Saturday 9th September
With the smart adult White-rumped Sandpiper still in residence on the Yacht Club Pools at Humberston and for it's 11th day,i decided to pop in along with Mrs R after a visit to Grim sby on a shopping trip.
On arrival and after setting the scope up the bird was seen straight away feeding alongside a small flock of Dunlin giving some lovely views through the scope.Unfortunately it kept trying to rain and the light was pretty dire,but i managed a few record shots of this cracking wader all the same.This is my sixth sighting of this amercan wader species with previous birds being seen at Blacktoft Sands RSPB,South Ferriby,Titchwell RSPB & 2 birds at Frampton Marsh RSPB.Unfortunately i have never seen a juvenile,with all my records being of adult birds.
Sunday 10th September
With the Migfest at Spurn in it's second day and thoughts of all the car parks being jammed full,i got over to Spurn for first light and used Kilnsea Wetlands as a base.
Fortunately it wasn't long before i was watching the previous days cracking juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher from the Wetlands hide as it fed in amongst the roosting Redshank flock at high tide.What a smart bird and my fourth sighting of the species and my second in Yorkshire.Also on the Wetlands in amongst the growing numbers of wading birds were singles of Spotted Redshank,Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint,the Spotshank and Stint being year ticks.
This year the wetlands has been exceptional and with a bit of luck it will turn something else up before the year is out.
A message over the radio as i scanned the fields near Beacon Ponds saw me connecting with a juvenile Caspian Gull as it made it's way onto the wetlands for a wash and brush up,another nice addition to the day list.
Bird of the day was seen next as i went to look for the previous days Wryneck along the cliff in front of Sandy Beaches caravan park and it showed brilliantly as it showed some interesting feeding behaviour.It was watched climbing the stems of Corn Sowthistle and licking Aphids from the stems and flower heads an amazing sight to watch and just goes to show bird species can exploit food sources on migration.Another fantastic sight was watching our premier bird artist Darren Woodhead along with his son Corin as they both painted the Wryneck,just amazing talent and it looks like Corin will be following in his dads footsteps in becoming a top artist.
A few other notables were seen near to where the Wryneck was being watched and included a scruffy female/immature Black Redstart and a Wheatear along the beach and overhead a steady stream of Mips,Hirundines and a juvenile Cuckoo just showed what an amazing place this really is!.
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| Adult White-rumped Sandpiper,Humberston Yacht Club Pools,Lincolnshire. |
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| Adult White-rumped Sandpiper,Humberston Yacht Club Pools,Lincolnshire. |
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| Kilnsea Wetlands Sunrise. |
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| Swallows At Holderness Field. |
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| Wryneck,Sandy Beaches. |
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| Wryneck,Sandy Beaches,Showing How The Species Gets Its Name. |
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