Local Patching.......November 2024 Roundup.

A pretty decent month saw some great sightings from the local patch at East Halton/Goxhill, with a couple of year list additions putting it on 163, a fairly decent effort.

The following is my summary of sightings:  

Friday 1st

A good start to the month saw me covering Goxhill and East Halton.

I have designed a loop trail at Goxhill that takes me from the Haven, west along the Humber bank, down past Quebec Cottages, then along past the Tilery, then along West Marsh Lane(Syke's Lane as i always knew it) and then back along Ferry Road and back to the car.

It covers some decent habitat and today's highlights went to a lovely Peregrine hunting along Ferry Road, 4 Knot near Goxhill Haven and the fantastic sight of 10,000 Starlings heading east over the fields.

After lunch i travelled over to East Halton and spent the rest of the day around Winter's and East Halton Marshes, with the best sightings going to 4 Whooper Swans, 2 Barnacle Geese and a Great-white Egret on the marshes and a Green Sand on Winter's, making for an enjoyable day out.

Saturday 2nd

An all day visit to the Winter's area saw a quieter day than yesterday, but i still managed a good count of 71 species.

Highlights went to the long staying Greenshank still in residence at the Skitter and a Corn Bunting with the Bunting/Finch flock near East Halton Grange, the latter being the first sighting for the patch for the year.

Other bits and bobs included 7 Common Scoter which flew north along the Humber, the 2 Barnacle Geese still with the Greylag flock on the marshes and 2 Goldeneye on Winter's.

Saturday 9th

An early start at Winter's today saw a few nice birds being seen, which included 2 Red-throated Diver together, which flew out south along the Humber and 5 Common Scoter which flew north and then drifted out south later.

On the ponds, 3 Pochard were nice, a pretty scarce bird  here and the marshes held 3 Barnacle Geese now, along with at least 450 Wigeon and 2500 Pinks flew north west.

The lovely sight of 121 Avocet was witnessed as they fed along the Humber mud towards the Skitter.

The unfortunate sight of a freshly killed Water Rail at Winter's in the afternoon, goes to show how vulnerable some birds are to predators, which of course, have to survive also.

Non bird sightings today went to 2 Grey Seal on the Humber and a lovely Fox at East Halton.

Sunday 10th

I carried out the Goxhill loop again this morning, seeing a few nice birds which included a single Whooper Swan with a curious kinked neck, which flew east at Goxhill Haven, A Redhead Goosander which flew by in the same direction.

Two Peregrines over the fields towards New Holland were great to see and hear, with 42 Redwing, 34 Fieldfare and a good count for these days of 30 Yellowhammer, all entered the notes.

An afternoon visit to the Winter's area, saw 3 Pintail being the best sighting on the marshes, with a Great-crested Grebe on Winter's itself.

Saturday 16th

A good day again around the East Halton area, saw highlights going to a Short-eared Owl which crossed the Humber from Yorkshire, a lovely Kingfisher along East Halton Beck, Ruff and Greenshank at the Skitter and 4 female Common Scoter which flew north along the Humber.

On the ponds 21 Little Grebe was a good count and in the bushes, 30 Blackbird, 49 Fieldfare and 57 Redwing saw Thrush numbers building.

Sunday 17th

A cracking days birding today, saw me covering Goxhill first in the morning in a north westerly airflow, which i was convinced would turn up some Snow Buntings as they often do at this time of year.

The above was proved correct, with a flock of 10 birds between Goxhill Haven and Dawson City which showed nicely with patience, but they were very jumpy.

Other nice sightings around this area went to 64 Goldeneye off Goxhill Haven, 50 Ringed Plover, 27 Grey Plover and a cracking Merlin which flew close overhead as i was re-locating the Snow Buntings.

In the afternoon i made my way over to the Winter's area, which proved a good move, as i found 2 Purple Sandpipers as they flew past me and began feeding along the shore between Winter's and the Skitter.

With a little patience they showed really nicely and i managed to get some decent video and phone-scoped pics. These are the first Purple Sands here for me since May 1990, so a monster find locally!.

Also along this area were 2 more Snow Buntings, so 12 for the day was excellent.

Other good sightings in the area included a lovely adult Med Gull sat on the Humber with a mixed Gull flock and 105 Avocet feeding along the shore towards the Skitter.

Friday 22nd

Some proper winter weather today, with freezing temperatures and a light covering of snow, saw a spectacular sunrise at Winter's, with a great chance to take some photos.

Onto the birds, the Barnacle Geese had now risen to 5 birds with the Greylag flock, with 5 Whooper Swan also being seen, which included 2 adults and a juvenile which flew north over East Halton Marshes and a further 2 juveniles which spent some time with the Mute Swans on Winter's before flying off.

Also on Winter's were a Kingfisher, 77 Gadwall, 675 Wigeon, 465 Greylags, 20 Shoveler and 16 Tufted Duck, with 3 Pintail also flying north along the Humber.

Thrush numbers were also good here, with 156 Redwing, 18 Fieldfare, 3 Song Thrush and 16 Blackbirds.

Sunday 24th

A really good visit today regarding the commoner species, with some pleasing counts, with the marshes coming into Its own now.

As mentioned above, some good counts were had on the marshes today, with 600 Wigeon, 473 Teal, 2555 Lapwing, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Redshank, 3 Ruff and 8 Dunlin being present making for some enjoyable viewing.

On Winter's the Kingfisher was seen again and 11 Moorhen, 2 Pochard and 14 Little Grebe were also present.

In the Winter's/Marshes/Skitter area, there were 3000 Starlings, 4 Stonechat, 282 Redwing, 18 Blackbirds and 510 Fieldfare with 2 Knot also at the Skitter.

 Saturday 30th

The final day of the month saw me visiting the Winter's area again, walking the square and recording a good 71 species.

This seems to be around the average number recorded on most visits, which is pretty decent to be fair.

The best sightings on today's visit went to 7 Barnacle Geese on the marshes with the Lags, 550 Wigeon, 287 Teal, 18 Tufties and a whopping count for Winter's of 21 Pochard. The latter is a record count for the site and was really great to see.

Away from wildfowl, 2 Woodcock was a good day count for the daylight hours, with 1 in East Halton village and another bird at the Skitter. Other waders seen included 3 Ruff on the marshes again, 62 Curlew and 565 Lapwing.

A superb count of 25,000 Starlings was made as they left their roost at dawn from Killingholme Haven and 7 Stonechat, 32 Fieldfare, 26 Blackbird, 13 Yellowhammer and another Corn Bunting.

The latter sighting was a new bird for the Winter's list and a very welcome sighting.

Well that's another month over and what an enjoyable one, what a great patch!

Grey Heron, Winter's Pond.

Spectacular Skies

One Of The Two Purple Sandpipers.

Snow Bunting, Goxhill Haven.

Snow Buntings, Goxhill Haven.

Water Rail Remains, After A Sparrowhawk Had Caught & Eaten It.

Donna Nook, Saturday 26th October & Sunday 3rd November 2024

Saturday 26th October

After receiving a message from GPC that he had found a 1st Winter Black-faced Bunting on Friday 25th, it was an absolute no brainer to go and try to see this bird, as it was not only the 12th record for Britain, but also another county first for Graham and incredibly his 13th!!!!. 

Saturday morning came around and as i travelled towards Donna, few patches of mist soon subsided to a fairly clear sky.

The sunrise was stunning and i stopped along with Jon to admire it and take a few photos, before we began to search in hope for the Bunting along with a handful of others.

As we walked a few parties of Whooper Swans flew south totalling 24 birds and a single immature Spoonbill was also logged, my latest record.

Very few migrants were in the dunes, but quite a lot of Reed Buntings had us grilling every group in the hope we would find the Black-faced.

After a while GPC arrived and myself, Jon and Wayne Gillatt, Neil D and Dave H all spread out in the continued search for the star bird.

Just as we were about to give up, GPC received a phone call that the bird had incredibly been trapped at quad 3, approximately 2 miles south of Stonebridge Car Park and it was going to be released at the car park at 10am.

We all made our way to back to Stonebridge to a beaming Owen Beaumont as he arrived with the bird and quickly showed it to all present before he released the bird into the adjacent Hawthorn scrub.

Talk about being in the right place at the right time!. 

The bird flew off with a few tick calls on release and about ten minutes later appeared in the top of a Hawthorn showing briefly, before flying off slightly south of the car park, disappearing into thick scrub, and that was that for us.

It all happened so quickly, but i was very glad to have been in the area to see this mega. It was my second sighting of the species, after twitching the 1st at Pennington Flashes with GPC in March 1994, which was also the first record for Britain.

We stayed around the general area of Stonebridge after Tim and Arash arrived in case the bird was seen again and added some other nice sightings to the day list which included a Great-northern Diver sat on the sea, 3 Little Gull which flew south, Merlin, Peregrine, 5 Greenshank and a late Swallow making for a cracking day out.

The events surrounding the Bunting were very fortuitous and a big thank you must go to Owen for bringing the bird to show us all. 

Sunday 3rd November

After hearing Graham had relocated the Bunting again near to Pye's Hall on Tuesday 29th October, i thought to myself i would try again at Donna and spend the whole day on site and see what i could find.

A cloudier day today than on our last visit saw me covering the area between Stonebridge and Pye's during the day and putting together a very impressive day list which added up to a brilliant 78 species.

Highlights went to 13 Whooper Swan which flew south, the 2 immature Spoonbills still, 2 Greenshank, a 1st winter Spotted Redshank, 2 White-fronted Geese which flew south, a Red-breasted Merganser which flew north along the tide edge, 6 Great-white Egret, Peregrine, Kingfisher, female Hen Harrier and a Donna Nook tick for me, a Raven.

The latter showed brilliantly at Pye's with that awesome cronking call.

As the day wore on a few migrants began to arrive which included a couple of Woodcock which flew in off the sea, my first Fieldfare of the autumn and a handful of Redwings and Blackies.

A scan of the saltmarsh, located the bizarre looking leucistic Dark-bellied Brent Goose 'Lucy' which had wintered at Spurn the previous winter and she gave some great views as she fed out on the developing foreshore.

As i walked a well timed WhatsApp message from GPC to say a Pallas's Warbler had been found back at Stonebridge car park, ten minutes later and i was watching this stunning little Siberian sprite as it flitted about in the willow at the entrance to the car park.

It gave some cracking views and it even called on a few occasions with that canary like 'Chuee' call they have, what a belting bird to end the visit......well almost, as i watched the Pallas's a Black Redstart was seen on the roof of the house were the Pallas's was feeding, what a great day and this site really is a special one!.

Donna Nook Dawn, 26th October.

A Stunning Sunrise, 26th October.

Common Buzzard, 26th October.

1st Winter Female Black-faced Bunting, Note the distinct pink lower mandible, head pattern, Dunnock like mantle pattern and yellowish wash to the underparts.

Dozing Spoonbill, 3rd November.

Black Redstart Record Shot, 3rd November.

Local Patching Roundup - October 2024.

October is always the month i always look forward to every year with the prospect of finding something 'Nice' on the local patch and this was certainly the case this year, as last year and the year before that.

The following is a summary of sightings through the month of what i recorded on the local patch between East Halton and Goxhill, with 2 new species added to my life list here and the yearlist now standing on a decent 159 species.

Friday 4th 

The month began with an afternoon visit for a change, with not a great deal to report apart from a flock of 12 Common Scoter heading north along the Estuary from my watchpoint at Winter's Pond. This small flock consisted of 5 drakes and 7 females, always a species i enjoy seeing.

Also seen around Winter's were 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Tree Sparrow back in residence for the winter and on the Humber a single Ruff in amongst a flock of feeding Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits.

Friday 11th 

Another Friday visit today saw a fairly quiet visit until i walked along Jericho Lane in East Halton village, when i heard a single 'Dudluee' call and picked up a Woodlark flying overhead and across the fields towards Thornton Abbey!!!!!.

This species is a proper rarity here and only the 2nd recorded on the patch after GPC had a spring bird several years ago.

The remainder of the visit saw a few other nice birds being seen, which included a single flyover Brambling at Winter's and 12 lovely Whooper Swans dropping into there also, with the bushes around the site providing my latest local Willow Warbler to date, a Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff and overhead 2 Swallow.

Sunday 13th 

Some serious effort today walking all the way up to Dawson City and back saw a great days birding enjoyed.

I started off proceedings by listening for Owls between Redhouse Wood and East Halton Grange, with a single Little Owl and 3 calling male Tawny Owls heard, a great start.

When it got light, it soon became apparent that Pink-footed Geese were all over the place and an estimate of at least 15000 birds were in the East Halton/Immingham/Cherry Cobb area an amazing sight to see.

The 2 Barnacle Geese were still with the Greylag flock and 8 lovely Whooper Swans flew south overhead also.

Some great sightings around the East Halton Skitter area included the adult Greenshank still(I'm hoping this bird overwinters, as I've never had a winter record here), 2 Ruff, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 male Stonechat, 3 Redhead Goosander, 275 Teal and a Grey Wagtail overhead.

Best sightings on the marshes went to a single Peregrine, 5 Stonechat, the afore-mentioned Barnacle Geese and a hunting juvenile Marsh Harrier. 

Goxhill Marsh held the biggest surprise of the day, with a Reed Warbler seen and heard calling at Ruins Pond, my latest personal record of the species.

Also along this area were 7 Bearded Tit, a Great-spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest and a female Marsh Harrier.

Winter's highlights today included 26 Shoveler, 9 Moorhen, 24 Coot and 21 Little Grebe.

Friday 18th/Saturday 19th 

Friday 18th

Some great numbers of birds around Winter's on Friday saw 50 Shoveler, 34 Wigeon, 72 Mallard, a Drake Pintail, 20 Coot, Kingfisher and 14 Little Grebe on the ponds.

The bushes were fairly productive too, with a single Brambling overhead south, 14 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 2 Tree Sparrow, 3 Chiffchaff and 12 Song Thrush the best of it. A lovely Grey Wagtail was watched feeding along the Humber floodbank towards Killingholme, lovely birds.

East Halton Marshes was fairly productive today, with a Water Pipit the main highlight, but also 6 Stonechat, 31 Skylark, the 2 Barnacle Geese still, 2465 Pink-footed Geese and 49 Curlew.

At the Skitter the Greenshank was still present along with 2 Ruff, 71 Avocet and 3 Little Egret, with a record count of 11 Rock Pipits here exceptional.

Saturday 19th

Saturday saw a later arrival than usual due to heavy rain, as i walked around the small plantation at the car park, i heard a call I've been waiting to hear for so long down here, 'Tsoeest', 'Tsoeest' i couldn't stop grinning as i watched my first local patch Yellow-browed Warbler. The bird showed really nicely thankfully feeding in the plantation and adjacent Hawthorn hedgerow, what a lovely species these birds are, regardless of how much more common they are on the east coast these days in the autumn.

This is the commonest visiting Siberian passerine to the UK and usually winter's in South East Asia, and arrives here in varying numbers and this year it is shaping up to be a very good year for them.

It is a first for me here obviously and is the 228th species for my personal local patch list and the 171st species i have recorded at Winter's Pond.

The rest of the visit was immaterial now, but i still managed to see some other nice birds with Grey Wagtail, 20 Whooper Swans which flew south west, 16 Little Grebe, Kingfisher and Male Stonechat all being seen at Winter's.

On arrival back at Winter's after walking up to the Skitter, the Yellow-browed showed amazingly well feeding in a Oak Tree/Hawthorns/Privet hedge near the car park before dusk, what a great visit!.

Friday 25th

Pretty poor weather conditions in mizzle today saw me only staying until lunch time.

I walked up Marsh Lane and back around the fields from the village and back to Winter's. with the best bird being a cracking Woodcock watched flying from it's roost, what a beautiful species they are!.

Sunday 27th

A visit to Goxhill Haven first thing to see another species for the year list after birding buddy Chas Adland had found 2 Twite, saw me seeing these cracking little moorland Finches as they fed unconcernedly on grass seeds along the floodbank giving some superb views.

After enjoying the lovely Twite i headed over to East Halton.

A really good effort covering the areas between Winter's, Jericho Lane, Skitter Road and East Halton Skitter saw a really good 78 species being seen with no real surprises being recorded.

The best sightings went to the 2 Barnacle Geese still on the Marshes, a Green Sandpiper and Siskin at Winter's, and Ruff and Greenshank at the Skitter with 9 Stonechat also entering the notes.

A non bird sighting worth noting today, was a huge Conger Eel which was washed up dead on the shore opposite Winter's, even the Great black-backed Gulls were wary of eating it.

Well what a cracking month, i love this patch!

East Halton Sunset, 4th.

Sunrise At Winter's, 13th.

Solar Halo Over The Humber, 13th.

Full Moon, 18th.

Dawn At Winter's 18th.

Modelling The Big Swaro's, 18th.

East Halton Skitter, 18th.

Grey Heron, Winter's Pond, 19th.

In The Murk, East Halton, 25th.

One Of The Twite, Goxhill Haven, 27th.

A Huge Dead Conger Eel, East Halton, 27th.

Skitter Road, 27th.

East Halton Marshes, 27th.

Flamborough/Bempton Megas & Scarce Migrants, Sunday 22nd & Sunday 29th September & Saturday October 5th 2024

 Over the last few weeks, some really productive easterly winds have blown in some fantastic rare birds into the Flamborough Bird Observatory recording area, including some first class rarities.

The following are the birds seen during my three visits, which included a second record for Britain and also a third for Yorkshire.

Sunday 22nd September

The previous day, an interesting Iduna Warbler was found along Old Fall Hedge and was confirmed as Flamborough's 2nd record of Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and Yorkshire's 3rd record.

Fast forward to Sunday morning and i was up bright and early and arrived at Flamborough for first light in slightly misty conditions.

I got my gear together and slowly made my way down to Old Fall checking all the gardens on the way.

The first good birds i encountered, were 2 Yellow-browed Warblers as i walked down to the area the Olivaceous Warbler had been seen the previous day, a lovely start and the first i have seen this year of this regularly recorded 'Sibe'.

We checked the area where the bird had been seen and saw nothing, so i wandered around Old Fall plantation seeing, incredibly, a further 5 Yellow-browed's, this was a superb start to the day, 7 Yellow-browed's!. As i walked back towards Old Fall hedge, i saw 3 species of Flycatcher, all singles, of Pied, Spotted and a very elusive Red-breasted Flycatcher. The latter was calling and being harried by a Wren, behaviour i have witnessed in the past.

A small group of birders had arrived and we all looked for the Eastern Oli to the sound of calling YBW's just brilliant!.

Then we got a call and someone had found the Eastern Oli. We made our way back around to Old Fall Hedge and enjoyed some great views as the bird fed in the hedgerow, showing all the diagnostic features including the species tail pumping action, like an oversized Chiffchaff.

This is my second personal record of the species, after i saw one in this very location in September 2010.

Unfortunately the weather began to deteriorate slowly as banks of fog came and went, with the visibility not being great at times.

I wandered back towards the car, checking all the roadside gardens again and the final nice bird of the visit was seen in a garden near the lighthouse car park, another Red-breasted Flycatcher. This bird showed far better than the elusive individual at Old Fall and i even managed to get a brief video clip, a nice end to the visit.

Sunday 29th September

Over previous days an interesting, wing barred Phylloscopus Warbler had been found at Bempton Cliffs in the car park/bird feeding area. Some great detective work by the Bempton team of birders finally nailed the bird as Britain's second and only live record of Pale-legged Leaf Warbler!!!!!.

As you can imagine, the drive up to Bempton on Sunday morning was a fairly nervy one, but I was adamant the bird would still be present.

I got to the car park, to a handful of cars and took my place in the car park and waited for it to get light.

As it got light i got some warm clothes on and made my way around to where the bird had roosted the previous evening. Thankfully i was in a great position to look for the bird as more people arrived and it wasn't long before i got onto the bird as it moved from it's roost site(Thank god for my Swaro 10 x 52's with the extra light gathering). The long white supercilium being striking and then it was gone again.

Ten minutes went by and it again appeared and began calling, with its distinctive call and even showed overhead in a willow giving some superb views.

In all i heard it call about 8 times and saw it at least 6 times well.

The views revealed the birds ID features with it's dark grey crown, long white supercilium, dark eye stripe and bronzy wing panel, with faint wing bars, but it was the call which was the most important feature to identify it from it's very similar sister species, Sakhalin-leaf Warbler.

The bird then moved over into the area were the bird feeders are situated and it showed briefly for me in this area. While watching here, a couple of Yellow-browed Warblers gave some nice views.

This species had only been seen in Britain as a definite record once before, when a dead bird was found under St. Agnes lighthouse on the Scilly Isles on the 21st October 2016.

And a bird on Portland in Dorset in 2014 wasn't nailed to species and was accepted as either Pale-legged Leaf Warbler or Sakhalin-leaf Warbler.

Onto Flamborough for the remainder of the day and a far more relaxed affair saw me visiting Holmes Gut where a few niceties had been located.

First goodies were 2 Red-breasted Flycatcher, feeding in the stand of Sycamores, but also occasionally visiting the adjacent Hawthorn hedge giving some lovely views. Also here were 2 Yellow-browed Warblers and finally i got onto the reported Icterine Warbler.

The latter was my first for some years and it was great to study the bird through the scope, with it's lovely lemon yellow wash to it's face and breast, a gorgeous bird.

After enjoying all these goodies an aborted attempt to look for the Siberian Stonechat near North Dykes drew a blank, but 3 Wheatear were nice to watch along a stubble field.

After all this excitement, i headed home after adding this mega rare Leaf Warbler to my life list, what a great day!.

Saturday 5th October

An early start today, saw me heading north again to the Flamborough area to see a couple of birds i have seen before, with one being a particular favourite.

I arrived at South Landing to a bright, but pretty windy dawn and walked the mile or so with a couple of other visitors to Booted Gully which is situated between South Landing and Old Fall.

Its a small wooded valley which runs down to the sea and the previous day a Red-flanked Bluetail had been found here.

After arriving at Booted Gully we searched the area, but found nothing, so i left the other guys and walked around to the sheltered side of the gully when the Bluetail flew out and onto the path in front of me at a about 40 feet away. I watched it through the bins as it perched on the dead Umbellifer stems on the edge of the path, showing off those orangy flanks, cobalt blue wash to it's tail,  white throat patch and big eyes with neat white eye rings, what a bird!.

Now i have seen 6 of these lovely little Chats to date, but they are a bird i absolutely love, just stunning in my opinion, as are all the Chat family, but these are something special in my eyes.

They have become commoner in recent years after they have started breeding as close as Finland and are expected at east coast locations such as Flamborough or Spurn in the right conditions. 

After watching this little stunner, more and more people arrived and the bird became more elusive, unfortunately, there are some twitchers who are just not patient.

I walked back to South Landing looking for migrants and enjoyed some nice views of a Yellow-browed Warbler and shortly afterwards a good candidate for a Siberian Chiffchaff, with it's colder grey upperparts, but it didn't call unfortunately.

After enjoying the South Landing area i decided to travel over to Bempton RSPB to see if i could see the recently found Daurian Shrike.

On arrival at Bempton to a considerably quieter car park than the previous week, i made my way along the nature trail to where the Shrike was being watched.

After a few minutes i got my first views of this lovely bird, as it was watched perched up on the top of a Hawthorn, showing off it's striking pallid plumage, reddish tail, greyish bill, weak mask behind the eye and lovely subtle crescent markings on the birds crown, breast, flanks and head making for a very smart bird. On close views through the scope, the brownish/red iris could also be appreciated.

I spent a good hour or so watching this visitor from the far east as it caught several Wasps, despatching them with ease and then wiping the stinger of on a branch or Bramble stem. This was a great piece of behaviour to watch and the bird certainly performed well, allowing some great chances to get some phone-scoped photos and video.

After enjoying this cracking bird, it was off to my final destination for the day, Bridlington Harbour, where a little visitor from the Arctic tundra had been found, a Grey Phalarope.

After paying for my parking, i made my way down to the harbour mouth, to be treated to some fantastic close views and flybys from this pelagic wader and it was a real challenge to video through the scope, being too close at times.

These birds are always a crowd pleaser and it is always a pleasure to see one.

Also around the Harbour, were at least 4 Purple Sandpiper, adding another nice species to this already superb day.

Well what a series of awesome visits to the Flamborough area and what a great privilege to see these rare and scarce migrants with some great company along the way and i will very much look forward to my next visit up here, what an area!.

Thornwick Bay.

Male Wheatear, Thornwick Bay.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Old Fall, Courtesy Of Darren Chapman, 22nd.

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Old Fall, Courtesy Of Darren Chapman, 22nd.

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, Bempton Cliffs RSPB, 29th, Courtesy Of Damian Money.

Daurian Shrike, Bempton Cliffs RSPB, 5th October.

All Above Daurian Shrike Photos Taken With Swarovski ATX85, Swarovski VPA2 & Google Pixel 8 Pro.