On day one we had our first look at the Cley gull roost. An adult Caspian Gull was present and a stunning first-summer appeared later on. The number of Yellow-legged Gulls was impressive (compared to what we get in the north-east!), with at least 12 present.
A good forecast for the next day persuaded us to go to Kelling Water Meadows to look for the Red-veined Darters which had been seen there recently. Sure enough they were present along with a host of other dragonflies some of which we don't often get to see in Northumberland...
7+ Red-veined Darter
10+ Emperor
10+ Black-tailed Skimmer
1 Banded Demoiselle
1 Migrant Hawker
2 Southern Hawker
Common Darter
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
1 Holly Blue
5+ Gatekeeper
10+ Common Blue
A Red Kite flew over Holkham Pines in the afternoon, before we had another luck at the Cley gull roost. Today there was 3 Caspian Gulls (yesterday's first-summer and 2 adults, looking at my photos I think they were both different to yesterday's bird). Slightly fewer Yellow-legged Gulls this evening with 7+, and a single adult Mediterranean Gull.
Back at our cabin in the forest I saw my first Perseid meteor of the year.
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
1 Holly Blue
5+ Gatekeeper
10+ Common Blue
A Red Kite flew over Holkham Pines in the afternoon, before we had another luck at the Cley gull roost. Today there was 3 Caspian Gulls (yesterday's first-summer and 2 adults, looking at my photos I think they were both different to yesterday's bird). Slightly fewer Yellow-legged Gulls this evening with 7+, and a single adult Mediterranean Gull.
Back at our cabin in the forest I saw my first Perseid meteor of the year.
First-summer Caspian Gull on the first evening.
One of day two's adult Caspians.
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| Adult Yellow-legged Gull |
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| Red-veined Darters - the last photo's pretty poor but it shows the 'classic' Red-veined Darter pose quite well. |
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| Migrant Hawker |
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| Southern Hawker |
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| Emperor |
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