Those of you that have been kindly following this blog will know that the poor run of luck that dogged me during most of last year has recently been replaced by some notable successes. We all have species where improved images are required and I have been ticking them off in recent weeks - Red-necked rolex replica Grebe, Serin, Goosander, Mandarin, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver - quite an exhilarating few weeks.

My usual fellow photogrpaher wanted to  try the Red-necked Grebe that is still present in the harbour at Brancaster Staithe. When I photographed it, it was at high tide so we went there last Thursday first thing to await the rising tide. It was there but way out in the middle - much too distant. Nothing of any real interest but I could not resist a shot of a yawning Turnstone.

After high tide, and with the grebe still way out, we left and moved eastwards along the coast, briefly ending up at Holkham which was very busy - well it was half term - with everything much too distant. Surprisingly, no Pink-footed Geese around - in fact, on reflection, we did not see or hear any all day -have they started their migration North so early?

Coming out of Lady Anne Drive, we turned right to return to Brancaster Staithe at low tide. After 100 yards or so, I noticed a photographer looking over a wall near some barns with a Barn Owl sitting on a post. Quickly turning round, it was stll there - in fact perched for some time looking great in the sun.

Returning to Brancaster Staithe, we parked up and waited with the grebe still distant. There were some opportuniites for a shot - a flyby Brent Goose

A Herring Gull dropping mussels to try to break them open - would replica watches uk have had more success if it had not been dropping onto sand

Some distant Red-breasted Mergansers

A bathing Bar-tailed Godwit

and a distant flyby Spoonbill

Red-breasted Merganser is a species that I had only photgraphed once before - in 2008 with a lone female at a local reserve so I was disappoointed that they were so distant - and then they started to swim up the channel towards us with a single male continuing close in

and even a flyby although not as sharp as I would like - they do fly rather faster that I was prepared for

That was the success of the day for me - absolutely delighted.

We then called in at Thornham to see if the Twite were on show - they were but feeding and ready to roost in the shade of the sea wall but the odd shot was just possible at a high ISO

More images in the Recent Additions section.

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