Twite, Thornham Harbour

Twite, Thornham Harbour, 31st December 2016

40 in the Harbour today, including two colour-ringed birds:

orange/metal on left X black/yellow on right 

pink/metal on left X red/pink on right 

Twite flight

Twite, Thornham Harbour, 31st December 2016

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit, Thornham Harbour, 29th December 2016

Offshore..................

A Purple Sandpiper at Hunstanton

Purple Sandpiper, Hunstanton, 11th December 2016

Off Patch: 4 beetles from Foulden Common

Gauropterus fulgidus, Foulden Common, 5th December 2016

Philonthus spinipes, Foulden Common, 5th December 2016

Cassida nebulosa, Foulden Common, 5th December 2016

Carabus granulatus, Foulden Common, 5th December 2016

Off patch: a British endemic fungus

Earthsar Geastrum britannicum, Docking, 27th November 2016