A couple of posts to the local patch here after a poor July weather wise locally and several trips away it was back to the patch and proper birding again.
The following is what i recorded over the visits:
Saturday 12th August
A really good visit today with the Black Swan still present at dawn along with the Mute Swan flock at Winter's.
Other birds here included the lone adult Great-crested Grebe still,8 Little Grebe which included a pair with 2 very small chicks,13 Tufted Duck,12 Gadwall,Green Sandpiper,Greenshank,9 Coot and a Whimbrel which flew south.
A watch from the floodbank saw a few nice birds being logged and these included a flock of 11 Teal,a single Ruff,11 Cormorant and at least 105 Common Terns which were scattered all over the place over the Humber.
A wander down to the Skitter as the tide dropped off saw some nice numbers of mixed waders which included at least 450 Black-tailed Godwit and a massive count for the patch of 421 Avocet.
The latter is by far the largest count i have had here and was really great to see.
Other bits around the Skitter included a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull,3 Common Sands and 34 Curlew.
A walk along the marshes revealed the wanted year tick in the form of 3 juvenile Whinchat flycatching in the sea of thistles,cracking birds and thankfully still an expected passage migrant along this area.
Sunday 20th August
WEBS count Sunday saw a later start than normal as i dropped Mrs R off at work in Brigg.
Winter's was pretty full of birds again as on my last visit with 25 Mute Swan,340 Greylag,22 Teal,5 Gadwall,6 Shoveler,16 Little Grebe,Great-crested Grebe,17 Tufted Duck,7 Coot,3 Snipe,3 Little Egret and a good count of 374 Mallard.
The best bird here though was a cracking juvenile Cuckoo and i wished it well on it's way to Africa.
A watch from the floodbank was a bit of a waste of time with very little over the Humber apart from 2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls and at the Skitter a mega count of 2670 Black-tailed Godwit,4 Common Sands,9 Turnstone,59 Avocet and 85 Golden Plover were counted.
The lone Pink-footed Goose was still here also.
A check on the Sea Aster Mining Bee colony saw at least 65 insects prospecting around their burrows just great to see.
A walk along the marshes saw at least 1 Juvenile Whinchat being found and a flock of 4 Ruff dropped in on one of the pools.
A nice couple of visits.
Distant Record Shot Of One Of The Whinchat's,12th.
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| Black Swan,Winter's Pond,12th. |
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| Tufted Duck Female And Her Brood Along The Floodbank. |
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