Bonby Carrs...Saturday 16th August 2014.

Green Sand record shot.

A few hours spare today saw me heading to Bonby Carrs while sleeping beauty was in bed after her nightshift.After leaving the car the first bird i saw was a Juv.Marsh Harrier as it hunted over the cereal fields and headed off towards Worlaby after it spotted me.A different bird was seen later hunting over fields in Appleby Carrs.A single Little Egret was fishing in one of the pools as on my last visit,but again no passage waders on the pools,very strange.There were some good numbers of passerines in the hedgerows with at least 55 Goldfinch,215 Linnet,2 Juv. Whitethroat and the best,a Juv. Whinchat which was watched chasing a Juvvie Goldfinch,before it disappeared.There was still some good numbers of cattle still out grazing on the pastures and this in turn attracted a decent number of at least 31 Yellow Wagtail and a hand full of Pieds and i daydreamed about finding a Citrine,now that would be something else!.Eventually i reached the river and the first bird that greeted me by flying up from the bank side was a single Green Sand,a passage wader at last.Other sightings here after much scanning included at least 9 Common Buzzard close by and in the surrounding airspace,a female Sparrowhawk and 2 Hobby.The return leg back to the car saw at least 30 Swift moving along the valley and the only insect of note,a Red Admiral was seen feeding along one of the hedgerows.A nice walk in the sun with a few nice sightings to keep me interested today,as always at this great site.