A visit here today in the hope of seeing Honey Buzzard and any other raptors and species from the fantastic raptor viewpoint,saw a decent day had,in not ideal weather to be fair.
I arrived fairly early today,as i usually do and after getting the kit together i waked up to the viewpoint to begin my vigil in the hope of seeing our secretive summer visitor to this area of North Yorkshire,the Honey Buzzard.
For the first couple of hours,it was very quiet raptor wise,as it was pretty cloudy and i enjoyed superb views of a singing male Garden Warbler and Willow Warbler singing around the clearing at the viewpoint along with a few Crossbills and Siskin overhead.
The weather began to break as Tim and Jaq arrived and on cue i quickly found the first Buzzards of the day.
I then picked up a Honey Buzzard over the adjacent forest on the other side of the valley,but it wasn't close unfortunately.This bird to me looked like a female and certainly not the pale male which has returned again this year and has been displaying.
We carried on scanning seeing at least 10 Common Buzzard,a flock of 14 Common Crossbill and a very showy adult male Gos right in front of the view point,giving stunning scope views.
A couple more brief views of the presumed same Honey were had,but they were hard work today to be fair and to be honest,i think it was weather related,with varying cloud and then rain.
Today's visit was unfortunately cut short,but it was great to visit the area again and nice to see Tim and Jacqui.
Green Longhorn Moth,Which Landed On My Cap.
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