Scarborough and Flamborough....Sunday 31.08.2014.

A journey up to Scarborough bright and early today,to partake in another organised trip out on the sea with the local lads and a few regulars saw us seeing very little,this is what we saw.A change of vessel today saw us using the Regal Lady instead of our usual boat the Queensferry,which in some ways was a good idea,but the birds would just not follow due to the larger size and masts.A flyby by 3 Arctic Skuas,a good number of Gannets,Fulmars and a few Guillemots and Razorbills where the only seabirds recorded and it was only until we began to return that we managed to attract in a feeding flock of Gulls to follow the boat.Thankfully this included a possible Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull which showed well,allowing those on board with DSLR's to capture some images of the bird and a great chance to study the birds ID features.After looking at the said images,it was decided that this was just a Juv Lesser black-back.As we were making our journey back to the harbour,Nick gave us some news that the Greenish Warbler was still present on Castle Hill,so that was the next destination for most of us.After not showing itself for some time,the Greenish was heard singing and then showed in several areas as it flitted about,being very mobile,but with some patience,I eventually managed some nice views of the bird as we watched it sallying for flying insects..a little beauty.This was the first i have seen at Scarborough,with other individuals being seen at Filey(2) and Spurn(5),which included 3 in one day.The only other birds seen around the Castle area while watching the Greenish were a single Juv. Blackcap and  Willow Warbler.As it was sort of on the way home,i left Scarborough and travelled over to Flamborough to see if the reported Wryneck and Barred Warbler were still showing.After meeting up with Charlie and Mags we made our way to try and find the birds and it wasn't too long before we were watching the Barred Warbler,albeit at some distance as it flitted from bushes and bramble patches in the Bay Brambles area.The Wryneck could not be located unfortunately,no doubt due to the large amount of day trippers walking all over the area the bird had been seen.So after a couple of hours in the now sweltering sun,i said my goodbyes and made my way home back  through the sunday traffic to North Lincolnshire after another good day out.

Juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull.

Juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull.

Juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull.

Juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull.

Juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull.

Juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull.