Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)


Green Sandpiper Bathing & Preening - A movie










The rain was just too much for them.

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)











Juvenile Sand Martins struggling with the weather. One looked decidedly worse for wear.

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
























Great White Egret (Ardea alba) Complete with take off sequence.

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, SandMartin, GreatWhiteEgret, Avocet

Juvenile Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)








Adult Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)





























Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Tag CloudLapwing, GreenSandpiper, WoodSandpiper

Avocet harrying a Green Sandpiper





Avocet harrying a Ruff










Green Sandpiper having been harried by an Avocet





Little Egret









Wood Sandpiper at various stages of harassment by the Avocets.

I particularly like the way the Woodsand lowered itself into the water at one point to avoid the dive-bomb.



Bearded Tit

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper, WoodSandpiper, LittleEgret, BeardedTit

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Black-tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa)



Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)



Avocet chasing off a Redshank (truing totanus)



Both Avocet parents attacking a Black headed Gull

Tag CloudAvocet, BlackHeadedGull, GreenSandpiper, BlacktailedGodwit

Green Sandpiper (Trinda ochropus)

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper

Avocet & Shelduck reaching a standoff



Avocet sheltering her chicks





Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocheropus)









Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Tag CloudWoodSandpiper, Avocet, GreenSandpiper, Avocet&Shelduck

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

A beautiful morning with some of the birds still present from yesterday's even higher totals of Wood Sand, Curlew Sand & Little Stint

At least 20, probably more, Wood Sandpiper
1 Curlew Sandpiper
1 Little Stint
At least 3 Green Sandpiper
At least 4 Greenshank
At least 3 Common Sandpiper
4 Spoonbill
Numerous Ruff and Black Tailed Godwit
Redshank
Little Ringed Plover

The Coast Road end of the Iron Road



A very inviting ditch

Tag CloudCommonSandpiper, Avocet, Landscape

Avocet with chicks (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Avocet attacking a Heron

Tag CloudAvocet, GreyHeron

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

Tag CloudGreenSandpiper

Mallard Duckling (Anas platyrhnchos)









A young Shelduck sifting the mud. (Tadorna tadorna)



Spotted Redshank & Common Sandpiper

Tag CloudMallard, Shelduck, Landscape

Black Tailed Godwit & Avocet





Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Mallard ducklings (Anas platyrynchos)





Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)





Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)





Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit&Avocet, BlacktailedGodwit, Goldfinch, Ruff, Lapwing, Mallard

Juvenile Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)





Juvenile Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)





Juvenile Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)



Juvenile Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)



Moulting Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Tag CloudAvocet, Lapwing, BlacktailedGodwit, Wigeon, ReedBunting, Shelduck, Wigeon

Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)












































Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Tag CloudBartailedGodwit, BlacktailedGodwit

Spider Sp



Chrysotoxum bicinctum

Tag CloudSpiderSp, Chrysotoxumbicinctum

Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)





Roesel's Bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii)



Helophilus pendulus





Chrysotoxum bicinctum



Xylota segnis



Chironomus plumosus ?

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, Roesel'sBush-cricket, Helophiluspendulus, Xylotasegnis, Chrysotoxumbicinctum

Juvenile Black headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)












Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus)













Hare (Lepus europaeus)











Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)







Freshly fledged Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobanus)









Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Tag CloudSpoonbill, CommonSandpiper, SedgeWarbler, Hare, BlackHeadedGull

Nest building on the 10th June.

A previous attempt had failed.








The third of four was egg was laid on the 19th June







And they sat until this morning.












































Avocet (Reurvirostra avosetta)

Tag CloudAvocet

Still sitting

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus)





Spoonbill with youngster (Platalea leucorodia)



































Avocet v Little Egret action

Tag CloudAvocet, CommonSandpiper, Spoonbill, LittleEgret

Bee Sp



Blue-tailed Damselfly ♀︎ (Ischnura elegans rufescens)



Barred Snout Fly (Nemotelus uliginosus)

from

Nature Spot





Lagria hirta

Hitrta from the latin Hiatus meaning rough hair or rough wool referring to its hairy appearance.

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id



Blue Tailed Damselfly out to lunch (Ischnura elegans)



?





Fly Sp ?



Phantom Cranefly Sp Probably (Ptychoptera contaminata)

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id



Green Veined White (Pieris napi)















Ichneumon Sp ?



Large Skipper (Ochlodes silvanus)



Orache Sp



Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)





Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)



Scaeva pyrastri on Wild Celery (Apium graveolens)



Rosebay Willow Herb (Chamerion angustifolium)



Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)





Long Winged Conehead Nymph (Conocephalus fuscus)

from

Nature Spot



Garden Grass Veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)

Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id

Tag CloudBeeSp, BarredSnoutFly, BlueTailedDamselfly, Lagriahirta, FlySp, PhantonCraneFlySp, RoseBayWillowHerb, Scaevapyrastri, SeaClubRush, Ragwort, LaregeSkipper, IchneumonSp, GreenVeinedWhite, GardenGrassVeneer

The view from the bottom of Anterton Hill



The tree on the edge of the car park at the bottom of Anterton Hill





Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)









30 + Knot (Calidris canutus) in various stages of moult with a least one still in summer plumage and one partially.





Hairy Tare (Vicia hirsuta)







Ichneumon Wasp Sp - (Ichneumon suspiciosus)

from

Wildlife Insight

but

Nature Spot

suggests it's a female Ichneumon extensorius

So with a possible name for it I have submitted it to irecord



Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)



Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhygonycha fulva)

Tag CloudLandscape, Avocet, Knot, HairyTare, IchneumonSp, Gatekeeper

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Tag CloudLittleRingedPlover

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)





Wild Celery (Apium graveolens)





?









Grass Sp ?



Grass Sp



Grass Sp?





Hogweed (Heraclium sphodylium)



Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)











Ruff (Philomachis pugnax)



Sedge?



Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus)









Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)















Spaerophoria Sp mating











Spoonbill

Tag CloudAvocet, WildCelery, GrassSp, Ruff, LittleRingedPlover, PricklySowthistle, SpaerophoriaSp, Spoonbill, HoverflySp, Hogweed, SeaClubRush