Birdsoftheheath

Dear friends Sue and Peter invited Linda and me to lunch at the Gunton Arms in North Norfolk. We spent a pleasant hour or so walking around Felbrigg Hall gardens - they've been remodeled, apparently in anticipation of a warmer drier climate in years to come - and are absolutely stunning. (The ornamental pool was full of newts: Smooth Newts I imagine)

The Gunton Arms is ...

There's a lovely, old, gnarled Oak tree at the end of our neighbour's garden: we've often seen woodpeckers, gulls, crows and pigeons perched at its crown, but tonight (hence dullish images) a Red Kite alighted briefly. As is often the case with large raptors it was soon mobbed away by various corvids...

While photographing the 'Blue Moon' yesterday, I realised I was sharing the garden with two (a pair?) of Hedgehogs: always a delight to encounter!

...and lots more besides! Just Brian and me today - Norman has a bad back - so I decided to head down to Suffolk for a bash at the recently-present rare terns. First stop was the East Hide (pausing to admire a somewhat obscured Grasshopper Warbler) where I found a delightful Little Gull. It was obvious all the Terns were on the next scrape, so we moved to the public viewing p...