After visiting the local patch on Saturday and having a spare day i decided to visit Messingham Sand Quarries and the surrounding area,the following is what i saw during the day.
After hearing the Cattle Egret was still around i went to look for this bird first and it wasn't long before i was watching this confiding individual as it fed in amongst it's adopted herd of horses.
It seemed to be finding plenty of food and was even watched eating a couple of Common Toads,at times coming incredibly close,too close to phonescope.
Also in the area where displaying Peewits,Oystercatcher's,Common Snipe and a couple of singing Chiffchaff,it really fealt like spring proper.
A look on the adjacent 'New Workings' where the local aggregate company are excavating,saw a cracking leucistic adult Black-headed Gull being seen in amongst the local Gulls and an interesting hybrid Caspian x Herring Gull.
After enjoying looking around this area,i drove the short journey over to Messingham Sand Quarries nature reserve.
An enjoyable couple of hours looking around this gem of a reserve didn't reveal any surprises,but i did have at least another 8 singing male Chiffchaff,making the day even more spring like.
A nice day out visiting one of my fave local areas again.
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