Norfolk's bee-eaters: Your pictures of the Trimingham colony

Volunteers have been constantly manning a specially prepared watch-point from where people can catch a glimpse of the beautiful birds, which are nesting at a quarry in Trimingham.

Many of the visitors have been taking photos of the bee-eaters, which are a far more common site around the Mediterranean than Britain and are never known to have bred in Norfolk before.

Two bee-eaters on a wire at the north Norfolk site. (Image: John Ford)

The birds have been captured on film resting on wire and in bushes and also soaring through the air, their colourful wings outstretched.

Here is a selection of images of the birds taken by readers and followers of our Facebook page.

To send in your pictures, email stuart.anderson@archant.co.uk

A bee-eater bird spreads its rainbow wings at Trimingham, near Cromer in north Norfolk. (Image: John Ford)

A bee-eater in flight over Norfolk, at the site in Trimingham. (Image: John Ford)

A single bee-eater in the trees at Trimingham. (Image: Charlotte Watlow)

Jane Crossen captured this photo off our of the Trimingham bee-eaters. (Image: Jane Crossen)

Charlotte Watlow captured this image of a bee-eater in flight. (Image: Charlotte Watlow)

Three bee-eaters in the trees at Trimingham. (Image: Louise Egan)

One of the bee-eaters at the quarry in Trimingham, north Norfolk. (Image: Tom Whiley tomwhileybirdart.blogspot.com)