We began at the first site near Hawnby,in overcast conditions,but there were a couple of breaks in the cloud thankfully.It was during one of these breaks,Dave luckily found a single Duke,his first sighting of the species and we all gathered around and took some photos.It was really lucky we managed to find one as the site was totally devoid of any insects no doubt due to the weather.
A few nice birds were seen and included a female Redstart,with 2 singing males on the walk up to the site and a singing and displaying male Tree Pipit,both species new for the year for myself and the Redstart new for Dave.
Then it was on to site number two at Appleton-Le-Moor to look for Pearl-bordered Fritillary.
Again at this site we were very lucky as a BC Yorkshire group were already on site and had managed to find a single insect,which again as with the Duke we all gathered around and took some images,as the weather continued being overcast.
This was another new butterfly species for Dave and again a pretty lucky sighting going by the weather conditions.
A few birds at this site included Cuckoo and Garden Warbler.
Earlier in the day i had a phone call from birding mate Tim Cowley,to inform me of an interesting Female Ficedula Flycatcher at Easington near Spurn which was showing features of Collared,a species i had yet to see.So i was obviously interested and after a later conversation that the bird had been put out on the bird information services and confirmed as such,we decided to go for it.
The drive to Easington was a nightmare,witnessing a fairly bad accident just outside Pickering and then the drive and roads from Pickering to Easington are not the best in the world,but we eventually arrived at Easington Cemetery to hand full of people watching the bird.
We got out of the car and was onto the bird more or less straight away,the primary patch,grey rump and shawl around the neck noticeable straight away,it certainly looked good.
We continued to watch the bird for a good hour,taking as many images as i could as we watched it flycatching and preening and basically enjoying some great views.At last i had finally seen a Collared Flycatcher after missing the last bird here,a male at Sammy's Point on the 18th May 2013.
As we were watching the Flycatcher,news of an adult male Brown Shrike came out,along the coast at Cowden,but thankfully i had seen the bird at Spurn in November 2016.
A very long day today and pretty stressfull at times,particularly with the crash we witnessed,but it was great to see the butterflies again and the Flycatcher was the icing on the cake for me.
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| Duke Of Burgundy,Hawnby,North Yorkshire. |
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| Duke Of Burgundy,Hawnby,North Yorkshire,This Photo Just Illustrates How Small This Species Actually Is. |
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| Common Lizard,Hawnby,North Yorkshire. |
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| Pearl-bordered Fritillary,Appleton-Le-Moor,North Yorkshire. |
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| 2nd Calendar Year Female Collared Flycatcher,Easington Cemetery,East Yorkshire. |
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| You Can See The Grey Shawl Around The Neck & Grey Rump In This Photo. |
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| Not Sharp,But You Can See The Diagnostic Wing Pattern. |
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| Male Redstart,Easington Cemetery. |
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