I arrived at at a very sunny,but breezy Scarborough,paid for my parking for the day and headed over to the harbour side to meet the lads.
After loading the very smelly vats of fermenting fish scraps onto the boat,we were off.
Today's efforts were really hard work,with no seabirds coming into the food until the return journey back to the harbour,when a hand full of Gannets followed the boat,most passed us by at distance and included 3 Manx Shearwater and a single Bonxie.On the water several Guillemot and a few Razorbill were also seen and a single 'Puffling',with it's dusky face.But it was on the return journey,when things certainly hotted up.
Micky had saved the majority of the fish scraps for the journey back in along the coastline,as further out we hadn't encountered anything as mentioned above.This at first drew in the usual Herring,Greater and Lesser black-backed Gulls,but then Micky,to his credit called a Caspian Gull.Sure enough a cracking 1st calendar year bird showed brilliantly and then i was pretty sure i had seen another and yes,after looking at shots taken on the camera there were 2.The second bird wasn't as quite as strikingly plumaged as the first and had some tail feathers missing,but it certainly was one!.This was brilliant and gave all on board a chance to capture some images of the 2 birds and a great oppertunity to study this eastern species at close quarters.This was certainly just reward for all the hard work put in on these trips and was a cracking end to what would have been a disappointing trip.
After docking,i said my good byes to the lads and wandered back to the car and i then decided to head over to Wykeham for a couple of hours,as it is always a great place to sit and watch.
After arriving at the fantastic vista at the viewpoint and meeting Kieth and his friends from Teesmouth,we settled down to scan the forest and moorland for any raptors.
It wasn't long before we were watching the first of at least 4 different Goshawk,one juvenile bird which took a disliking to one of the local Buzzards,mobbing it right overhead,with the other birds consisting of 2 immatures and a single adult female.Other birds noted included at least 6 Common Buzzard,a Crossbill and a few Siskins.
The promised for rain eventually materialised and i my made my way back to the car and home after enjoying another brilliant visit to this cracking area for the hobby.
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| 2nd Calendar Year Gannet. |
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| 2nd Calendar Year Gannet. |
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| 1st Calendar Year Caspian Gull(1st Individual) |
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| 1st Calendar Year Caspian Gull(2nd Individual) |
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