The White Falcon
@markgolley.bsky.social
Freelance TV sport producer || Limosa obsessive L3 ❤️ || BOURC voting member || Cley Moth Obs || TG04 = the Patch || ex-Norfolk Records Committee member || Gulls & Geese👌|| Music lover: give me as much Neil Young as you like ☮️🕊️ || Don't Spook The Horse.
Mothing never sleeps...
Two Winter Moths so far tonight and that's likely going to be it, but a result is a result!
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Two Winter Moths so far tonight and that's likely going to be it, but a result is a result!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mothing never sleeps...
Two Winter Moths so far tonight and that's likely going to be it, but a result is a result!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
Two Winter Moths so far tonight and that's likely going to be it, but a result is a result!
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
Yesterday afternoon was spent scanning Pink-feet & Brent flocks around the marsh before the g*ll roost. Along with the dramatic looking leucistic Pink, it was nice to pick up two smart Pale-bellied Brants amongst the growing number of Dark-bellieds in the Eye Field.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Yesterday afternoon was spent scanning Pink-feet & Brent flocks around the marsh before the g*ll roost. Along with the dramatic looking leucistic Pink, it was nice to pick up two smart Pale-bellied Brants amongst the growing number of Dark-bellieds in the Eye Field.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
A change of patch-scene & a wander around the Freshes. The spooked goose flock off village beet were sleeping in fierce winter sunshine. Hmmm. A fine male European Stonechat posed nicely tho + a dinky Reed Bunting showed off on a reed stem too. It's not all gulls y'know 😉
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November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A change of patch-scene & a wander around the Freshes. The spooked goose flock off village beet were sleeping in fierce winter sunshine. Hmmm. A fine male European Stonechat posed nicely tho + a dinky Reed Bunting showed off on a reed stem too. It's not all gulls y'know 😉
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
One of the 1st birds into the North Scrape roost tonight was this storming argentatus Herring Gull. Ended up with maybe half a dozen adults by close of play, but this one was the pick of them all. Never anything other than impressive. Such a mean lookin' dude!
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November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One of the 1st birds into the North Scrape roost tonight was this storming argentatus Herring Gull. Ended up with maybe half a dozen adults by close of play, but this one was the pick of them all. Never anything other than impressive. Such a mean lookin' dude!
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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Another super haul of Caspian Gulls on North Scrape tonight, at least seven (maybe eight) birds in to roost including a minimum 5 1cy birds. All of the birds tonight were new individuals. The turnover at the moment is impressive & (still) exciting. Just love these!
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November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Another super haul of Caspian Gulls on North Scrape tonight, at least seven (maybe eight) birds in to roost including a minimum 5 1cy birds. All of the birds tonight were new individuals. The turnover at the moment is impressive & (still) exciting. Just love these!
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An entertaining mix of gulls'n'geese here this PM (after heavy rain) & this striking Pink-footed Goose was a standout. At the caramel end of latte w/gorgeous leucistic (schizochromatic) upperparts to boot. Learned later that it's been at King's Lynn & Fring recently too.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
An entertaining mix of gulls'n'geese here this PM (after heavy rain) & this striking Pink-footed Goose was a standout. At the caramel end of latte w/gorgeous leucistic (schizochromatic) upperparts to boot. Learned later that it's been at King's Lynn & Fring recently too.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
Really enjoyed a couple of days down south w/the Edgellers, where L & I took in the fun'n'funky Boat-tailed Grackle. It's arrival prompted renewed debate regarding the British List & categorisation of what are undoubteldy wild birds (but w/low to minimal *actual* vagrancy potential).
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November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Really enjoyed a couple of days down south w/the Edgellers, where L & I took in the fun'n'funky Boat-tailed Grackle. It's arrival prompted renewed debate regarding the British List & categorisation of what are undoubteldy wild birds (but w/low to minimal *actual* vagrancy potential).
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Boaty McBoatface...
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
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#ukbirding
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Boaty McBoatface...
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Nothing raises hackles like a shackle-free Grackle, to make maniacal listers cackle as committees tackle exactly what to do...
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nothing raises hackles like a shackle-free Grackle, to make maniacal listers cackle as committees tackle exactly what to do...
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
The Day of the Grackle.
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Day of the Grackle.
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
...and here's this one for all the Turnip fans out there...
A fairly standard looking one side-by-side with the pale grey loner.
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#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
A fairly standard looking one side-by-side with the pale grey loner.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
...and here's this one for all the Turnip fans out there...
A fairly standard looking one side-by-side with the pale grey loner.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
A fairly standard looking one side-by-side with the pale grey loner.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
A few more from the last few days ~ I really liked our pallid Turnip (a very striking looking individual) + a smart Chestnut, a white-spotted Satellite (we get more orange spots) & our latest-ever Dark Arches.
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#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A few more from the last few days ~ I really liked our pallid Turnip (a very striking looking individual) + a smart Chestnut, a white-spotted Satellite (we get more orange spots) & our latest-ever Dark Arches.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
Things winding down a little at CMO HQ this last few days ~ the weather hasn't been conducive to a burst of last-minute, end-of-year moth action. That said, the Sprawler has landed! One of the last NFYs we've been expecting & v. smart it was too.
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#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
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#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Things winding down a little at CMO HQ this last few days ~ the weather hasn't been conducive to a burst of last-minute, end-of-year moth action. That said, the Sprawler has landed! One of the last NFYs we've been expecting & v. smart it was too.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
Nothing says "meeeh" more than three thoroughly fed-up looking Glossy Ibis stood on an islet on North Scrape in a northerly gale in mid-November. The Doñana must seem a very long way away right now...
...but I'm loving seeing Ibis in triplicate everyday at the mo.
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...but I'm loving seeing Ibis in triplicate everyday at the mo.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nothing says "meeeh" more than three thoroughly fed-up looking Glossy Ibis stood on an islet on North Scrape in a northerly gale in mid-November. The Doñana must seem a very long way away right now...
...but I'm loving seeing Ibis in triplicate everyday at the mo.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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...but I'm loving seeing Ibis in triplicate everyday at the mo.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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So, after a few chores, I couldn't resist the roost. On the way, along the Fairstead, a tit flock whizzed by. Goldcrest, Long-tail, Long-tail, Chiffy, Blue Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tail, 'crest "JU-WEE JU-WEE". Pallas's Warbler! Presume it was y'day's, but the flock make up was different.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, after a few chores, I couldn't resist the roost. On the way, along the Fairstead, a tit flock whizzed by. Goldcrest, Long-tail, Long-tail, Chiffy, Blue Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tail, 'crest "JU-WEE JU-WEE". Pallas's Warbler! Presume it was y'day's, but the flock make up was different.
#NorfolkBirding
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So many stunning skyscapes at Cley today as showers rolled in & around us as the north wind blew. Offshore, well, it wasn't stellar this morning ~ a nice movement of Eider, 15 Little Gulls, a Bonxie, a couple of RB Mergansers, a few C Scoters.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So many stunning skyscapes at Cley today as showers rolled in & around us as the north wind blew. Offshore, well, it wasn't stellar this morning ~ a nice movement of Eider, 15 Little Gulls, a Bonxie, a couple of RB Mergansers, a few C Scoters.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
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Kittiwakes aren't that common on the marsh, so this gorgeous youngster was a lovely surprise to see when it made a brief appearance on North this afternoon. In and out within a few minutes, heading back out to sea with Black-headed Gulls.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kittiwakes aren't that common on the marsh, so this gorgeous youngster was a lovely surprise to see when it made a brief appearance on North this afternoon. In and out within a few minutes, heading back out to sea with Black-headed Gulls.
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#cleybirds
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November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Post the Pallas's shot-in-the-arm, it was the long walk back out to North Scrape for the gull roost. Several 100s in tonight, far more than y'day, but nos. of Caspians dropped to 4 (all 1w, all new). A 2w YLGull was new & there were nice views of the 3 Glossy Ibis too.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Post the Pallas's shot-in-the-arm, it was the long walk back out to North Scrape for the gull roost. Several 100s in tonight, far more than y'day, but nos. of Caspians dropped to 4 (all 1w, all new). A 2w YLGull was new & there were nice views of the 3 Glossy Ibis too.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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#cleybirds
Here's the antithesis of all those gorgeous shots of Pallas's Warblers from the weekend! Buzzing to find another on the patch, think that's four now, including two here on Anterton Hill, albeit 25 years apart...
The "first view" magic when finding a Pallas's never fades 💚💛
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The "first view" magic when finding a Pallas's never fades 💚💛
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here's the antithesis of all those gorgeous shots of Pallas's Warblers from the weekend! Buzzing to find another on the patch, think that's four now, including two here on Anterton Hill, albeit 25 years apart...
The "first view" magic when finding a Pallas's never fades 💚💛
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
The "first view" magic when finding a Pallas's never fades 💚💛
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
A Sunday night story...
25 years ago I found a Pallas's Warbler at the back of Cley, along Anterton Hill. It coincided with a visit by Bill Oddie & @stephenmossauthor.bsky.social filming for the "Birding with..." series. They came to see the Pallas's & filmed it too...
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25 years ago I found a Pallas's Warbler at the back of Cley, along Anterton Hill. It coincided with a visit by Bill Oddie & @stephenmossauthor.bsky.social filming for the "Birding with..." series. They came to see the Pallas's & filmed it too...
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A Sunday night story...
25 years ago I found a Pallas's Warbler at the back of Cley, along Anterton Hill. It coincided with a visit by Bill Oddie & @stephenmossauthor.bsky.social filming for the "Birding with..." series. They came to see the Pallas's & filmed it too...
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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25 years ago I found a Pallas's Warbler at the back of Cley, along Anterton Hill. It coincided with a visit by Bill Oddie & @stephenmossauthor.bsky.social filming for the "Birding with..." series. They came to see the Pallas's & filmed it too...
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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Water Pipits off East Bank & drake Eiders offshore were nice to see on the morning 12k step-out. Couldn't dig out a rare Phyllosc., so bird of the morning was an incongruous high-flying Red-throated Diver hurtling inland, south over Walsey Hills.
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#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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#cleybirds
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Water Pipits off East Bank & drake Eiders offshore were nice to see on the morning 12k step-out. Couldn't dig out a rare Phyllosc., so bird of the morning was an incongruous high-flying Red-throated Diver hurtling inland, south over Walsey Hills.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
Rolled the dice & promptly drew a blank with gulls on the south side of the reserve late on, so it was off to the North Scrape with ETM for a Caspo-fest! Nine cachinnans (4 ad, 3 4w/near-ad, 2w, 1w) in the gloom + ad & 1w Med Gull. Three Glossy Ibis out there too.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Rolled the dice & promptly drew a blank with gulls on the south side of the reserve late on, so it was off to the North Scrape with ETM for a Caspo-fest! Nine cachinnans (4 ad, 3 4w/near-ad, 2w, 1w) in the gloom + ad & 1w Med Gull. Three Glossy Ibis out there too.
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Another breezy but mild night at CMO HQ & a respectable 21/14 including migrant Rusty Dot Pearls & a Diamond-back. Moth of the night, by a considerable margin, was this gorgeous Mottled Umber ~ not sure we've ever had a smarter one👌
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#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
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#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another breezy but mild night at CMO HQ & a respectable 21/14 including migrant Rusty Dot Pearls & a Diamond-back. Moth of the night, by a considerable margin, was this gorgeous Mottled Umber ~ not sure we've ever had a smarter one👌
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#cleymothobs
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth