Two gull close ups

The light was promised yesterday, but never came.  What usually happens in this situation is resorting to baiting gulls...

Grey Heron

Gulls in the spray

Black Redstart female on a wall

More pictures of 'rares' on my website - here!

Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus littoralis)?

Was taking some photos of birds on Sunday and some very active Meadow Pipits were among them.  When I was processing some last night this little blighter stood out as not being a Meadow Pipit.  Currently going down in the book as a Rock Pipit of the Scandinavian subspecies littoralis. All views welcome.

Dodgy pic 1

Dodgy pic 2

Not quite so dodgy pic 3

Ringed Plovers doing mating

1/4000s f13 ISO1000 -.03EV

Starlings and globe, version 1

Ringed Plover

Saw this mating yesterday (with another Ringed Plover, natch), spring is definitely here.

1/2500s f9 ISO640 -0.3EV

Waxwing, John Innes Centre, Norwich

Same bird, different tree?

Ber Street, last weekend.

John Innes Centre, today