A day out with Mrs R today to Scarborough saw us enjoying some of the avian delights on offer around this superb area for birds and wildlife.
We parked up on Marine Drive after a quick brekkie stop at Macdonald's,the perfect start to any birding day and it wasn't long before we were watching the first nice birds of the day.
Unknowingly,we had parked right under the resident pair of Peregrines and we both enjoyed some superb scope views of both birds,but sadly it was just too windy to try and take any video.
Onwards towards the harbour and Trace decided to pop up into town while i spent a few hours trying to take some video of the resident juvenile Great-northern Diver and as it was high tide,i managed some nice clips of the Purple Sandpiper roost as well.
The Great-northern Diver has been around for quite some time now and to be fair,gave me a bit of a runaround,but the Purps were they're usual confiding selves.
It wasn't the largest flock by no means i had seen here,but 25 birds was a nice count and it was great to watch them jostling for the best roosting position,in amongst a few minor fall outs.
As the tide rose,3 Red-throated Diver,2 Guillemot and a Razorbill all joined the Great-northern in the harbour,but to be honest i never really got close to any of them.
After all this birding,it was now definitely time for some fish and chips!.
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