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Pevensey

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Pevensey Castle

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Thurgarton Church




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Norwich Light Festival



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St Michael's Mount - Cornwall

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Ilmatsalu Fish Ponds - Estonia

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Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus )

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At least a hundred Black Terns

20 or so Little Gulls

A pair of Red Necked Grebes

Marsh Harrier


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Lesser Whitethroat

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Soomaa - Estonia

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A boardwalk through this area takes you through the variety of habitats. Mire - Dry wood - Wet mire with pools.

A pair of Goosander were basking in the glow of the evening sunshine.

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Estonia hay meadow management.

Surprising few birds as I believe this is designed to increase biodiversity.

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White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia )

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Common Crane ( Grus grus )

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Hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus )

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Hazel Grouse nibbling the new shoots on the Silver Birch.

Great Grey Owl

White Backed Woodpecker

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Wood Warbler singing.

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Marsh Marigold ( Caltha palustris )

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Green Hairstreak ( Callophrys rubi )


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An Icterine Warbler singing from high in these trees.







Pied Flycatcher & Spotted Flycatcher also present.


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White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba )


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White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia )


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Common Crane ( Grus grus )

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Tuhu Soo - Estonia

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Scot's Pine - cones ( Pinus sylvestris )

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Ling on a cold and frosty morning. ( Calluna vulgaris )

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Bog Rosemary ( Andromeda polifolia )

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Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor )

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Much more moist at this end of the mire.

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Fantastic breeding Black Tailed Godwit.

Flying overhead calling.



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Just down the road out of the park in a glade

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Pied Flycatcher ( Ficedula hypoleuca )

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Matsalu Bay - Estonia

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Haeska meadows on the North Shore of Matsalu bay.

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Coats of many colours.

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Hundreds of Ruff out on the shoreline. ( Philomachus pugnax )

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Kloostri

The channel here controls the water level of the flood meadows.

Lesser Spotted Eagle on the road from Haesta to Kloostri

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A circular walk here leads out onto the reedbeeds.

White Tailed Sea Eagle breeding in the reed beds.
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Montague's Harrier
Blue Headed Wagtail
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Water Horsetail - ( Equsitum fluviatile )

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Buttercup Anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )

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Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides )

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Norway Maple ( Acer platanoides )

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Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus )

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Leidissoo - Estonia

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In a glade in the woodlands at the northern end of Leidissoo

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Poosaspea - Estonia

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A major migration watch point.

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Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus )

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Long Tailed Duck sunning itself on the rocks. Many hundreds further out into the water. ( Clangula hyemalis )

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Pasque Flower growing on the beach. ( Pulsatilla vulgaris )



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Banks of Wood Anemone on the road to Poosaspea ( Anemone nemorosa )

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Hepatica ( Hepatica nobilis )

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Further up the road from Sutlepa towards Poosaspea an area of cut wood held a singing Bluethroat Red Spotted form. ( Luscinia svecica )

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Haapsalu - Estonia

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Haapsalu Bay

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A pair of Great Crested grebe in the bay. ( Podiceps cristatus )

The pair below were just putting the finishing touches to their nest.

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Diving down to collect fresh weed.

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The first time on the nest.

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Seems okay

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One more bit of reed.

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Hooded Crow scavenging in the harbour. ( Corvus cornix )

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Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula )

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The most delightful Tree Sparrows in and around the park and water's edge. ( Passer montanus )

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Goosander in the bay. ( Mergus merganser )

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Common tern fishing in the harbour. ( Sterna hirundo )

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Wood Sorrell - Oxalis acetosela

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Rosary Rd Cemetery in Norwich. An amazing place.

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Beech - Fagus sylvatica

Beginning to turn

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Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba

Not really turning yet.

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Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera

Just beginning to go yellow.

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