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
Spoonbill feeding in a scrape at Wells next the Sea on 15/06/2019. Contributed by: Tony Brooks
A Great Crested grebe seen foraging on fish in broad at Uiniversity of East Anglia on 10/11/2019. Contributed by: Harshjeet Singh Bal
Sparrowhawk looking for small birds in my garden at Norwich on 08/03/2020. Contributed by: Richard Alan Woodhouse
Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting the peanut feeder in a Dilham garden at Dilham on 05/03/2020. Contributed by: Tim Stringer
Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Thetford on 26/02/2020. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker busy drilling into a dead tree at Thetford on 26/02/2020. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker making a nest hole at Thetford on 26/02/2020. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
Nuthatch using its tongue to pick up food someone left on a tree stump at Felbrigg on 03/03/2020. Contributed by: John Lincoln
Barn owl hunting in the late afternoon March sunshine at Fakenham on 01/03/2020. Contributed by: Tony Brooks
Sparrowhawk at Norwich on 08/03/2020. Contributed by: Richard Alan Woodhouse
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker busy excavating at Thetford on 26/02/2020. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
A rather menacing looking Greenfinch in the winter sunshine at Dilham on 13/02/2020. Contributed by: Tim Stringer
Marsh Harrier flying over Titchwell at Titchwell on 22/02/2020. Contributed by: Mr R A J Griffin
Short-eared Owl trying to steal a vole from another at Lower Yare valley on 18/01/2020. Contributed by: Nick Appleton
Pair of Pintails at NWT Cley on 19/02/2020. Contributed by: Elizabeth Dack
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