Birds

Bittern, photo by Julian Thomas
Birds are familiar, fascinating and colourful creatures and wherever you live you are bound to have a range of species close by. Many of our nature reserves, including our flagship Cley Marshes, are home to some of the county's most stunning birds. See some of these here in our gallery and read more about these fascinating species in our birds species profiles.
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Bittern, photo by Julian Thomas
Male blackbird feeding on pyracantha berries in a garden at Norwich on 11/01/2019. Contributed by: Richard Alan Woodhouse
Pale buzzard just landing on a post at Sculthorpe Moor on 10/01/2019. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Black brant goose amongst dark-bellied brent geese at Holkham Salt Marshes on 28/12/2018. Contributed by: Richard Brunton
Beautiful grey wagtail at the river Wensum on 09/01/2019. Contributed by: Richard Alan Woodhouse
White morph buzzard in flight at Sculthorpe on 04/01/2019. Contributed by: Ron Scott
Sparrowhawk keeping an eye on bird feeders in a garden at Melton Park on 10/01/2019. Contributed by: Helen Stanley
Female stilt flying towards greylag geese at Norfolk on 15/05/2018. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Goldcrest in woodland at Sculthorpe Moor on 10/01/2019. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Bird's eye view of a glaucous gull at Cley beach on 09/01/2019. Contributed by: Ron Scott
Peregrine falcon flying over the scrape at NWT Cley on 31/12/2018. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Exhausted guillemot trapped in sticky mud but later released by a warden at NWT Holme on 08/12/2018. Contributed by: Helen Stanley
Swallow emerging from the water after diving for food at Strumpshaw Fen on 28/05/2018. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Spotted flycatcher at the entrance to a footpath at Kelling on 30/09/2018. Contributed by: Ron Scott
Marsh harriers having just passed food at NWT Hickling on 14/06/2018. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Young tern preening beside a duck at Strumpshaw Fen on 28/08/2018. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
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