2 Arachnids and 3 Beetles from the dunes at Holme, 29th February 2016

Marram Jumping Spider, Marpissa nivoyi, Holme NWT, 29th February 2016

 Marram Pseudoscorpion, Dactylochelifer latreillei, Home NWT, 29th February 2016

Common Dumble Dor Beetle, Geotrupes spiniger, Holme NWT, 29th February 2016

 Demetrias monostigma, Holme NWT, 29th February 2016

Marram Weevil, Sitona lineatus, Holme NWT, 29th February 2016

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl, Holme NWT, 29th February 2016

Stonechat

Stonechat, Thornham Harbour, 28th February 2016

Little Egret

Little Egret, Thornham Harbour, 28th February 2016

Sheldrake

Sheldrake, Thornham Harbour, 27th February 2016

Spring is in the air.......

and the birds seem to be getting very excited - at last.

Starling, Hunstanton, 24th February 2016

House Sparrow, Hunstanton, 24th February 2016

Fulmar, Hunstanton, 24th February 2016

Grey Partridge

Grey Partridge, Lavender Marsh, Holme NWT, 20th February 2016

Spotted Redshank and Brent Goose in Thornham Harbour

Spotted Redshank, Thornham Harbour, 20th February 2016

Brent Goose, Thornham Harbour, 20th February 2016

Birds from an off-patch Saturday

Red-necked Grebe, Brancaster Staithe, 13th February 2016

Barn Owl, Holkham, 13th February 2016

Black Redstart, Wells, 13th February 2016

Peewit, Wells, 13th February 2016

Bats on patch

Whiskered Bat, Hunstanton, February 16th 2016

Natterer's Bat, Hunstanton, February 16th 2016

Daubenton's Bat, Snettisham (off patch, with condensation on fur), February 16th 2016

Red-breasted Merganser

Drake Red-breasted Merganser, Twite Marsh, Holme NWT, February 14th 2016

Iceland Gull, Holme NWT, 19th December 2015

Iceland Gull, Holme NWT, 19th December 2015

A few birds around the patch on a windy Sunday

Robin, Holme Marsh, 7th February 2016

Pheasant,  Holme Marsh, 7th February 2016

Redshank, Gore Point, 7th February 2016

Bar-tailed Godwit, Gore Point, February 7th 2016

Little Egret,  Gore Point, February 7th 2016

Monday 1st February in the Downs

Nuctea umbratica, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

 Amaurobius fenestralis, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

Triplax aenea, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

Glischrochilus hortensis, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

 Cychrus carboides, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

Cicones undatus, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

False Ladybird, Endomychus coccineus, Ringstead Downs, 1st February 2016

Another Sperm Whale!

Yet another washed up alive this morning making it the sixth one to wash up on the British coast and the 29th (happy to be corrected) to be washed ashore, with a 30th floating dead in the southern North Sea this year:

11 Jan, 2 Wangerooge Island, Germany (stomach dissection found limited amount of squid, so not feeding successfully)
12 Jan, 5 Texel, Netherlands
12 Jan, 2 Helgoland, Germany
13 Jan, 1 Busum, Germany
14 Jan, 2 Texel, Netherlands
14 Jan, 1 Weser River estuary, German Wadden Sea
22 Jan, 1 Hunstanton
23 Jan, 2 Skegness (nr Gibraltar Point), Lincs
24 Jan, 1 Skegness (nr Seacroft), Lincs
25 Jan, 1 Wainsfleet, Lincs.
late Jan1 stranded Blauort Germany, 1 floating in this area
1   Feb, 8 Friedichskoog,German Wadden Sea
2   Feb, 1 Hemmes de Marck (nr Calais, the southernmost North Sea coast), France
4   Feb, 1 Hunstanton