Ferruginous Duck

1st winter drake still on Broadwater today although this photo was captured on Tuesday.

Four lichens, a moss, a cluster of heralds and a crescent moon

Physcia adscendens, Hunstanton Lighthouse walls, 2nd January 2017

Cladonia portentosa, Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Cladonia foliaceae, Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Phaeophyscia orbicularis, Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Tortula muralis, Hunstanton cliffs (lower face), 2nd January 2017

Heralds (hibernating), Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Crescent Moon, Hunstanton, 2nd January 2017

Ferruginous Duck

Drake on Broadwater this morning - 1st for Holme!

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