It turned out to be a lovely day yesterday - the mist had the good taste to clear nice and early and we were left with a beautiful cloudless sky. It seemed a sensible idea to check out the local birdlife:
Most of the boat-perchers are gulls - crows are just one of several species who like to do the same thing.
The fishermen had been busy - there were several pieces of fish laying about.
There's no stopping the redshanks when they're on a mission.
Are these both dunlins? The one on the right seems to be coloured differently.
It's particularly good to see the young gulls tucking in. I usually assume that the food supply here is pretty good as no adult is muscling in here.
I thought that this herring gull was looking particularly relaxed.
'I'll man the bridge - you can be the crow's nest.'
The Girl Pam preening parlour is open and ready for business.
Me and my reflection!
This turnstone is really getting stuck in!
'Do you really have to snap me in this patchwork state? Come back when all my adult feathers are through.'
'Fish? Where?
'I'm a pied wagtail and I'll talk to my feet if I like.'
Are they hoping to pick up preening tips?
A lovely continental blackbird.
A gleaming starling watches as I get ready to head home.
It can get very windy on the East Anglian coast.
A little egret chills out on the golf course.
A crow sunbathes near Gulpher Pond.
This was quite surreal. To catch a buzzard being shouted at by a crow is normal - I'm just not used to seeing an audience of smaller birds sitting so close to the action!
One of our neighbourhood gulls. This youngster clearly has attitude - as you'd expect.
I'm finishing with a clear sign that spring is coming!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.