Sanderling @ Titchwell RSPB Norfolk Coast..

            Migration is not random. There is a pattern to the arrival of different species. First to arrive in Norfolk, in March, come the chiffchaffs, sand martins and wheatears. In April the floodgates open! Blackcaps and willow warblers arriving in huge numbers at the start of the month; followed in mid-April by swallows, house martins, whitethroats, garden warblers and cuckoos. The end of April sees reed and sedge warblers adding their voices to the dawn chorus. This is a good time
Common tern carrying fish, by Trevor Round

 to spot them when, at areas such as NWT Cley Marshes amongst the still winter-brown reedbeds, newly arrived male warblers sing persistently and prominently throughout the day in their urgency to find mates.

Our Norfolk coast is one of the best places to observe migration. By late April a full set of terns – common, Sandwich and little – will add their raucous calls to those of resident black-headed and herring gulls. On coastal wetlands, such as at NWT Holme Dunes, April is a brilliant time to observe passage wading birds. Birds such as godwits, knot, curlew, sandpiper and little stint have moulted from their much duller winter greys to take on brighter chestnut browns

Taken in: UK / England / King's Lynn and West Norfolk District / Titchwell (show map)

Taken on: May 16, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8.0, 1/2000 sec, 420mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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