionedGrimmia