Yellowhammer, Kelling Heath, 8th May 2015 (photo by Sue Gantlett).

Black-tailed Godwit, Pat's Pool, Cley, 7th May 2015. Thank goodness for the few remaining Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits. General spring wader passage has been reducing year on year and is now just about non-existent.

Greenland Wheatear, Eye Field, Cley, 7th May 2015. Like yesterday's male (below) this dark, large-looking female is surely a Greenland (leucorhoa). Several of them are around the marsh at the moment. An interesting article on their migration and identification appears in Birding World 25: 104-107.

Ruffs, Salthouse, 6th May 2015.

Whinchats, Keeper's Marsh, Cley, 6th May 2015.

Greylag Geese, East Bank, Cley, 6th May 2015.

Spoonbill, East Bank, Cley, 6th May 2015.

Greenland Wheatear, Eye Field, Cley, 6th May 2015.

Black-headed Gull, Simmonds' Scrape, Cley, 5th May 2015.

Wood Warbler, Natural Surroundings, Glandford, 5th May 2015.

Green Hairstreak, Wiveton Down, 4th May 2015 (photo by Sue Gantlett).

Lesser Whitethroat, Stiffkey Fen, Norfolk, 4th May 2015.

Stoat, Meadow Lane, Salthouse, 4th May 2015.

Avocet, Salthouse, 4th May 2015.

Grey-headed Wagtail, Cley, 3rd May 2015.

Grey Heron, Cley, 3rd May 2015.

Moorhen, Cley, 3rd May 2015.

Common Frog tadpoles feeding on provided meat, Cley, 3rd May 2015. In the absence of meat, they will eat each other!

Hudsonian Godwit, with Black-tailed Godwits, Meare Heath, Somerset, 1st May 2015.

Great White Egret, Meare Heath, Somerset, 1st May 2015.

Bittern, Meare Heath, Somerset, 1st May 2015.

Whimbrels, Iron Road, Salthouse, 30th April 2015.

Grey Heron, Cley, 30th April 2015.

Reed Warbler, Cley, 30th April 2015.

Common Sandpiper, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 30th April 2015.

Dotterel, Blakeney Fresh Marsh, 29th April 2015.

Golden Plover, Blakeney Fresh Marsh, 29th April 2015.

Knot, Snettisham, Norfolk, 27th April 2015.

Wood Sandpiper, Kelling Water Meadow, 25th April 2015.

Adult White-tailed Eagle, Cley, 25th April 2015. Thanks to a timely phone call, many observers saw this bird heading west over the sea just after midday.

Channel Wagtail, Cley Eye, 25th April 2015. This one was also not a true Blue-headed, but a flava x flavissima intergrade.

'Blue-headed Wagtail', Cley Eye, 25th April 2015. Very like the Kelling bird, which was still present there today (see below, 23rd April), this was not a true Blue-headed, but likely a flava x iberiae intergrade (a Middlewest Wagtail).

Mediterranean Gull and Black-headed Gulls, Langham, 25th April 2015.

Whinchat, Cley, 24th April 2015.

Common Sandpiper, Cley, 24th April 2015.

Little Egret, Cley, 24th April 2015.

Middlewest Wagtail, Kelling, 23rd April 2015. Not a true Blue-headed, but a Middlewest type (note especially the white throat). The definitive identification article is in Birding World 20: 104-112.

Spotted Redshank, Kelling Water Meadow, 23rd April 2015.

Ring Ouzel, Holme Dunes, Norfolk, 23rd April 2015.

Common Whitethroat, Holme Dunes, Norfolk, 23rd April 2015.

Wheatear, Holme Dunes, Norfolk, 23rd April 2015.

Black Redstart, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 21st April 2015.

Redstart, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 21st April 2015.

Grasshopper Warbler, Cley, 20th April 2015.

Snow Bunting, Salthouse, 20th April 2015.

Black Redstart, Snipe's Marsh, Cley, 19th April 2015.

Dotterel, Kelling, Norfolk, 19th April 2015.

Hare, Kelling, Norfolk, 19th April 2015.

Stonechat, Roydon Common, Norfolk, 18th April 2015.

Roe Deer, Roydon Common, Norfolk, 18th April 2015.

Great Blue Heron, Bryher, Isles of Scilly, 17th April 2015. The definitive identification and status articles of this second-for-Britain are in Birding World 11: 12-20 & 20: 497-502.

Black Duck, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, 16th April 2015.

Golden Pheasant, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, 16th April 2015.

Yellow Wagtails, Eye Field, Cley, 14th April 2015. Six were in the Eye Field this afternoon.

White Wagtail, Eye Field Pool, Cley, 14th April 2015.

Chiffchaff, Walsey Hills, Cley, 14th April 2015.

Dotterels, Choseley, Norfolk, 13th April 2015. Five of the nine present this evening. Despite a helpful phone call and best efforts, they were at typical Choseley long range by the time I arrived. Still nice though!

Common Buzzard, Cley, 13th April 2015. A pale bird over Walsey Hills early afternoon.

Yellow Wagtail, Eye Pool, Cley, 13th April 2015.

Swallows, Cley, 13th April 2015. Back at the beach carpark.

Black Redstart, Gramborough Hill, Salthouse, 12th April 2015. Sheltering on the cliff-edge from the strong southerly wind.

Common Sandpiper, Pat's Pool, Cley, 12th April 2015. The first of the year.

Pochards, Cley, 12th April 2015. A dozen were on the new pool beside East Bank this morning.

Comma, Standlake, Oxfordshire, 11th April 2015. An Orangetip was on the wing too.

Red Kite, Standlake, Oxfordshire, 11th April 2015.

Ring-necked Ducks, Standlake, Oxfordshire, 11th April 2015. The female and two of the three drakes present.

Bullfinch, Forest Farm, Cardiff, Glamorgan, 11th April 2015.

Bonaparte's Gull, Cardiff Bay, Glamorgan, 10th April 2015.

Common Redstart, Portland Bill, Dorset, 10th April 2015.

Chiffchaff, Portland Bill, Dorset, 10th April 2015.

Stone Curlew, Portland Bill, Dorset, 9th April 2015.

Black-winged Stilt, Abbotsbury, Dorset, 9th April 2015.

Wall Lizard, Portland, Dorset, 8th April 2015.

Hooded Merganser, Radipole Lake, Dorset, 8th April 2015.

Great Crested Grebes, Radipole Lake, Dorset, 8th April 2015.

Black-tailed Godwits, Sidlesham Ferry, West Sussex, 6th April 2015.

Common Buzzards, over Cricket Marsh, Cley, 4th April 2015.

Reed Bunting, Salthouse, 4th April 2015.

Pochard, Cley, 3rd April 2015. Three pairs on the reserve this morning.

Chiffchaff, Cley, 2nd April 2015. Three were singing at Walsey Hills this morning.

Common Lizard, Cley, 2nd April 2015.

Oystercatcher, Cley, 1st April 2015.

Garganey, Weybourne, Norfolk, 29th March 2015.

Ring-necked Duck, Hardley Staithe, Norfolk, 29th March 2015.

Golden Eagle, Ben More, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, 27th March 2015. Here endeth the Scottish Fling.

Greenland White-fronted Geese, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, 27th March 2015.

Great Northern Divers, Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, 26th March 2015. At least 43 were in this sea loch, with 33 of them together in one flock.

Iceland Gull, Salen Bay, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, 26th March 2015.

Mountain Hare, Cairngorm, Highland, 21st March 2015.

Red Grouse, Cairngorm, Highland, 21st March 2015.

Ptarmigan, Cairngorm, Highland, 21st March 2015.

Common Seal, Brora, Highland, 19th March 2015.

Harlequin Duck, Brora, Highland, 19th March 2015.

Red Squirrel, Lossiemouth, Moray, 19th March 2015.

Coal Tit, Lossiemouth, Moray, 19th March 2015.

Crested Tit, Lossiemouth, Moray, 19th March 2015.

Goosander, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 18th March 2015.

Harlequin Duck, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 18th March 2015.

Otter, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 18th March 2015.

Goldeneye, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 17th March 2015.

Harlequin Duck, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 17th March 2015.

Otter, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 17th March 2015.

Grey Wagtail, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 17th March 2015.

Dipper, River Don, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, 17th March 2015.

King Eider, Ruddon's Point, Fife, 15th March 2015.

Laughing Gull, New Brighton, Cheshire, 14th March 2015.

Lapland Buntings, Weybourne, Norfolk, 13th March 2015.

Reed Bunting, Cley, 13th March 2015.

Mandarins, Felbrigg Pond, Norfolk, 12th March 2015.

Common Frogs, Beeston Pond, Norfolk, 12th March 2015.

Comma, Sea Lawn, Cley, 12th March 2015. Our first butterfly of the year.

Tree Sparrow, Sea Lawn, Cley, 12th March 2015. A surprise today: the first in the garden since 2010. A ringed bird.

Lapwing, Cley, 11th March 2015.

Avocets, Cley, 11th March 2015. Part of the now 132-strong spring flock on Pat's Pool today.

Golden Plovers, Pat's Pool, Cley, 10th March 2015.

Common Lizard, Kelling Heath, 10th March 2015.

Adder, Kelling Heath, 8th March 2015. Several were on show this morning, along with several Common Lizards, so spring really has arrived.

Great Crested Grebe, Cley, 8th March 2015. Presumably the regular bird, but now in its summer finery.

Common Buzzard, Breckland, Norfolk, 4th March 2015.

Hawfinch, Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk, 4th March 2015. At least five were present today.

Marsh Harriers, Pope's Marsh, Cley, 3rd March 2015. Even though Spotty (see below 9th February) was not amongst them, 20 Marsh Harriers managed to roost in the remains of the reedbed on Pope's Marsh this evening. This photo features 'FX', a juvenile apparently ringed and tagged at Sculthorpe Moor, Norfolk, in June last year.

Stonechat, Beach Road, Cley, 3rd March 2015.

Redshank, Pat's Pool, Cley, 3rd March 2015.

Iceland Gull, Sheringham, Norfolk, 2nd March 2015. Last month's seafront bird now following the plough with other gulls between Sheringham and Weybourne.

Peregrine, Cley, 1st March 2015.

Great White Egret, with Little Egret, Billy's Wash, Cley, 27th February 2015. The second good bird of the spring (following the Garganey), but it stayed for just an hour and a half before flying off SSE over Walsey Hills at 3.55pm.

Linnets, East Bank, Cley, 23rd February 2015. About 40 were drinking, gritting and bathing this morning but, as usual, no Twite were with them.

Rough-legged Buzzard, Salthouse, 22nd February 2015. This juvenile unexpectedly flew west over Gramborough Hill at 9.45am.

Cormorant, Cley, 21st February 2015.

Bearded Tit, Cley, 21st February 2015.

Bearded Tit, Cley, 20th February 2015.