Today i began by walking from Goxhill Haven to East Halton Skitter in the opposite direction as my last visit and again the area provided another great days birding,the following is what i recorded.
The first section of my walk between the Haven itself and Dawson City LWTR, saw a nice selection of waders on show including 350+ Dunlin,1 Grey Plover,16 Bar-Wits,1 Black-Wit and 42 Curlew all taking advantage of the falling tide,with 12 Wigeon on the Humber itself and 2 Rock Pipits foraging along the shoreline.
On Dawson City 2 Marsh Harrier where sheltering from the wind and cold and included a 1st calendar year bird,possibly a male and the adult male that has been present all winter.Very little else was observed here and a good search on the reserve and adjacent hedgerows for Boxing Day's male Firecrest revealed only a single Goldcrest.
Further on and towards East Halton Skitter a couple of nice species were encountered and included 2 Short-eared Owl and a Water Pipit.The SEO's were typically unsociable as always and the Pipit likewise,although good flight views were obtained as it left its freshwater feeding area.
The return walk back towards Goxhill Haven saw distant views of the much reduced Pink flock from Boxing day and another different Marsh Harrier,this time an adult female heading south east inland.As i neared Goxhill Haven again a Common Buzzard was seen and a cracking Merlin was watched as it shot across the fields.
A drive around to try and get to grips with the Pink flock,saw me finding a group of about 450 birds and as i scoped the flock from the car,bingo!,a cracking Tundra Bean Goose walked into view and i managed to gain some record shots of it and enjoyed some Excellent scope views for about 15 minutes,brilliant stuff.
So again,the old patch provided the goods and i travelled back home to Barnetby with another notebook full of good sightings.
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| Robin,Goxhill Haven. |
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| Robin,Goxhill Haven. |
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| Dunlin,Goxhill Haven. |
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| Dunlin,Goxhill Haven. |
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| Pink-footed Geese,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Pink-footed Geese,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Pink-footed Geese,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Pink-footed Geese,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Tundra Bean Goose,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Tundra Bean Goose,Goxhill Marsh. |
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| Tundra Bean Goose,Goxhill Marsh. |
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