tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30844952572766809162024-03-14T06:17:58.858+00:00Steve's Birding,Wildlife & Walking BlogWelcome To My Blog,This Will Be Mainly Used As A Diary For My Local Birding Patch At East Halton/Goxhill On The Banks Of The Humber Estuary,With Occasional Twitching And Visits Elsewhere Including Photos From Mine & Tracey's Walks Around Our Beautiful Countryside.Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-77454855821094060572024-03-02T15:28:00.002+00:002024-03-02T15:29:02.790+00:00Local Patching Update - February Roundup.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A roundup of sighting's from my local patch at East Halton.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><b>Saturday 3rd</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A decent visit today with the main highlight being the continued presence of the 2 wintering Russian White-fronted Geese being seen today on Winter's with the Greylag flock.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was nice to see these lovely birds after i had not seen them since the 20th of January.It won't be long before they are heading back to their breeding grounds and hopefully they will return next winter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also seen at Winter's were a lovely pair of Goosander, the first here for some time it has to be said and the 4 wintering Goldeneye were also present still along with a good count of 54 Gadwall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The best sightings on the marshes went to a lovely Merlin and 3 Ruff along with a 110 Black-tailed Godwit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Marsh Lane held the usual pair of wintering Stonechat, with a prospecting male Great-spotted Woodpecker along Jericho Lane observed excavating a nest hole.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><b>Sunday 11th</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A nice surprise to greet me on today's visit, was a Great-crested Grebe on Winter's first thing, i really do hope this bird can attract a mate and we can get a successful breeding record here again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also here were the usual 4 Goldeneye, a pair of Pochard, a singing male Cetti's Warbler and 7 Tree Sparrow around the cottage garden and pig pens.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the Humber off Winter's were 110 Avocet and a single Ruff, making the most of the low tide level.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the marshes a whopping count of 293 Black-tailed Godwits included a colour-ringed bird with the combinations of Y//R-O-W which i had seen in the area on the 14.11.23..The bird is an adult female and was ringed on 13.08.10. making the bird at least 15 years old.She is well travelled being recorded on the Wash, Cheshire, Essex, Northern Ireland, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and on her breeding grounds in Iceland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on the marshes were 36 Shoveler, 410 Wigeon, 345 Teal and 225 Pink-footed Geese flew north west.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Along Marsh Lane, the gorgeous female Hen Harrier was seen again heading across the fields towards Killingholme, with the wintering pair of Stonechat being seen again in their usual field.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The only other highlight was a single Jay seen along East Halton Beck.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><b>Sunday 25th </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A proper feel of spring today from first thing, with 3 singing male Cetti's Warbler at Winter's along with my first spring migrant, a singing male Chiffchaff along the line of Willows just south of the chimney, a great area for Warblers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other birds here included 10 Tree Sparrow, 3 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, the regular 4 Goldeneye, Great-crested Grebe still, 2 Oystercatcher and 499 Pink-footed Geese flew north west.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the marshes, the best of it went to a hunting Merlin, single Ruff and a displaying male Lapwing.....spring is definitely on the way now!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The female Hen Harrier was again seen along Marsh Lane, a welcome sighting as always, with a 2nd calendar year Peregrine seen along Skitter Road.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">East Halton Skitter held a single Water Pipit still and at least 4 Rock Pipits which included 2 birds coming into their summer plumage, typically jumpy and i couldn't get anywhere near them to get any video.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also around the Skitter were 102 Avocet, a pair of Stonechat and my first Butterfly species of the year, a Small Tortoiseshell, a most welcome sighting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A nice few visits to the patch, unfortunately work has began on the construction of the carbon capture pipeline and hedges are being ripped up, very sad to see!!!.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHlCQg6zvd62pZvlekoQwVO8LbwL4XSXeQ0LwYVChQEExvFiGuKWgS8ieLFqgmMephrA8OIf7btCNrXm9UehKld152IhHaBh2dp_6eGyjaxOZOVfG0asJJ-Yd0wHvj9KVclsL2Mv7IGMiHURGOj4C33XWtupnsME2EZUd8p9PuMkK1i652S51sAS1jATB/s4032/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88A2_gL6FjUq7QIFU73tm858qT3Gkoew9oP3xhWZXlQeUAroQLnkYAFsM8MspMXX7zZjtTEx5lyKb17OqR0Sia_p0Y_jQLrjodO2Cks2EFccvu2Ddvk-eVje2m_E88ATrSRW-fghZKZaE8fLjN2HWdFkEeYseHYaOsZPDCCehSTE8ULcKCSU41XOLZaFA/w640-h360/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jericho Lane,3rd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHZyDmBIRkJ297ErFMIyivB5zkdreOBo7betYNLeWN0vPCxu4luANTd0wYuP5VyBOexIHzNrg6MwE45-46uL_tLSziPBGkhjc-CkQufKMaVwNDWQ9Gx3ciDhctqVaUW9gn9XPxIn25twBw7lly91cOCnV7YMjWjgWy7jmUwpe_puTiK3Tytrhpmt8-Sab/s4032/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img 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center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigANi7Urhy74thccib8gbUUIjzmPTa-5QpnsOkKy4qp9szq3SnmJFiiLsD_RQuSz3Fjv7qBsYEcVjJr3GtH7cNYFZK1ILiKb5rZ-w6YEtw8c_R1ZxOgd_XA1x8gcagKcJ1T-fJb0UiMieOk19mGkK6qpxIPfShPA0J_KoADZjYrHSWH7iZtJKlZmEucmER/s3954/East%20Halton%20Sunrise,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="3954" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigANi7Urhy74thccib8gbUUIjzmPTa-5QpnsOkKy4qp9szq3SnmJFiiLsD_RQuSz3Fjv7qBsYEcVjJr3GtH7cNYFZK1ILiKb5rZ-w6YEtw8c_R1ZxOgd_XA1x8gcagKcJ1T-fJb0UiMieOk19mGkK6qpxIPfShPA0J_KoADZjYrHSWH7iZtJKlZmEucmER/w640-h298/East%20Halton%20Sunrise,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunrise 25th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZsl7m2T-8nFabX2cVpLkZ_s-7mQYlV6khkbNWdW2CscC_7lsiHts7mkc7Q7uVw4cQBVkPQ8z9HTlrwz_XgVhPxFqhNgwYy66Jloop3UudJAOUVZ23qufFfgDOcNcEPmN52TlvOOh7FqUGktYYmWr2VLkdKBYd3jyV_HvPkEpr37i2q5QKXLmg86H2xec/s2789/Buck%20Roe%20Deer,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2349" data-original-width="2789" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZsl7m2T-8nFabX2cVpLkZ_s-7mQYlV6khkbNWdW2CscC_7lsiHts7mkc7Q7uVw4cQBVkPQ8z9HTlrwz_XgVhPxFqhNgwYy66Jloop3UudJAOUVZ23qufFfgDOcNcEPmN52TlvOOh7FqUGktYYmWr2VLkdKBYd3jyV_HvPkEpr37i2q5QKXLmg86H2xec/w640-h540/Buck%20Roe%20Deer,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Buck Roe Deer, Jericho Lane, 25th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69sL9822lc4OCcKmfYcsiiam45O2KdMlzyNY9aDXDY3b2I6Fi0Wt6YxjyaA-peWThu2L6Cqm8TZ1X4S89qHUsHixv27lj4Q6fn-nAOfxTkIaMFOx8mrxTk6QAmpZod3GLtiT85dw70ZaQDwSkqMf1XZRiMLaW98He-HbkkgbZD1Te7xhm_T0ZXgP70s3k/s4032/East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69sL9822lc4OCcKmfYcsiiam45O2KdMlzyNY9aDXDY3b2I6Fi0Wt6YxjyaA-peWThu2L6Cqm8TZ1X4S89qHUsHixv27lj4Q6fn-nAOfxTkIaMFOx8mrxTk6QAmpZod3GLtiT85dw70ZaQDwSkqMf1XZRiMLaW98He-HbkkgbZD1Te7xhm_T0ZXgP70s3k/w640-h360/East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lovely Big Skies Over The Skitter, 25th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-89247386032788949422024-03-02T08:04:00.001+00:002024-03-02T08:04:32.497+00:00Lovely Lincoln,Saturday 24th February 2024.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A day out in Lincoln today with Tracey and Clara saw us visiting the castle,prison and the amazing cathedral and enjoying some lovely views from the castle walls.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We even saw one of the resident Peregrine pair and a singing male Grey Wag</span><span style="font-family: arial;">tail near the River Witham.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are my favourite photos from our day including a selection from inside the impressive cathedral.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdD2rNSqI9vyoI4jCl-6g-3SJMk3B4d3O52RvX4B5SXSS5HzUipK1ralQnid6uYVP4FVKHw0Zpw6ITeyHzUT8cmDHLIYgA63MaQPFLjRKZYLWVHrjUvra8PbqnmU4cfq1cz5QtFzYt0ME1QqJmGAU-htmFCCi3tQzzSNYVKiwmf361VZQZNZ5snmXh1vQk/s4032/Lincoln%20Prison,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdD2rNSqI9vyoI4jCl-6g-3SJMk3B4d3O52RvX4B5SXSS5HzUipK1ralQnid6uYVP4FVKHw0Zpw6ITeyHzUT8cmDHLIYgA63MaQPFLjRKZYLWVHrjUvra8PbqnmU4cfq1cz5QtFzYt0ME1QqJmGAU-htmFCCi3tQzzSNYVKiwmf361VZQZNZ5snmXh1vQk/w640-h360/Lincoln%20Prison,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lincoln Prison.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbtjeRlV-SM6gHNl_I6VNAgE34M8wAcCmRMIL8QyydQMY8N9TAWScE-y6ZQWZphXyzXd4ojbSUCZg0pWK3rIEt1skp6fgfk6k-6oZkcY31NIacrC3h7FubNqBkK8iTnvIf_rA-uFpWpcnF7DSS5ZR_uhBIyoCK2UP0j5XcT390rp_GSkvjw_fRefokCow/s4032/Lincoln%20Prison,Lincoln,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbtjeRlV-SM6gHNl_I6VNAgE34M8wAcCmRMIL8QyydQMY8N9TAWScE-y6ZQWZphXyzXd4ojbSUCZg0pWK3rIEt1skp6fgfk6k-6oZkcY31NIacrC3h7FubNqBkK8iTnvIf_rA-uFpWpcnF7DSS5ZR_uhBIyoCK2UP0j5XcT390rp_GSkvjw_fRefokCow/w640-h360/Lincoln%20Prison,Lincoln,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lincoln Prison With The Castle Walls & Cathedral.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4d6TUpzwN1c50_FcvGzlCdw4rLb9zmbA1eEKv4s44rEBwRcxibBbcelSq2IxzXW4J2EeenW-l2EHs312I9heQz4dVbTR92WAmkZ0c5Ey5ybX4GXZh_NigUtwoUdO1uQ1TF7WJ0nlnL-2xxfQO9q7Qp6p27MyxxPwaTWOKsEUrOOTUZtuC9RXJT-AyxY-/s4032/Lincoln%20Cathedral,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4d6TUpzwN1c50_FcvGzlCdw4rLb9zmbA1eEKv4s44rEBwRcxibBbcelSq2IxzXW4J2EeenW-l2EHs312I9heQz4dVbTR92WAmkZ0c5Ey5ybX4GXZh_NigUtwoUdO1uQ1TF7WJ0nlnL-2xxfQO9q7Qp6p27MyxxPwaTWOKsEUrOOTUZtuC9RXJT-AyxY-/w360-h640/Lincoln%20Cathedral,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-20.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lincoln Cathedral.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbvWg_FWh-NCGr62gYCMdIyzz09__BYP7V7dGTMmnVRnYEJyvSKTZvfNqxFQJLiUTQv_NmYDncQIQrr405IUO7nTYWEqgd3x2BaBPdEZrl_iQxxWM0MpBA7XFcCZziU3acslNlJCyFpD7NGGTkPZZbwPn59jJcCOc0x07vgFL3qT9hrkFAnZmUbvqaV2M/s4032/Lincoln%20Cathedral,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbvWg_FWh-NCGr62gYCMdIyzz09__BYP7V7dGTMmnVRnYEJyvSKTZvfNqxFQJLiUTQv_NmYDncQIQrr405IUO7nTYWEqgd3x2BaBPdEZrl_iQxxWM0MpBA7XFcCZziU3acslNlJCyFpD7NGGTkPZZbwPn59jJcCOc0x07vgFL3qT9hrkFAnZmUbvqaV2M/w360-h640/Lincoln%20Cathedral,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-19.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What An Impressive Building.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzzgAwKqmG8Q7ipvxi3o2OiakyLildEdsblK00nb65Eh5wO49LeR_M1fOnRqLNDzrxYgULZsVtFJ45iJWIvCgJHrM8O0JLAzrJD2W9052yOBMYmy-j7CYCGnVivR2NlcpUWQnvD5KVci8qKHsuBDWBw8cPyRfvNNQr7UAD21b6cSyiYwCJSRnh94O_quB/s4032/Lincoln%20Cathedral,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" 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style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaJVKQGpzxSgZTQPVn47sWWw9VkcEKWp78mhp8Itj1lbZUkQ3kpUlV-bRmQ42-gpjZR7I1L3u7JByrEalRzB0r2PmuvBN2H3OcvOZAgz6Q2trBrtXnUt0UJy4j-bakc5Ep6b91B4VsvQE6PztVb5iuRsEcfoqSpcT50G5SSR47U1GWlEjCx-_fd8Tjts6/w360-h640/Lincoln%20Cathedral,Lincoln,Lincolnshire-16.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stunning Architecture Inside And Out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig26mzzWGguc9NXHVyiVF_LDKyaDYy_cRIj9NR3r29M623LlC9uBlBh0UQNHu41iL3QXDI0TX6auwnxKgsal_ScnE6-SrgAfuO9gdMFLhQRPH_FzxW2pEpYaa5KlNVrphKzAJ1ICio8bWYTNzGnBSJzXMibe7G0N3aL3D8YW-S0hX4Hzc5DLwCrD2f_lcE/w360-h640/Christ's%20Hospital,Lincoln,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christ's Hospital.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-4883977542985869582024-02-23T17:05:00.011+00:002024-02-23T17:05:57.305+00:00The Upper Derwent Valley,Sunday 18th February 2024.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a lovely stay the previous evening at Hulme End in the White Peak area, today we headed for the Upper Derwent Valley to walk from Fairholmes up and around Derwent and Howden Reservoirs, taking in the pack horse bridge and Slippery Stones.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At first the weather was a bit overcast,but then the sun broke through into a lovely, pleasant day, with some lovely late winter sunshine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a joy to walk here again, as it is one of my favourite areas in the Peak District, with some outstanding scenery looking more like Scandinavia rather than Derbyshire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A few nice birds seen on today's walk included a couple of Ravens and Common Buzzards,the Ravens putting on a particularly good show,with lots of tumbling and calling, such impressive birds!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It took us approx. 4.5 hours to walk the 10.5 miles around this stunning area and it was great to get out and about with Mrs R after our bouts of Covid after New Year,another great day out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are my fave photos from our day.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PkpPX_7Hz7-cx7tN6un267SklxUovLeETj1GPBs3I3OYd2kXTrWU_2dtoGnMPMT7T2AqaGyBM174XHZHNEVjiPcjsQYpJiLzWY_SWXuOw0DQFKLV7uxt5YlfxsNttm9NfCh2Yz1Ri7JmdlIGelW_1DJOCWcrKu_-zXQO4RUeecv-MYeH5jiW7hDTkv6V/s4032/Derwent%20Reservoir,Derbyshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" 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arial;">A solid start to the new year list today,with highlights including the wintering female Hen Harrier seen hunting the rough field near to Winter's with a Short-eared Owl nearby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Marshes held 4 Whooper Swans first thing and a single Russian White-fronted Goose was with the local Greylag flock making for a good start to the year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter's saw a single Drake Pintail and Pochard being the highlights.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Skitter Pools were covered and revealed the usual suspects,with 4 Water pipits being seen,but no Jack Snipe unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good total of 82 species entered the notebook today.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 6th January</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A whopping 14.3 miles were covered today as Jon and myself covered most of the patch walking up to Goxhill Tilery and back,taking in Skitter Road and East Halton village.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Best sightings went to a Woodcock inadvertently flushed from it's daytime roost at Goxhill Tilery ponds,a pair of Goosander which flew north,Barn Owl near Winter's,a merlin along East Halton Beck,Jay at The Grange and Coal Tit and Mistle Thrush along Jericho lane in East Halton.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good effort with 76 species logged and some really good numbers of Waders with 6800 Golden Plover at the Skitter.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 20th January</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A blustery day today,with un-forecasted rain setting in from lunch time,saw the visit cut short and no NFY species being seen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Highlights went to now 2 Russian White-fronted Geese with the local Greylags,2 female Pochard on Winter's,1845 Dunlin between Winter's and the Skitter and 2 Merlin together chasing each other along Marsh Lane,a juvenile male and a female.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter sighting is the first time i have seen 2 together on the patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A paltry 56 species were recorded on today's visit.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 27th January</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good visit today,but with nothing particularly rare being seen,but 6 NFY species were added,putting me on 97 species for the local patch list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The best sightings went to 2 Grey Partridge along Skitter Road,6 Ruff on the Marshes,2 Dark-bellied Brent Geese distantly off Winter's,28 Avocet feeding on the mud off Winter's in the afternoon and the best sighting of the day,a Treecreeper watched with a Tit flock at The Grange.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter species is only usually encountered at this time of year,with roving Tit flocks.always really nice to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some decent numbers of Wildfowl and Waders on the Marshes and at Winter's included 465 Wigeon and 78 Icelandic Black-tails on the Marshes and a cracking count of 72 Gadwall at Winter's.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A pretty good start to the year,despite being ill for part of it with Covid or something similar.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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January.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1lz4FxMd1hXdNSjgZWPc2c5aMShkUYWQJqb2ceaSmbcrLseNw8rMTyxTEqFWBNGWXf43PxB0yn1PK3tZ4nkED7udySfM-5AuJsKvEcqOd6IESQQzF5AIxgS3wEH_kWf3efRJ2wpPLSHM7yINhYoHpvZXClhNVfA6VqNfdGkwHQoDDNxQngoe9gZea9Xg/s4032/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1lz4FxMd1hXdNSjgZWPc2c5aMShkUYWQJqb2ceaSmbcrLseNw8rMTyxTEqFWBNGWXf43PxB0yn1PK3tZ4nkED7udySfM-5AuJsKvEcqOd6IESQQzF5AIxgS3wEH_kWf3efRJ2wpPLSHM7yINhYoHpvZXClhNVfA6VqNfdGkwHQoDDNxQngoe9gZea9Xg/w640-h360/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Humber Sunrise,1st January.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYbC457cCwWBaDpKydO9wJQmALehmI4o5K5J8axPhvP-BCyO1PCO9EKjgNBLJVGf2ijuj9e0CK45rvO4Zx_8aMIT0ZEDeZ8DFs32T6cVo_4FJHVNX9p2hbV56QyDT5jwfJe8mqzZCuPl-r7KjPaq0M1GG3Z9pB-XMe78d2_sNo_kRdDCTcrw0LV6uP6yM/s4032/Winter's%20Pond%20Dawn,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYbC457cCwWBaDpKydO9wJQmALehmI4o5K5J8axPhvP-BCyO1PCO9EKjgNBLJVGf2ijuj9e0CK45rvO4Zx_8aMIT0ZEDeZ8DFs32T6cVo_4FJHVNX9p2hbV56QyDT5jwfJe8mqzZCuPl-r7KjPaq0M1GG3Z9pB-XMe78d2_sNo_kRdDCTcrw0LV6uP6yM/w640-h360/Winter's%20Pond%20Dawn,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dawn At Winter's Pond,27th January.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-35877641839664164482024-01-21T11:30:00.006+00:002024-01-21T11:30:40.361+00:00Scarborough Seabirds,Sunday 7th January 2024.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A trip out today with Mrs R to Scarborough for a wander and some lunch,saw us seeing the lovely wintering birds in and around the harbour.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first goodie we encountered was the very smart drake Red-breasted Merganser which has been hanging around the harbour and south bay.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He gave some lovely views,not coming too close,but allowing me to get some record video clips.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These are not too common in this area in winter,so he has drawn quite a few admirers,what a smart bird.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Next was the wintering 1st winter Great-northern Diver,which with a little patience,eventually came over to where i was stood and i managed to get some lovely video.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Divers do seem to like the harbour and are usually seen catching and eating Shore Crabs,which there are certainly plenty.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While watching the Diver and Merg,i was also kept entertained by the local Turnstones showing brilliantly as always as they scavenged for food,occasionally being seen eating chips from passing tourists,brilliant little characters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The final species i managed to get a decent clip of,was a 1st winter Red-throated Diver watched feeding around the harbour mouth,giving some great views as it preened.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An adult was also watched in the Harbour,but never stopped diving,so i gave up on trying to take some video as it was far too quick for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of Harbour Porpoise and a handful of Shag were watched off Marine Drive and it was great to see and hear the local Fulmars back on their breeding ledges along the cliffs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uqu0fbtLI1A" width="592" youtube-src-id="uqu0fbtLI1A"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xbWwrWeSXBE" width="600" youtube-src-id="xbWwrWeSXBE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tmC8oQFKVdY" width="608" youtube-src-id="tmC8oQFKVdY"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-13747803514115120872024-01-05T16:21:00.006+00:002024-01-05T16:21:31.504+00:00Fabulous Frampton.....Thursday 28th December 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another free day today as Mrs R was at work,saw me heading south towards the flagship Lincolnshire RSPB reserve at Frampton Marsh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I wanted to get there before first light to see the Wild Swan roost before they left for the surrounding fields to feed for the day and after a trouble free drive to the reserve,I arrived to the lovely sound of trumpeting Whooper Swans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was blowing a proper gale as forecasted and I quickly got my kit together for my day around the reserve.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As it got light properly there were 250+ Whooper Swans on the wet grassland from the car park,what a fantastic sight and sound to start the day!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As I knew the wintering Lesser Yellowlegs had been seen around the car park area,it wasn't long before I was watching this elegant American visitor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was loosely associating with a Redshank as it fed around the flooded grassland,giving a good chance to compare these two Tringa Sandpipers,what a smart bird.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the second time i have seen this bird,enjoying great views back in October last year and the first since i saw a bird in North Lincolnshire at Bagmoor Lake in 2012.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying super views of this American 'Shank' i made my way over to the 360 hide and spent a good couple of hours watching Wildfowl and Waders from my viewpoint.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing rare was seen apart from more views of the Lesser legs,but it was great to sit and take in such superb views of species such as Whooper Swan,Pintail,Redshank,Lapwings,Avocet,Wigeon,Ruff and Teal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I spent some time taking advantage of the close views,with some nice phone-scoped videos for my collection.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I even found an adult Whooper Swan with a colour ring,which had been ringed on the 19th November 2018 and was an adult male bird at Martin Mere in Lancashire.He has travelled quite a bit around the British Isles,being seen at Martin Mere on 11 occasions,Loch of Strathbeg in Scotland,near Silloth in Cumbria and near Bescar in Lancashire before my sighting today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the great views from the 360 hide I decided to go for a walk around the rest of the reserve,seeing at least 10 Goldeneye on the Reedbed Lagoon and then at least 2 lovely Brambling in with a mixed flock of Finches feeding in a Sunflower strip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other species seen during my wander included a Peregrine,Merlin,at least 7 Marsh Harrier and 35 Ruff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After arriving back at the car and the look of rain on the horizon,I called it a day and had a steady drive back north to Barnetby.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsVPSb9DsC6wyE6O2VkZbWpYXTB0SGeV3LAfaGYlwVhJf9bmXZoXTj_wUSM4ynJ8vI_ojyogZVjxIIuj_-BP_jb-8LrhSLCaL9IdMhtqKy8xlawnQ304ST7WiOyywOxFveawZl3z875nnGFNsUTqVn6ApYWfnRCoMYJPP6qHnH7GZcqyAyy8esrOOyajf/s3447/Frampton%20Marsh%20RSPB,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3447" data-original-width="1879" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsVPSb9DsC6wyE6O2VkZbWpYXTB0SGeV3LAfaGYlwVhJf9bmXZoXTj_wUSM4ynJ8vI_ojyogZVjxIIuj_-BP_jb-8LrhSLCaL9IdMhtqKy8xlawnQ304ST7WiOyywOxFveawZl3z875nnGFNsUTqVn6ApYWfnRCoMYJPP6qHnH7GZcqyAyy8esrOOyajf/w348-h640/Frampton%20Marsh%20RSPB,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="348" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fantastic Paintings On Some Old Wash Marker Buoys.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKXwcX_xIpCpOFSvv9lFFUghxY6ko-SZA1PZ5xI2-_8eTcwzaY4HDQCKUtrf9npxPaVPJirIGAftR7xBQXiC3uAUS4PnVvtfwd7FvS8HeJoDY617tqJACTfIxsy63v2Po-PYkmzlcUrHcap7PigutEPWLa9BVUSrFNIvE25_Ou56k-4nWY6_mYRtKj2v6/s3940/Frampton%20Marsh%20RSPB,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WqNgFq7X18NOEKqKr73ljiESOywa7YeIe9MPANuWnlhvu4A06_dwRmwidO2P3-LcP6-JdBMbJ6rcW-l4jSHnt6UugSCj3Chd9DQjjKzYd6H8ERkN2Hs2cUpwEHvpT2d3Rop7_vc7gvAZ4wuyjb-ax3KLtmK5OOobDV3yNdQdoET-NZdanLHXMFASgtLw/w640-h356/Redshank,Frampton%20Marsh%20RSPB,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Phone-scoped Images Of A Redshank Feeding Close To The 360 Hide.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBB8nS3nbRmNC7rRBzvgHuXn8o66kHZKPInrgwF5CljAGPaEIHX-ctjcS4GUxGmu6hoK2pNBnmtiIJjrgjIAEBaIpJTJbfdQuYWhFyxythV6tIQfe8-knJnZqrqLbeeESWnwnEuVwWlKph5gLZjKXGDhbW8yVE0Qh0CRkdXTTzK5FG5FN6Y6neLkB4-tAy/s2984/Redshank,Frampton%20Marsh%20RSPB,Lincolnshire-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUswJgz4gYKRPBG45dB8Qb3GmdfKoR-z067kM1UWVeJM_H8E52Y0c1paeqCSQXbciofan3M3ud7smAj9TODGfIs1piKc5fBzQKzu_hDeQk2rX0Ciza-BfYD4A9cwEIhIgkdgcbVacWE_rGijctZadNrfrKCUhJftjaQvq1tmM00eLGWRmEyJ13Tq8ZNCFu/w640-h286/Whooper%20Swan%20Snip..png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Ringing Details On The CR Whooper Swan.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kJn3O6u4EN0" width="644" youtube-src-id="kJn3O6u4EN0"></iframe></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OVBnhjt4fq4" width="644" 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Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-13957059722428795602023-12-27T19:01:00.004+00:002023-12-27T19:01:36.559+00:00Clumber & Thoresby Parks,Boxing Day 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Following a good forecast today saw Tracey and myself heading out for the day,to a couple of favourite destinations just over the county border in Nottinghamshire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We arrived fairly early at Clumber and decided to start the day in proper fashion with a full english,a great start to any day!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying our brekkie,we set off on the circular walk around the Great Lake.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A search for Hawfinches around the Chapel drew a blank unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The main focus of birds today was the Great Lake,with a couple of thousand or so Black-headed Gulls,a few hundred Common,Gulls,16 Herring,17 Lesser black-backed Gulls and an adult Yellow-legged Gull.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">From Clumber Bridge the lovely sight of 2 Great-white Egret,were a new species for me here and also from this vantage point were 20 Goosander.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After visiting this lovely place we headed over the short distance to Thoresby Hall/Park to again look for Hawfinches,but again drew a blank unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One sighting that was of note was the large amount of Mistletoe growing in the trees,the most i have seen anywhere for a long time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are a few photos from our day.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Courtyard,Clumber Park.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_y6hnInOR0V_mSYOucb2uorr_xdD9WyAxq-QCHb8AspuWcwnrz7WxLL5ZMn28hsCGJJ63kuZi37khyphenhyphenq6JVbFSbH15J18_xxj-MIMVHLRRxp1um6KHHC5MpT5N_5Qy7skmErrci9U_CUFegkSaySYbiZULBT_rsoHfOr8YVAaid1HRlSM3Yn02aKdoqU-/s4032/Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_y6hnInOR0V_mSYOucb2uorr_xdD9WyAxq-QCHb8AspuWcwnrz7WxLL5ZMn28hsCGJJ63kuZi37khyphenhyphenq6JVbFSbH15J18_xxj-MIMVHLRRxp1um6KHHC5MpT5N_5Qy7skmErrci9U_CUFegkSaySYbiZULBT_rsoHfOr8YVAaid1HRlSM3Yn02aKdoqU-/w640-h360/Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lovely Views Of The Great Lake.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxbcXJoo4bRhyphenhyphenbH0l_ER2tdhc5FbNoidSdISkL-dsUzgblZ3nFNDHti0BAUhAW3OIgv_vxjspxCcsyqBsJo-ws0hiPv8EQYqCwH0-pcPlQiv_aFwScfjg5cXneV3trXWFEme7guEsCVM1hj03SBzHeVeXkUe38QcX6G9zGgH0D9M2s9jn81Oghjx3bZEQ/s4032/Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="4032" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxbcXJoo4bRhyphenhyphenbH0l_ER2tdhc5FbNoidSdISkL-dsUzgblZ3nFNDHti0BAUhAW3OIgv_vxjspxCcsyqBsJo-ws0hiPv8EQYqCwH0-pcPlQiv_aFwScfjg5cXneV3trXWFEme7guEsCVM1hj03SBzHeVeXkUe38QcX6G9zGgH0D9M2s9jn81Oghjx3bZEQ/w640-h204/Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxJNJ2cPfd4U2V2VQ9jcTXw2saDzxtO_jzCZfj12Iu-pohbC0fUcbJsFZXgbgUyqCJJPJGsPZk0KW0SLgM8cvIgcLmtux1CT5fX-uT-m-xtYNdpHki_uZLFt57Y_6n3AJcDdTyPB52WTfRVzP0w0wGM82GRhIQ-rF4FV-WHeOIuUmkS-bhuhrrLL7_KrT/s4032/Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIV7gZjh7t4E8zCcBaM9gAhwCdB1riS5nLOwqctTelyfL-ReG3t1sXErIk8gjdbZ6X-37gClo9kbVKbXM3UEm0tqsMAZ1lh3uvgXvkUYfboqX_FI8vgJAoSrjvRalm2Iamz6Ts0UDhcHS0XAj0n2YDck2_UsnLuFdrjkMfLFcNwF6qYq1VI8SA1ihhljgG/w640-h360/Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clumber Bridge From Where We Watched The Great-white Egrets And Goosanders.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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Chapel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxV3-ZsjXZELl6s_s47qcwd_sSMEv_cQviM9fBBDsxmz7tSQ0Arf_tmbQiAgx81HvAMYKlN6QkHRhCrFZ6TUHLNC80YPxggPlBZXK_QpfOQDoMnAeafJO6Tn2bmuPA5mMojXRaAJI4c4nmhYVbhAT8uLytN2ASJQv0wUq4yy7ULj7cc9-GHo3eY615B4H/s4032/The%20Chapel%20Of%20St.Mary%20The%20Virgin,Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2130" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxV3-ZsjXZELl6s_s47qcwd_sSMEv_cQviM9fBBDsxmz7tSQ0Arf_tmbQiAgx81HvAMYKlN6QkHRhCrFZ6TUHLNC80YPxggPlBZXK_QpfOQDoMnAeafJO6Tn2bmuPA5mMojXRaAJI4c4nmhYVbhAT8uLytN2ASJQv0wUq4yy7ULj7cc9-GHo3eY615B4H/w338-h640/The%20Chapel%20Of%20St.Mary%20The%20Virgin,Clumber%20Park,Nottinghamshire-2.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" 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style="font-family: arial;">Thoresby Hall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG-GjYhbsu89xAQJtsjfoSimRO9Drh2zE3R-MQ9_0hCDo4F-m3wwomP-QcXientb6nDnD0uvsI3TjppPyuzUHCxt9mkyutPErdI3dUmOcSmRuOAe_P1cJGHim89xpPFOqlOrmhNCZ1L_eAo6rqg0sAE-A8TZLHucQCdQPp-m_q7MYN0Dbqxffz-2dpSHu/s4032/Mistletoe,Thoresby%20Hall,Nottinghamshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqG-GjYhbsu89xAQJtsjfoSimRO9Drh2zE3R-MQ9_0hCDo4F-m3wwomP-QcXientb6nDnD0uvsI3TjppPyuzUHCxt9mkyutPErdI3dUmOcSmRuOAe_P1cJGHim89xpPFOqlOrmhNCZ1L_eAo6rqg0sAE-A8TZLHucQCdQPp-m_q7MYN0Dbqxffz-2dpSHu/w360-h640/Mistletoe,Thoresby%20Hall,Nottinghamshire.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mistletoe,Thoresby Park.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAnnc6bdJuA4bUsnp4yi2ZI5lABVbsrSItw3HdGxBjUzozpq4UQ8Y5ZVpA-zG_9sVZ_07ZAi8iOQoByGqt8YqTG7DHZ8B2knGdeHh-DhNRaq_R5W8I-NIJbVWfM2UmEx-h6FO7TOfEGHa8dVG6rQCO4bx9qP-HxwxrNRrqqNOnzXtnQ0ZkNf3FV4-gOIS/s4032/Thoresby%20Hall,Nottinghamshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTAnnc6bdJuA4bUsnp4yi2ZI5lABVbsrSItw3HdGxBjUzozpq4UQ8Y5ZVpA-zG_9sVZ_07ZAi8iOQoByGqt8YqTG7DHZ8B2knGdeHh-DhNRaq_R5W8I-NIJbVWfM2UmEx-h6FO7TOfEGHa8dVG6rQCO4bx9qP-HxwxrNRrqqNOnzXtnQ0ZkNf3FV4-gOIS/w360-h640/Thoresby%20Hall,Nottinghamshire-2.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter Reflections,Thoresby Park.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-77609843326646804872023-12-27T11:25:00.004+00:002023-12-27T11:25:51.435+00:00Black-throated Cracker......Sunday 17th December 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After hearing that a superb male Black-throated Thrush had been found at Tophill Low,a free day today after the previous days patch visit,saw me heading over there and meeting up with Tim</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">For the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After an easy drive over the Humber and into the home county,it wasn't long before i was driving along the approach road to Tophill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A quick stop en-route to look at the Whooper Swan flock feeding in the flooded fields near Watton,saw a good count of 45 birds being present along with 45 Pink-footed Geese and at least 500 Greylags.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After meeting up with Tim and getting our permits for the day,we got our kit together and headed over to O reservoir to look for the Siberian visitor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Plenty of scanning and several Blackbirds,Fieldfares and Redwings later,a movement just up from a feeding Blackbird saw me finding the target as he fed inside a Hawthorn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was pretty windy to say the least,with a blustery south westerly wind and i'm sure that is why he wasn't feeding on the exposed front of the bushes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We carried on watching this beautiful bird,with occasional disappearances into the thick of the bushes and when he dropped down onto the ground out of view,but with patience we gained some lovely views.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He did move out in the open on a couple of occasions as he was feeding on Hawthorn and Rosehips and did drop down to drink at a small pool under the hedge he was feeding in,giving some superb views,what a cracking bird.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is my fourth sighting of the species after a female at Newholm near Whitby in North Yorkshire in January 2010,a female at Adwick Washlands in West Yorkshire in January 2017 and a First Winter male,Grimsby,Lincolnshire in January 2020.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The species breeds in Eastern european Russia,to north-central Siberia and North-west Mongolia and winters from Iraq to Arabia and across southern Asia,so is a considerable way from its usual wintering range.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the stunning Thrush we had a look on Watton nature reserve nearby and got some decent views of the male Smew,before he went for a fly around the area,my second in as many weeks and overhead a Knot flew west with Golden Plovers and Lapwing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also nearby was the wintering Red-necked Grebe,still on its temporary home of O reservoir and was watched sleeping on today's visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A quick look on South Marsh,saw us seeing a pair of Marsh Harriers,but little else.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally a visit to D Reservoir before Tim had to travel home and it wasn't long before we were watching the Red-crested Pochards,with 5 present today,3 males and 2 females,with a female Marsh Harrier flying south.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i packed my kit away a Tawny Owl called in the car park,a nice end to the visit.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFq331Q1ON40To23cRg8-i5z6WiDqp6fbR57edwbc9JMwwdgx6yhv4ZB2GHfqvbBSoldQDUJRk83BG0LGhJLbq3G6WmUvaRml4X3rTRTcmgiFV-C00XQ5do7Jab-qehNNsS0ipGM8pJIYSHth3Nd3Gr-lUjdygk7yKstCh359z56coeaFxMC36wmnuvS1/s3113/Male%20Black-throated%20Thrush,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="3113" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFq331Q1ON40To23cRg8-i5z6WiDqp6fbR57edwbc9JMwwdgx6yhv4ZB2GHfqvbBSoldQDUJRk83BG0LGhJLbq3G6WmUvaRml4X3rTRTcmgiFV-C00XQ5do7Jab-qehNNsS0ipGM8pJIYSHth3Nd3Gr-lUjdygk7yKstCh359z56coeaFxMC36wmnuvS1/w640-h378/Male%20Black-throated%20Thrush,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Black-throated Thrush,Showing How The Bird Was Sitting Just In Cover At Times.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m3mzTSMvxIo" width="649" youtube-src-id="m3mzTSMvxIo"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/01wL6p8lYhU" width="650" youtube-src-id="01wL6p8lYhU"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-73407421539966943442023-12-25T09:27:00.000+00:002023-12-25T09:27:22.287+00:00Local Patch Update......Sunday 10th,Saturday 16th and Sunday 24th December 2023.<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Sunday 10th</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An early morning start today before dawn surveying Owls,saw a good count,with 4 calling male Tawny Owls and the pair of Little Owls calling to each other,a cracking start to the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After it got light a good look around Winter's saw a few Ducks present in the form of 2 Drake Pochard and the first winter Drake Goldeneye still,with 8 Little grebe visible.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also was the amazing sight of at least 35000 Starlings leaving their roost at Killingholme Haven scattering in all directions as they spread out over the area to feed for the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Marshes was were my main focus was again today though,with some decent numbers of birds present again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As on previous visits,Goose numbers were still pretty good,with 170 Greylag,7 Barnacle Geese,23 Canada Geese and 25 Pinks,with Ducks included a single Shelduck,19 Shoveler,467 Wigeon,2 female Pintail and 128 Teal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Waders were also represented well,with at least 1 Oystercatcher present still,465 Lapwing,20 Curlew,52 Redshank and 4 Ruff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Apart from a single juvenile Marsh Harrier hunting the Skitter pools,that was as exciting as it got today.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 16th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A tough day today due to the incessant wind and dull conditions saw some nice birds being seen though.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I planned to walk up to Goxhill and began the visit by grilling Winter's main lake first.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A few notables here included 5 Pochard(4 drakes and a female),12 Tufted Duck,8 Little Grebe and the lone Coot still.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Marshes were again alive with birds and included 343 Greylag,7 Barnacle Geese,35 Canada Geese now,425 Wigeon,127 Teal,480 Lapwing,62 Dunlin and the lovely sight of 165 Black-tailed Godwit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Skitter got some good coverage today as i passed by,with the best sighting going to the lovely Female Hen Harrier watched hunting the pools briefly before she headed inland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other birds here included 500 Golden Plover,73 Avocet,2 Turnstone,2 Common Buzzard,35 Stock Dove,a Great-spotted Woodpecker and 3 Stonechat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After covering the Skitter,i headed inland along the Beck up to Goxhill and along Chapel Field Road,then East Marsh Road and up to Goxhill Haven.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A few nice birds included a Mistle Thrush at Chapel Farm and the best count so far this winter of 431 Fieldfare in several flocks,all moving west.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good count of Pink-footed Geese saw 1935 birds feeding on a grass pasture adjacent to Dawson City.A good search through them revealed no surprises unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Goxhill Haven area held some decent numbers of Waders as the tide dropped off and included a single Oystercatcher,200 Lapwing,45 Curlew,6 Turnstone,155 Dunlin,4 Knot and 66 Ringed Plover.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was also great to see 3 Marsh Harrier in the area,an adult male,2nd calendar year male and an adult female.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i made it back to the Marshes at East Halton a lovely Short-eared Owl flew in off the Humber and onto the grassland,my first sighting for a while.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i reached Winter's for the second time today,another scan of the main lake revealed,unbelievably,first winter male Scaup,with the Aythya flock.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It certainly wasn't present in the morning and was a very nice surprise as i thought i had missed out on the species this year on the patch.It also became species number 160 for the local patch year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A look on the Marshes for Owls revealed another nice surprise in the form of a lovely Russian White-fronted Goose feeding in amongst the local Greylags,my fifth bird on here this autumn/winter period.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To end the visit,one of the most spectacular sunsets was seen,a superb end to the day.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Christmas Eve</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An early start to proceedings today surveying Owls again,had me recording 3 calling male Tawnies,with the added bonus of 2 barking Foxes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As it got light a scan of the main lake at Winter's saw 17 Tufted Duck,a cracking Drake Pintail,47 Mallard,31 Gadwall and 2 Goldeneye being seen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Marshes had a good number of birds present again today and included the Russian White-front still with the Greylag flock,7 Barnacle Geese,38 Pinks,27 Canada Geese,at least 600 Wigeon,200 Teal,65 Curlew,65 Black-tailed Godwit and 7 Ruff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were also at least 1200 Lapwing in the area,but they were constantly being flushed and after a while it became apparent why,as i saw a Merlin and then 2 Peregrines,the latter giving some superb views as they sparred over the Marshes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was tough going and after a while i dumped the scope in the car and walked with my binos and camera instead.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A nice surprise along Marsh Lane was a Cetti's Warbler singing in a new area for the patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was really great to have got my Swaros back today after their service,i really have missed them and it really makes it apparent when i didn't have them.It's the subtle things that make them so good,like the Purple sheen on Rooks in flight,they just are superb!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another nice surprise at the Skitter as i walked along the Beck,was a Green Sandpiper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It flew out of the Beck and onto the Skitter pools,a good record for here at this time of year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The rest of the visit was cut short as it just got windier and i began to get a tad peed off with it to be fair,so i wandered back to the car and headed home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well another great series of visits here and now on 160 species for the year,i wonder if i will add any more species before the year is out.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrXYoa4w4uf8fgUOjLgiEdiLbqntzLnA-1GrSnx2MQUHi_xDHpxPZHfGcojEx3JOR83yf57niB7tr_jj1oiwpot3FK7-e6u30A-pdKYAc8EYP-oW8xTuhSqkswG1nC65YrBRz1lVV-jJpxDEvYp27HtJWF7nmWueRQFXcE9dO8bTVTc1_0xkveu130wvh/s4032/Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrXYoa4w4uf8fgUOjLgiEdiLbqntzLnA-1GrSnx2MQUHi_xDHpxPZHfGcojEx3JOR83yf57niB7tr_jj1oiwpot3FK7-e6u30A-pdKYAc8EYP-oW8xTuhSqkswG1nC65YrBRz1lVV-jJpxDEvYp27HtJWF7nmWueRQFXcE9dO8bTVTc1_0xkveu130wvh/w640-h360/Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dawn At Winter's On The 10th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHET4BzwltupVjFCK3xOl4qls3xGQde21kQOKK58oXPG89NYr4UK8sfXhcwIVeZkrRhKF0rtAHaCj6nNSF2z9qlX0EJcGoRMy1ulq6p4CkKyfJcGNZV-rhw4uI6fjsR2_TJq4RN4SP9524JF3ZqsMqdEbU44yDCMP1gRpnaHUHLr-4gDtqc9LM-lz2R-Y/s4032/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHET4BzwltupVjFCK3xOl4qls3xGQde21kQOKK58oXPG89NYr4UK8sfXhcwIVeZkrRhKF0rtAHaCj6nNSF2z9qlX0EJcGoRMy1ulq6p4CkKyfJcGNZV-rhw4uI6fjsR2_TJq4RN4SP9524JF3ZqsMqdEbU44yDCMP1gRpnaHUHLr-4gDtqc9LM-lz2R-Y/w640-h360/East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Early Morning Near Winter's On The 16th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx1d5q6p71nAwl3mp-Zes6cNbUYGAx85s9MuBLWH1h3xPXaf0hT64PSSpLGBpHqWTyyeujO6G-9t4Moqs_gn6gtwHNUC_17ZCD0g1LmpPZBNrLHKLcUsAPTM-lnQj3JzBoyMSKOJCXZ8vm0VfEVjj1NZv1BnnewycE2y48LFTWF7nviToTO3qbj8TEAj5/s4032/Dawson%20City%20LWTR,Goxhill,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx1d5q6p71nAwl3mp-Zes6cNbUYGAx85s9MuBLWH1h3xPXaf0hT64PSSpLGBpHqWTyyeujO6G-9t4Moqs_gn6gtwHNUC_17ZCD0g1LmpPZBNrLHKLcUsAPTM-lnQj3JzBoyMSKOJCXZ8vm0VfEVjj1NZv1BnnewycE2y48LFTWF7nviToTO3qbj8TEAj5/w640-h360/Dawson%20City%20LWTR,Goxhill,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dawson City,A Poor Shadow Of What Was Once A Superb Reserve.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmZpYT1dGZijP-AeXW1TZ2wr58Osvz6w4WkCNDuaoX9UBTID7DBbGRwnfJE_rbdstDGwSCzekVwyD2vdQOi6RBItnzQce8rIQLlYrojz5uFidpmSyuWTXR8LD42CRn04DVZTdbFbPbiRJ3ipdvA4BzyzrLx7f6jQG0C2FD4Ov_oaTKU_x_95u2o_1O40K/s3916/East%20Halton%20Marshes,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="3916" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmZpYT1dGZijP-AeXW1TZ2wr58Osvz6w4WkCNDuaoX9UBTID7DBbGRwnfJE_rbdstDGwSCzekVwyD2vdQOi6RBItnzQce8rIQLlYrojz5uFidpmSyuWTXR8LD42CRn04DVZTdbFbPbiRJ3ipdvA4BzyzrLx7f6jQG0C2FD4Ov_oaTKU_x_95u2o_1O40K/w640-h300/East%20Halton%20Marshes,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">East Halton Marshes,16th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUPLLET0i25N2DhhiqU6JLnKrYIn0HfZJbI6sJFsLkSgXqnlO2YXIlrFiRj5avlve4SZPF4gaXV-Caz0VoX4eGqIYmbwpI-9AfimFX3SkgbjqEkRwgPF7AL0KfhOExcbpahHzbNIhqEe51ENIOgxyJL8K0TxyrRuM6qFM-d8xSO7fvewEMOFRh_wkWWiA/s2446/1st%20winter%20Drake%20Scaup,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2446" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUPLLET0i25N2DhhiqU6JLnKrYIn0HfZJbI6sJFsLkSgXqnlO2YXIlrFiRj5avlve4SZPF4gaXV-Caz0VoX4eGqIYmbwpI-9AfimFX3SkgbjqEkRwgPF7AL0KfhOExcbpahHzbNIhqEe51ENIOgxyJL8K0TxyrRuM6qFM-d8xSO7fvewEMOFRh_wkWWiA/w640-h416/1st%20winter%20Drake%20Scaup,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Distant Phone-scoped Shot Of The 1st Winter Drake Scaup,16th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsPFxtGIFhoi2iasZh48rQQIUuYye2CwDwcljkhEIAYUPcWS3xvt2bw4Q1aTg2rpNSJAuGIVCXyjbJyg_VAYmBS6unzbZvGUleHe5sp-xCu9zBPSKB4VmPZbMO2vAJZ26FJ4hqSE1isd4UudlkkLa4FxmtrmzbAlkY0b-fFy1uibsjO63yRyIUUHzo2sY/s4032/Russian%20White-fronted%20Goose,East%20Halton%20Marshes,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsPFxtGIFhoi2iasZh48rQQIUuYye2CwDwcljkhEIAYUPcWS3xvt2bw4Q1aTg2rpNSJAuGIVCXyjbJyg_VAYmBS6unzbZvGUleHe5sp-xCu9zBPSKB4VmPZbMO2vAJZ26FJ4hqSE1isd4UudlkkLa4FxmtrmzbAlkY0b-fFy1uibsjO63yRyIUUHzo2sY/w640-h360/Russian%20White-fronted%20Goose,East%20Halton%20Marshes,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Distant Phone-scoped Shot Of The Russian White-fronted Goose As I Found It On The 16th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4e0iTNi7o4S-5F8XiXurr7qd4b0KHALuS-YnZ7LZa0VCcffmoeV0YSCJEUomESniEFr7jsLn4paEUfgAmi_tSCUXirL6XFu-yMRqou-7v3bhlwBEY8lamvZEX3sBgr3mr2t4tsTB7EeaHrUxOglQl4EQVQHwnOwsaggIRXizm3UmCommQZPVpKC97vP-/s4032/Sunset,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4e0iTNi7o4S-5F8XiXurr7qd4b0KHALuS-YnZ7LZa0VCcffmoeV0YSCJEUomESniEFr7jsLn4paEUfgAmi_tSCUXirL6XFu-yMRqou-7v3bhlwBEY8lamvZEX3sBgr3mr2t4tsTB7EeaHrUxOglQl4EQVQHwnOwsaggIRXizm3UmCommQZPVpKC97vP-/w640-h360/Sunset,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An Amazing Sunset Over East Halton On The 16th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: 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Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-28986495416143642492023-12-09T10:36:00.004+00:002023-12-11T11:32:16.467+00:00Covenham Reservoir Saturday 2nd December 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to thick,freezing fog locally and the offer of some nice birds,i headed over to Covenham Reservoir today,the following is what i saw.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After initially thinking i had made a mistake heading out towards Covenham,due to patchy fog,i made it along Barton Street and it suddenly cleared to bright blue skies and sunshine,what a contrast!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After getting plenty of layers on and the birding kit together i walked up the slope from the car park to the yacht club.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Literally the first bird i clapped eyes on was the wintering juvenile Great-northern Diver,what a great start.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I watched through the scope as it fed at some distance,never coming really close and constantly diving,so i only got some poor phone scoped clips.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i was watching the Diver a wader flew in below me and it was the reported Purple Sandpiper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It proceeded to give some fantastic views as it fed along the banks of the Res,as they more often than not do,usually being a confiding species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This species is usually found wintering along our rocky coastlines,but occasionally they do turn up inland like this bird,what a little cracker and unlike the Diver i got some superb video of the bird.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the Purp i walked along the west bank of the Res,past the yacht club building to see the next two goodies fly in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first was the wintering juvenile Shag which was watched fishing and gave some nice views,a pretty decent inland record,but the second was a species i hadn't seen for a few years,a gorgeous Smew and a Drake.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I watched as the 'White Nun' gave some super views feeding alongside his Goldeneye and Tuftie buddies,what a lovely species these are.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">White Nun is the old english name given to the species by Wildfowlers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After all this activity from the sites star birds,i settled to scan through the commoner species achieving some good counts which included 85 Cormorant,37 Shoveler,71 Gadwall,45 Wigeon,21 Pochard,128 Tufted Duck and 38 Goldeneye.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also overhead,338 Pink-footed Geese flew north</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A single Drake Goosander was also noted along with 82 Great-crested and 6 Little Grebes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i neared the southern end of the Res,the familiar sound of cronking Ravens was heard and i watched as the resident pair flew past giving some cracking views.They really are brilliant birds and are a personal favourite.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A little further on and more scanning saw me seeing the final goodie of the visit,a female Scaup in amongst its commoner relatives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bird showed nicely,albeit into the sun,but a nice species to see and pretty scarce these days unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a cracking visit today and well worth braving the icy roads for and really nice to visit the site again after such a long time.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td 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Goldeneye.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihXkNgTEfv2EMmvewFBmfv-aBc2E6XytIdrXkA3i-44AeSyotnsiJdHDLwXdtGJy1AUMwUwA0ORw9GnvM2SFYsIIYHhQC6AdzWjx3iFiTrKb8Yh5U0P1lsSmND_8IDEKnmSELdSaQhVUtGFown0PopUKXDq-2icI7X9SoJj8VbyPyB9CMqAyb9Ae0o9Jza/s2973/Drake%20Smew%20With%20Drake%20Goldeneye,Covenham%20Reservoir,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="2973" height="460" 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data-original-width="2507" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfUjemQEGoQuz_DeJ3k1GJKGrEbGs-8MmFIzJvLpNqsLKlN7fzgYXctURYnhl4wrSCRdL1yq3bb6clQeuq6CjWoIzM_mL6Nyr-eD5Iyhw6wZDkT6MTg4YxaET0d4Z9VOdux2PU8horDLJOC9au6lBGDv-onHzTnHY19Ywgo6tgg7THwSTfvd4lM40RUtU/w640-h468/Juvenile%20Shag,Covenham%20Reservoir,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Shag.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNZU8ktCnvcjLly4Ps45Y5rLcchgAiaB8evk-JmaihkWrdyZKRoLopqvMdZk7eZzuEDYGmP9YNsh6PE_S1i5w5O770bi7iXEml-NujWqZLEpfkpqS9ppAOr0HIDJcCLHGpC6Dwzf3sl0ar01ERESYHpZsxKnRiZz0wpi5E9EJ0zha7Y6v9US2u-muFLOo/s4032/Covenham%20Reservoir,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNZU8ktCnvcjLly4Ps45Y5rLcchgAiaB8evk-JmaihkWrdyZKRoLopqvMdZk7eZzuEDYGmP9YNsh6PE_S1i5w5O770bi7iXEml-NujWqZLEpfkpqS9ppAOr0HIDJcCLHGpC6Dwzf3sl0ar01ERESYHpZsxKnRiZz0wpi5E9EJ0zha7Y6v9US2u-muFLOo/w640-h288/Covenham%20Reservoir,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Western Bank Of The Reservoir.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ATTZBSyqstE" width="579" youtube-src-id="ATTZBSyqstE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T1Y07mzSmJo" width="593" 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together,the first I've seen for a good while on the patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After getting my pack up in the rucksack and some warm clothes on a quick scan of the main lake at Winter's saw the lovely female Long-tailed Duck still here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other birds here included 3 Goldeneye,12 Little Grebe,9 Tufties and a flock of 5 Brambling which flew west towards East Halton village.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A look on the marshes saw some great numbers of birds again,with 5 Barnacle Geese present,2 Oystercatcher a nice surprise,4 Ruff,approx. 480 Wigeon,185 Curlew,67 Mallard,450 Lapwing,4 Cattle Egret still and 38 Black-tailed Godwit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter Black-wits had a colour-ringed bird in amongst them which had been ringed on the 1st September 2019 at Snettisham in Norfolk and one of which i have seen on one occasion before here in September 2022.It has the combinations of an orange ring on the left leg,with yellow - white-white on the right leg.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A search around the cottage and gardens/plantation area resulted in 3 Cetti's Warblers being recorded,4 Tree Sparrow and half a dozen each of Redwing and Blackbirds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I then decided to walk along the floodbank up to the Skitter to see what was around as the tide was rising.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good tramp around the Skitter Pools revealed at least 6 Water Pipits and 4 Rock Pipits,but no Jack Snipe unfortunately and only low numbers of Snipe,but 2 pairs of Stonechat were logged here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing much along Goxhill Marsh was recorded apart from another pair of Stonechat and as the tide dropped off,22 Goldeneye on the Humber,600 Golden Plover,a Peregrine,305 Curlew,650 Pink-footed Geese and 24 Bar-tailed Godwit entered the notes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i wandered back towards Winter's a cracking Merlin was watched hunting along the Humber floodbank chasing Waders before heading onto the marshes,a great bird to see on any visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Before leaving for home more views of the 4 Cattle Egrets and a lovely Short-eared Owl made for a great ending to the visit.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Sunday 26th November</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A meet up with Suzanne today,saw us having a pretty decent day to be fair,with some great numbers of wintering birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To start with we spent a good amount of time looking on the main lake at Winter's with some nice birds present here today which included a single Great-crested Grebe,2 Drake Pochard,the Female Long-tailed Duck still present,a lovely Drake Goosander which made a brief visit and 2 Goldeneye.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A single Tree Sparrow was seen near the cottage along with 20 Redwing and 5 Blackbird.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The marshes held some good numbers of birds today with a whopping count of 69 Barnacle Geese being seen.This comprised of now 7 birds with the Greylag flock and a further 62 which flew north,the latter could be part of an arrival on the east coast or wandering feral birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other species here included a record count of Curlew for the site of 332 birds,a superb sight!,also here were a pair of Stonechat,juvenile Marsh Harrier,3 Ruff and 35 Redshank.It also looks like the Cattle Egrets have moved on as there was no sign today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Skitter area saw a single Snow Bunting being seen and heard as it flew over towards Winter's,but could not be relocated unfortunately and a cracking adult male Marsh Harrier,2 Rock Pipit and 29 Avocet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the Humber here,a single Drake Common Scoter was seen with a further 5 females flying along the Humber south towards Killingholme.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Sunday 3rd December</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A freezing visit today with snow overnight and dull conditions all day saw some difficult conditions for birding.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">All was not lost though with some really good counts again from the marshes which included 7 Barnacle Geese,a Grey Plover,2 Knot(Both new site species),550 Lapwing,Turnstone,183 Dunlin,80 Black-tailed Godwit and 154 Golden Plover.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter's had some nice birds which included 53 Shoveler,44 Gadwall,41 Teal,250 Wigeon,53 Mallard 3 Goldeneye and 6 Pochard.Unfortunately,the Long-tailed Duck has now moved on after it's 3 week stay.Around the bushes here were 13 Blackbird,14 Redwing,Song Thrush and Goldcrest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A walk up along Marsh Lane,Jericho Lane and along Skitter Road saw a few nice sightings and counts of birds which included a superb count of 131 Stock Dove along Marsh Lane as well as 21 Yellowhammer,both really great to see and 2 female Stonechat and a couple of Tree Sparrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good number of Corvids at The Grange included a Jay,45 Jackdaw and 55 Rook.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Skitter area provided a few nice birds also and included a Grey Heron,Little egret,1300 Dunlin and 37 Avocet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i made it back to Winter's for the second time today,i noticed 3 Cattle Egret following the Cattle around on the marshes,new birds maybe,or perhaps the previous birds returning?.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i reached the car park area at Winter's,a quick look on the marshes near the entrance proved an excellent decision as a stonking female Hen Harrier flew towards me and proceeded to give some superb views as it hunted the rough field next to Winter's.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What a cracking bird and end to the visit,species number 159 for the patch this year.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5couD7Nav8kd1IkDe2Z-WEKwiFgMy3g64NiFGZI-Sh-alKZJHF5dPizARSh4hizF6YeDVCGuZeI0YNguw4gL48AH9RODAC2n6GoQjdyVDukYuUkFgDni6VMSMPoN-LyXpGIc8zWo99k7wGCTt78A4Xejx3Qqqr37bvmfLdCb7-_ml5YqIX4jTpVPtB4Dt/s2880/PXL_20231119_084905336.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="2880" height="504" 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Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-56833786721647625372023-11-17T18:26:00.002+00:002023-11-17T18:26:15.290+00:00Local Patching Update,Tuesday 7th & Saturday 11th November 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Tuesday 7th </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After getting back from our lovely trip to the Lake District the day previously,it was back to normality for Mrs R as she was back at work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Thankfully though,i still had the rest of the week off and as the forecast was good today i headed for the patch and a full walk around covering East Halton and Goxhill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I arrived at first light and as i left the car a stream of Pinks were leaving the marshes,presumably after roosting on there,which is certainly a first for here and goes to show they are really liking the developments on the site.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 535 birds flew out and headed south west inland to some unknown field to feed for the day,what a great start to the visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On Winter's the usual 2 female Goldeneye were still present,but little else was seen apart from 9 Little Grebe and 22 Gadwall and a Chiffchaff was still in the bushes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the distance i could see the Cattle Egret flock,but wait a minute,6!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The flock has now grown to 6 birds and it was really great to watch them as they followed the Cattle around,sometimes hitching a ride on the Cows backs,which was comical to watch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on the marshes were 222 Greylag,the 2 Barnacle Geese still,23 Canada Geese,120 Lapwing,6 Pintail,approx. 400 Teal and at least 600 Wigeon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was really great to see other species beginning to use the area in good numbers,with an excellent count of 76 Redshank,a record count for the site and 122 Curlew were also recorded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After looking on the marshes and Humber i decided to head up Marsh Lane and along Skitter Road and up to the Skitter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing too exciting was seen along here,but it was just great to walk in the lovely autumnal sunshine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After arriving at the Skitter,a good tramp around the pools revealed 3 Water Pipit,the first of the winter period and at least 4 Rock Pipit along the rocky shoreline.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I then headed along the track alongside the gas compound and inland and then up along East Marsh Road and to Goxhill Haven.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Again little was recorded along here,but the search for Waxwings continues.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing much at Goxhill Haven apart from bloody fisherman everywhere,saw me walking quickly past this area and up to Dawson City.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I stopped here and watched the tide drop off while i ate my lunch watching a lovely group of 43 Bar-tailed Godwit,18 Knot and 2 Grey Plover.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The grass pasture just past Dawson City,had a decent sized flock of 236 Curlew feeding on it,but no Pinks today sadly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Further along Goxhill Marsh,the distinct chunter of Geese could be heard and a good sized flock of 850 Pinks were loafing and feeding on a field which has been left to fallow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good look through them revealed no other species with them sadly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i arrived at the Skitter,7 Whooper Swans(3 adults and 4 juv's) were sat at the Haven mouth,they looked pretty settled as i watched them through the scope,but for some reason they got up and flew west inland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i walked back towards Winter's another flock of Whooper's(7 adults and a single juvenile) arrived in off the Humber and settled down on one of the larger pools.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">By now it was getting towards dark and distantly over the rough field next to Winter's,the lovely sight of 3 Short-eared Owls were watched as they hunted and the 8 Whooper's headed inland,a lovely end to the day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Saturday 11th </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another early start today,thankfully saw the Female Long-tailed Duck still present this morning and she gave some lovely views.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A nice surprise found by a visiting birder,i was pleased she stuck around,always a nice bird to get on the local patch and the first female for a long,long time.It was also the first i have seen on the pits on my patch,all my previous records being on the Humber.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on Winter's were 13 Tufties,3 Pintail(2 drakes and a female),3 female Goldeneye,41 Gadwall and 11 Little Grebe,with 650 Pink-footed Geese leaving their now roost on the marshes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A good scan of the marshes revealed 520 Wigeon,15 Shoveler,now 3 Barnacle Geese,360 Lapwing,55 Icelandic Black-tails,32 Redshank and a cracking count of 253 Curlew the most i have counted here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also overhead,an adult female Marsh Harrier and Peregrine,certainly kept the Waders and Ducks on their toes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The water levels are looking better now and the management of the grassland is really paying dividends now,a big thanks to Mike and his team at the RSPB.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6 Cattle Egret were still here and also there were singles of Great-white and Little Egrets and 2 Grey Heron making for a brilliant sight to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the birds on the marshes i headed up Marsh Lane and had a wander along Jericho Lane.Best birds along here went to a single Siskin and 2 cracking male Great-spotted Woodpeckers which were having a bit of a territorial dispute.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">No real highlights were seen along Skitter Road,but it was nice to see a handful of Yellowhammer,a few Goldcrests and a small number of winter Thrushes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A quick look along the beck,saw the lovely electric blue flash of a Kingfisher as it shot along looking for a fishing perch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The tide had dropped off now and their were some great numbers of waders feeding at the Skitter which included a cracking count of 1565 Dunlin,with 2 Ruff,4 Knot,11 Bar-tailed Godwit,120 Lapwing,2 Grey Plover and a good count of 155 Avocet being counted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i reached Winter's again,i enjoyed some more superb views of the lovely Long-tailed Duck and after a short while 2 Short-eared Owls showed really nicely again and a Merlin flew past towards Killingholme Haven to no doubt catch it's tea from the huge Starling roost which was beginning to gather.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I guesstimate on the latter is at least 30,000 birds,but i may have underestimated,but still what a spectacular sight to see.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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style="font-family: arial;">Lovely Light On These Lapwing & Gulls,7th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJd9jZSOQsSmfOl-He_0MnpczItTWwOeZ3hVUNeKJ05YUcqCTB4rGIopIqp3JkGp56fxurZhOb_2piJN1tQTy71hP_dJxTC31wPJQCjZizWcHX9xWt-yJQlDHK9HltkZrvy-5SWjGyWATHXdIjDsuOdBeZ9USx-bgTZB4FR7nWd18muTJYWHZCsTOUKbTx/s4032/Goxhill%20Haven,Lincolnshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJd9jZSOQsSmfOl-He_0MnpczItTWwOeZ3hVUNeKJ05YUcqCTB4rGIopIqp3JkGp56fxurZhOb_2piJN1tQTy71hP_dJxTC31wPJQCjZizWcHX9xWt-yJQlDHK9HltkZrvy-5SWjGyWATHXdIjDsuOdBeZ9USx-bgTZB4FR7nWd18muTJYWHZCsTOUKbTx/w640-h360/Goxhill%20Haven,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Humber Floodbank Near Goxhill Haven,7th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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7th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qGIh-bzqjdszc4WJQLlqBFOypsiSGWZPk62_K63uNoveBUVgYezOBOnRh8g7yqke5UZdLwdzMADsCHvbUd0cl7qCKoqVJ2eFey9EFQSfobJOQqrheV39LeqRFjooKcrUsHAhWS7tx2_E2mXfknDB_ajcYFg8hmGjXWHG_Q0pxvNoxTJtyfgnUIQetswB/s4032/East%20Halton%20Marshes,Lincolnshire-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="4032" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qGIh-bzqjdszc4WJQLlqBFOypsiSGWZPk62_K63uNoveBUVgYezOBOnRh8g7yqke5UZdLwdzMADsCHvbUd0cl7qCKoqVJ2eFey9EFQSfobJOQqrheV39LeqRFjooKcrUsHAhWS7tx2_E2mXfknDB_ajcYFg8hmGjXWHG_Q0pxvNoxTJtyfgnUIQetswB/w640-h338/East%20Halton%20Marshes,Lincolnshire-3.jpg" width="640" 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data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="2571" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Qsnko-yKx7MJey33TEm-aQ4GoA7g-Nz_Axrl65CcDX5jd1hYAxFX5IMjbfV82mo4Qh8xQek6SNg_ujOPinQQZ20DRw7m-X1LIN5MKTUmOzK9BSk5TZCBK9-8pVFCkcYNNmBnzyxlj9If2nFgM2e9Y1gJkVgYYsEJr2NH-5RxiQ6WSR6KF0ExOwVEfyTu/w640-h464/Female%20Long-tailed%20Duck,Winter's%20Pond,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Female Long-tailed Duck,Winter's Pond,11th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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nice birds on offer,i headed out after dropping Mrs R at work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After negotiating through all the pre-work traffic i eventually made it to Carr Lane to make my final approach to the reserve,when i spotted some Swans in a flooded field,so i stopped to check them out hoping they would be Whoopers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sure enough after a quick scan with the scope i was enjoying some nice views of 22 Whooper Swans and a single immature Mute Swan,a lovely start to the visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After paying for my permit for the day and just as i was getting the kit together,first 5 Crossbill flew over my head and landed in the car park Larch trees briefly and then a Great-white Egret,things were going well i thought to myself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a regular kindly opened the hide for me,i sat down to scan D reservoir and after a little while i found the Drake American Wigeon,unfortunately doing what the majority of the Ducks were doing,sleeping.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I took a few phone-scoped shots and video for posterity and carried on looking for star bird number two,the Blue-winged Teal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After some time i gave up and decided to go and have a look at the new middle hide.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some lovely views of a flock of 7 Red-crested Pochard were seen here and included 4 drakes and 3 females,the males glowing in the sun with their fiery orange heads and strawberry red bills,very smart!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I carried on through D Woods and up to Hempholme Lock,with some considerable flooding along this part of the site,with Hempholme Meadow being nearly all underwater.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing much was seen here or along the River Hull apart from a single Little Egret.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back up to the car park and a chance meeting with Jo and Tony Hood,saw me catching up with the female Blue-winged Teal as she followed her presumed male Shoveler escort on D Res,so two in 2 years is pretty good,after last years bird on the local patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is my second Blue-winged Teal for this site,after seeing a bird here on South Marsh on the 02.12.95. at the same time and in the same scope view as a Long-billed Dowitcher!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After seeing the Teal i said goodbye to Tony and Jo and went to look for the next goodie on O Res.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the way i managed to find a Western-conifer Seed bug and stopped to take a few pics with the phone,my third i have seen this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After 5 minutes i was watching a lovely Red-necked Grebe.With patience the bird showed nicely and i managed some video and photos using my new toy,the new and improved Swarovski VPA2.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter is a really big step up from the first incarnation of this phone-scoping kit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the smart Red-necked Grebe i walked around to the hide that overlooks Watton nature reserve and saw another or the same Great-white Egret from earlier in the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It showed very nicely as Jo and Tony joined me again and we watched as it fished along the edge of the lake,really smart birds,i do love Herons though.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Little else was seen here,so we walked around to South Marsh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Very little was seen on here as well apart from a small flock of Curlew and a smart juvenile Marsh Harrier which was perched up relatively close.So more phone-scoping ensued getting some nice video and photos of the Harrier and the lovely Curlew.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a great visit today and this place always delivers with something of interest,i hope it won't be so long next time before i visit.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2ujYliihVp9rJYwxEagZ3-AvWGanXAD5p7tNy-b162-9QQYhNL5hMCwgsrKwBNXAc7C2AxKtu96GSqrNj94q1JRiT83lJV66cFZa7W0CaUDDXGp3ozCwheNYnRrKzg0ZcbtansIv7wVHZeggO9DtzmYiTuJ0L2_KCl-CBPrscs5Xi4Os7zIRZgS3XgJO/s3508/Drake%20American%20Wigeon,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3508" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2ujYliihVp9rJYwxEagZ3-AvWGanXAD5p7tNy-b162-9QQYhNL5hMCwgsrKwBNXAc7C2AxKtu96GSqrNj94q1JRiT83lJV66cFZa7W0CaUDDXGp3ozCwheNYnRrKzg0ZcbtansIv7wVHZeggO9DtzmYiTuJ0L2_KCl-CBPrscs5Xi4Os7zIRZgS3XgJO/w640-h392/Drake%20American%20Wigeon,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Drake American Wigeon,D Reservoir.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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/><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHSA0b14JsoW1E_otpsX2ksZx4L8u_7foz2_Sf-XdKPM-suwxFdccIZcL2T7qq5OiG7oZ-xgvGy0TtmajfphFcTeFlWV1gJIyMlF-X4qw2Z3Bkzsf2eP3t4vTC9J2sH-i8aWcVCgYLIlxcfQHNbH-2FE5A9ZKWVVIAek_I4LvlPcgcJCmb_B7aNfrSQYT/s4032/Hempholme%20Lock,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHSA0b14JsoW1E_otpsX2ksZx4L8u_7foz2_Sf-XdKPM-suwxFdccIZcL2T7qq5OiG7oZ-xgvGy0TtmajfphFcTeFlWV1gJIyMlF-X4qw2Z3Bkzsf2eP3t4vTC9J2sH-i8aWcVCgYLIlxcfQHNbH-2FE5A9ZKWVVIAek_I4LvlPcgcJCmb_B7aNfrSQYT/w640-h360/Hempholme%20Lock,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Pic From Hempholme Lock,Looking In The Opposite Direction Along The River Hull.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGdPu8Ar993-erd8VDUFe9R-_7E1BBNt6xsSYPInjnV_JfIu-Cen6ECjq-xgHN-mrOvqjCH2e8mKzRVbk-tfbNF9cYeWONthefmofytxHpuBI3_23paXXYHxosQbgtwkrFEIz8Khfpv7aOxrTvfiDXquD2uOWYIKNtEHurhhiqWbYnrEad33CivULUP31/s2675/Western-conifer%20Seedbug,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2675" data-original-width="2222" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGdPu8Ar993-erd8VDUFe9R-_7E1BBNt6xsSYPInjnV_JfIu-Cen6ECjq-xgHN-mrOvqjCH2e8mKzRVbk-tfbNF9cYeWONthefmofytxHpuBI3_23paXXYHxosQbgtwkrFEIz8Khfpv7aOxrTvfiDXquD2uOWYIKNtEHurhhiqWbYnrEad33CivULUP31/w532-h640/Western-conifer%20Seedbug,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Western-conifer Seed Bug</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQFkctF63ATbJGgRA0E2SKdXiFnKKj7oeDoCFomsJiaQ4-g0Ycl5wGiYW8WILVy4OuiajA-QTUnhjdjmuyo_qKlBhwlgRcdvLofSw6TPGCmrRIyWMgI8pqsOvBfjQF6odqE-8-gdJ_VrSO4Kj3R8yEfiGUCmhbqCNMQOP3UkbYGOuJdyfk_KH6iT7slaW/s3009/Red-necked%20Grebe,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="3009" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQFkctF63ATbJGgRA0E2SKdXiFnKKj7oeDoCFomsJiaQ4-g0Ycl5wGiYW8WILVy4OuiajA-QTUnhjdjmuyo_qKlBhwlgRcdvLofSw6TPGCmrRIyWMgI8pqsOvBfjQF6odqE-8-gdJ_VrSO4Kj3R8yEfiGUCmhbqCNMQOP3UkbYGOuJdyfk_KH6iT7slaW/w640-h420/Red-necked%20Grebe,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Red-necked Grebe,O Reservoir.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFwWCxs89Xg5Q56iUxxTYR74DkONzDHUw9-n5YmCT5NfMpdLWvnbxANSHJB2gsR3nRA_xuhelMLl1cGUtvIliHQX-snZKGmMQOFjwebLBFdfdUZWLm8TNGilexwh-78DfhYcf9hZjKWSP0oIWV51ZlswkcglrADRpXF-o3y9s8HH0I2E8DtsiE9hDXUBa/s3281/Curlew,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="3281" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFwWCxs89Xg5Q56iUxxTYR74DkONzDHUw9-n5YmCT5NfMpdLWvnbxANSHJB2gsR3nRA_xuhelMLl1cGUtvIliHQX-snZKGmMQOFjwebLBFdfdUZWLm8TNGilexwh-78DfhYcf9hZjKWSP0oIWV51ZlswkcglrADRpXF-o3y9s8HH0I2E8DtsiE9hDXUBa/w640-h418/Curlew,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curlew,South Marsh.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu-22T8G4M6lfWuc_Ivzs3JBJzOLkFvk5pK86lW4E2jsi12YBEYHuszfcbl7X4Mi8kL-A1juDby6OBpnj_JXaVL3knMj_slEfIaSwWjn9NA6NCPsejrAt6fxcPOCe7HKZTs0HuJtTLMja4W8oVBGP4whinrnHvab-2I7ixzaE8HR95AdyUqLyS9MuMxO2/s3941/Curlew,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3941" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu-22T8G4M6lfWuc_Ivzs3JBJzOLkFvk5pK86lW4E2jsi12YBEYHuszfcbl7X4Mi8kL-A1juDby6OBpnj_JXaVL3knMj_slEfIaSwWjn9NA6NCPsejrAt6fxcPOCe7HKZTs0HuJtTLMja4W8oVBGP4whinrnHvab-2I7ixzaE8HR95AdyUqLyS9MuMxO2/w640-h368/Curlew,Tophill%20Low,East%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cracking birds & My Favourite Wader.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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Fell Circular,Sunday 5th November 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our final full day today,so we headed out bright and early to complete a circular walk at our favourite location in the Lakes,Aira Force beside the stunning Ullswater.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On arrival it was a little cloudy with the sun breaking through.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a quick look at the lake after putting our gear on for the walk,took a few photos and then we were off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was just great to be back here again,somewhere we have visited three or four times before,but have never completed this walk.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It wasn't long before we were at the waterfall and we stopped to admire it and take some photos before heading through and along the woodland patch up to the series of rapids and small falls along Aira Beck.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This area was just lovely and the sunshine lit up the autumnal colours of the leaves on the trees beautifully.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Eventually we made it out of the woodland and out onto moorland and to the base of Gowbarrow Fell.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some lovely views from here across to Ullswater and Blencathra with an amazing looking cloud inversion over it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The walk up Gowbarrow Fell was a little steep and Tracey did really well,but when we got to the summit,the views were amazing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a short rest and a few photos,the path descends down the side of the fell and towards Ullswater.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The views along here were spectacular,looking across the Lake and towards Watermillock.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We just took in the views as we walked and took a lot of photos it has to be said and the woodland below just glowed in the sunshine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Eventually we made it back to Aira Beck and the car park and enjoyed a well earned cuppa,before driving over to Glenridding for our lunch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a fantastic day,this walk has everything,Mountains,Lakes,Fells and Waterfalls and is a big 10/10 from us and our favourite walk we have completed away from our coasts,just brilliant!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are some photos from this epic day.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xhTLnSuxokehNVuIeM5PYxrWjF89GRLO1SR3BSBF7mQo8F_XI_NspJ1hWMf0R-CJsveZ6A7iCI4Kq5AFqY1pdeVD7uxOr0PWaC5hazJgOa4tIwHoS1Qe9V2v_lXsSjwHS2D9Gs4XREq5AXpmw9lT4sXKUgn8krCOI68ebMc7NT7AZjJg7Ea-VDdYy32M/s4032/Aira%20Force,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xhTLnSuxokehNVuIeM5PYxrWjF89GRLO1SR3BSBF7mQo8F_XI_NspJ1hWMf0R-CJsveZ6A7iCI4Kq5AFqY1pdeVD7uxOr0PWaC5hazJgOa4tIwHoS1Qe9V2v_lXsSjwHS2D9Gs4XREq5AXpmw9lT4sXKUgn8krCOI68ebMc7NT7AZjJg7Ea-VDdYy32M/w360-h640/Aira%20Force,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-4.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Such A Lovely Setting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MS4dwZVypX-rK6KbHx5Q8-nUp49757Q2Xk2l3PZTkrT1Qx9Ev-09O6Qcrc6xn9n24dJWwN5XE8WYMPYgd_vH7vJ-YwuVt2_JzTb7r_BQCx1siGQD1OT7xdKp-9kqoE2HDssWKfgRxJnJHV1c7kYWv10T_jpvItW0RXH0N0fVwtGycbeDcEjC9hQGBCyY/s4032/Aira%20Beck,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MS4dwZVypX-rK6KbHx5Q8-nUp49757Q2Xk2l3PZTkrT1Qx9Ev-09O6Qcrc6xn9n24dJWwN5XE8WYMPYgd_vH7vJ-YwuVt2_JzTb7r_BQCx1siGQD1OT7xdKp-9kqoE2HDssWKfgRxJnJHV1c7kYWv10T_jpvItW0RXH0N0fVwtGycbeDcEjC9hQGBCyY/w640-h360/Aira%20Beck,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aira Beck.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7aDAO7JZrKfRopJyKrPqZ-eo2ez8GES4TnDwuhe1AjgVF56wGar90OMhvRS2AU_pR3gxsCe3tGbfS02_k8ypo7a58ZToxz0rrEOLdl1dbrH-6CqBSEm475Pg7oVoDcV_FFTyfIM9YeDBMsFIjiupBkb9GqvcJ6KBJNAe05vF9WZbU2uwBmG7jfEknkMH/s4032/Aira%20Beck,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7aDAO7JZrKfRopJyKrPqZ-eo2ez8GES4TnDwuhe1AjgVF56wGar90OMhvRS2AU_pR3gxsCe3tGbfS02_k8ypo7a58ZToxz0rrEOLdl1dbrH-6CqBSEm475Pg7oVoDcV_FFTyfIM9YeDBMsFIjiupBkb9GqvcJ6KBJNAe05vF9WZbU2uwBmG7jfEknkMH/w360-h640/Aira%20Beck,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-3.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More Amazing Views Along Aira Beck.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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Here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSPPC35FJ0kC7N2_RpLBuTzzKAaoK9o35WAPvclFc50OkFvniSc1NU0DRXgHiGmkJfakskHqvveW9q9_NAioMHLvNcGYzAydb1a8sXCFL0U68zsJjM4x6i6Mq_3PBzKeAnHZ2pYe8eI6Yqp5X7M1nY0d3FO5h83QyQTQ7vqE33rsKP1xyWtPra56u_Z3x/s4032/Gowbarrow%20Park,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSPPC35FJ0kC7N2_RpLBuTzzKAaoK9o35WAPvclFc50OkFvniSc1NU0DRXgHiGmkJfakskHqvveW9q9_NAioMHLvNcGYzAydb1a8sXCFL0U68zsJjM4x6i6Mq_3PBzKeAnHZ2pYe8eI6Yqp5X7M1nY0d3FO5h83QyQTQ7vqE33rsKP1xyWtPra56u_Z3x/w640-h360/Gowbarrow%20Park,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Beginning The Ascent Up Gowbarrow Fell,The Views Across To Ullswater Were Lovely.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-49284640373786228212023-11-08T13:59:00.001+00:002023-11-08T13:59:07.098+00:00Lake District Day 2.....Ravenglass & Muncaster Castle,Saturday 4th November 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another day in this beautiful area after a lovely sleep in the cabin,saw us heading out to firstly Ravenglass and then the stunning Muncaster Castle and area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the short journey along the A595 we arrived at the village of Ravenglass.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now this is not the prettiest place i have visited,but it has the added bonus of being the meeting point of three rivers as they reach the Irish sea,the rivers Irt,Mite and Esk and this in turn provides a great area for birding and wildlife.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The reason it was chosen in past history as a Roman naval base was the fact that these three rivers met here and in those days it was known as Itunocelum and it stationed the Cohors Prima Aelia Classica(First Cohort of Hadrian's Marines),so in other words it was Emperor Hadrian's navy,of Hadrian's Wall fame.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The only real ruins here are of the Roman baths,the finest surviving example left in the UK which date back to the 2nd century AD</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Romans occupied this area for some 300 years and the garrison housed 500 soldiers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway back to the birds,we managed to see a few nice species which included 2 wintering/late Greenshank feeding in the Esk,9 lovely Red-breasted Merganser,a Redhead Goosander and 6 Little Egret,not bad for an hour or so.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After our little walk,it was time to travel the mile back up the road to Muncaster Castle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This lovely castle which has been in the ownership of the Pennington family for almost 800 years,has some interesting history and it is said to be the most haunted building in Britain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But for me,the grounds and views across the fells towards Scafell Pike are just beautiful and the gardens are just stunning.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A few birds were seen while we walked around the gardens and unbelievably included a male Hen Harrier which i saw fly up from the River Esk valley below the castle and it then began to soar around before heading off north west.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After studying my pics it soon became apparent the bird had a radio tag on its back,these are fitted at the nest so the birds can be tracked as they are such a rare breeding species in the UK now and are heavily persecuted on Grouse Moors,which is totally illegal as they are protected by law.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have sent the photos and details to a friend who works for the RSPB Investigations Team and I'm awaiting details back.It will be interesting to see where it has travelled from.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After our lovely time at the castle,we travelled over to Ambleside for some tea before heading back to the cabin to relax.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpMNFVG6Er2xKmHya-kG92Xo0aHV8b1PMOFdBmHA7W0wX3CnaA2P5cGNUl2agUsUYFXCfx8yqa4zHt8IogncYSCSzakgSm1t1ArktaA9GWV2ugEpm2H9jEh_93yrckLcCuhjZ0AEIg7-Oaqgmk5FFCVweg0Fx7cXeH3f15mh-bSiGeUUQ3cnuAc8-mX62/s2976/Ravenglass,Cumbria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="2976" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpMNFVG6Er2xKmHya-kG92Xo0aHV8b1PMOFdBmHA7W0wX3CnaA2P5cGNUl2agUsUYFXCfx8yqa4zHt8IogncYSCSzakgSm1t1ArktaA9GWV2ugEpm2H9jEh_93yrckLcCuhjZ0AEIg7-Oaqgmk5FFCVweg0Fx7cXeH3f15mh-bSiGeUUQ3cnuAc8-mX62/w640-h430/Ravenglass,Cumbria.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Information Board At Ravenglass </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7f1SPolOIbYkwfrWjdEWXHYmSZmRuGTcW0T3SPuFo6qO8FBusK85Up_2lGr9qyXKoAe_Go1gcesJ08NS-ipofsZJroaLVIGwlL60F-l5sgymZKZOtr5VqaaNzTANfCt5r6oLoNAdlZ_hU6ZSmC-yK9aFUypNI7sPl-fw7SYlcKZIAXbY08j4OKQsaYQPm/s3838/Ravenglass,Cumbria-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="3838" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7f1SPolOIbYkwfrWjdEWXHYmSZmRuGTcW0T3SPuFo6qO8FBusK85Up_2lGr9qyXKoAe_Go1gcesJ08NS-ipofsZJroaLVIGwlL60F-l5sgymZKZOtr5VqaaNzTANfCt5r6oLoNAdlZ_hU6ZSmC-yK9aFUypNI7sPl-fw7SYlcKZIAXbY08j4OKQsaYQPm/w640-h302/Ravenglass,Cumbria-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Information About The Roman Baths.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHNeCN4dfCecbRub_-V54pKH1bmFmXE-1ki7RSQwIUurqiZ8UGnMgo6gwUUdAwNKqZtkhvM9fVUCZjp70aoqI1euY2r34LtwS6maPRme_j8XbTWV7wjjBerOLnscwb3zbDtbx7CTizU0Fr8biG-0GQ68I5xVaQwG4jDK0gnkjy6RQbX3S45PQQGzMqV5l/s3676/Roman%20Baths,Ravenglass,Cumbria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="3676" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHNeCN4dfCecbRub_-V54pKH1bmFmXE-1ki7RSQwIUurqiZ8UGnMgo6gwUUdAwNKqZtkhvM9fVUCZjp70aoqI1euY2r34LtwS6maPRme_j8XbTWV7wjjBerOLnscwb3zbDtbx7CTizU0Fr8biG-0GQ68I5xVaQwG4jDK0gnkjy6RQbX3S45PQQGzMqV5l/w640-h366/Roman%20Baths,Ravenglass,Cumbria.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Ruins Of The Roman Baths,Just Outside The Village.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WQoIMZEy9hS4P_wrSaKguQeM2Oo3ZkcUfuOkP9JPNq6B6cml3nFy5xtSbtIGxzZcgt3quolWcl7WI5ReqK3NcEta48NXm66xCjulEaNrX1oZMke8lYJ6juNmr4UlIRSjoYoEgU9ApZWSGsqZ25Y9rsz9xqmOKkC99_2i2lILgWVrRYzeFTimSPpZ8NxW/s4032/River%20Esk,Ravenglass,Cumbria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="4032" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WQoIMZEy9hS4P_wrSaKguQeM2Oo3ZkcUfuOkP9JPNq6B6cml3nFy5xtSbtIGxzZcgt3quolWcl7WI5ReqK3NcEta48NXm66xCjulEaNrX1oZMke8lYJ6juNmr4UlIRSjoYoEgU9ApZWSGsqZ25Y9rsz9xqmOKkC99_2i2lILgWVrRYzeFTimSPpZ8NxW/w640-h338/River%20Esk,Ravenglass,Cumbria.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part Of The Estuary And Where The River Esk Runs Into The Sea.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKCbXjQ3fa00c_BAcA6lwUFJE5nZEC3GFGUlm6mTVkzF6b8olQBwwpuA8bYMImFv9lllrPVSJus8m2d4N_k8aeT58XjhvP37c8AHP_Zei0iazdQ4RCCbra4wAHFufCJUg6xViHQzbAZWV15xwCMt_mDUlYESTYbU2b-dK7RDiJwQh5Aa0uyZhayFryVKQ/w640-h586/Male%20Hen%20Harrier,Muncaster%20Castle,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You Can Clearly See The Radio Tag On This Photo,With The Aerial.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-88989027283702700402023-11-06T15:00:00.002+00:002023-11-06T15:00:39.400+00:00Lake District Day One......Friday 3rd November 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After and early start this morning,Tracey and myself headed out on a few days away in the Lake District,we were staying in a lovely log cabin at Broughton Mills about 7 miles from Coniston.</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today's plan was to travel over to the Lakes and visit Wast Water first,before moving over to the cabin to unpack.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After stopping at the services near Lancaster on the way,we arrived at the stunning sight of Wast Water looking amazing in the morning sunshine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was really great to be back here visiting this amazing lake and seeing the stunning mountain scenery so close,particularly the towering Great Gable at the end of the lake,just fantastic!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As we walked a few birds encountered included a pair of 'Cronking' Ravens which passed by overhead,a fitting sighting for such impressive scenery.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying this fantastic start to our holiday we travelled over to our lovely cabin and un-packed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are my fave photos from our first day.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDl2ecFWtk2lZC5kLCgB7ZTIucvDUrmVh660ZoXZDVvaj7LCj7-ijEUptLP8n08SpbK_Be8REFlOFn9p92KZ139BLS9zCF0xkKHPX23DGmUuY2V6Ic7T0vJJFdRK-DioHraT6eNhRuRHxP7N1V2LLen4N3sZADwLwTB8Wd93-j6z3AamMClKUXXeevOPT/s4032/Wast%20Water,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" 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data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQczPzQ8YoTJLRdP9LmyhSpkkWh05uTewUb7wTlgqD8aI4YyfTaWPQFnESm5L13pGD45P1AfVNcxwIfInafBUtHwVOvVtMNe0nYVHwrR7sNJggbUOkQtiSKyJsHlQuivWFtAc2LRtnw1QeXMAqObIqN51ARpydjO6DNqC4w6u1z0CcRvQfjcmkN5uIkGv/w640-h360/Great%20Gable,Wast%20Water,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Huge Sight Of Great Gable.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfMsZm8lRmbkW080R3s8IGdiNYxHbAAE5CfH2bNhEWiycJcRf2wRf16e7l4vn8STDP-9Z1tosJa2eeOXrmx-pG6SSZyY-rBba7ddFUdzsTOBe9rdDlnAR7qoReJUZyA1Sc44_gDbtlpm2eL_YUl0kXH88oc3ngNRPw_uQIayhZdBCnxUIv4wsSQVB1dFL/s3840/Mr%20&%20Mrs%20R,Wast%20Water,Lake%20District%20National%20Park,Cumbria.jpg" imageanchor="1" 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conditions today for pushing seabirds up the estuary,saw me stuck at work until finishing at 1.30pm.After this i headed straight for the patch to see what i could find in the torrential rain and south easterly blast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On arrival at East Halton,i parked up at the Skitter and positioned the car so the rain didn't come in through the window.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First birds i set eyes on were incredibly,2 juvenile Long-tailed Skuas sat together on the Humber off the Skitter.i watched as they drifted along on the tide before i lost sight of them in the gloom,an amazing start!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then it was the turn of Little Gulls to entertain,as birds headed both north and south along the estuary,with some passing close by my position,giving some stunning views of this cracking little species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Birds of various ages were seen,including some cracking juveniles.In all a total of 22 flew north and 37 flew out south.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Next into the notebook were at least 6 Kittiwakes,with 2 juveniles heading south along the estuary and a juvenile and 3 adults heading north,a typical species to be encountered at this time of year and in these conditions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of Arctic Skuas were then seen heading out south,followed by 2 juvenile and a 2nd calendar year Gannet flying north and then 2 adults,2 3rd calendar years,juvenile and 2 2nd calendar year birds all heading out south.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The adult Gannets are the first i have seen on the patch for a long while,as adults rarely get blown up the estuary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other interesting sightings away from seabirds,went to a cracking Little Stint seen with a flock of Dunlin and a single Dark-bellied Brent Goose which flew north.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A very productive few hours,sadly cut short as the weather deteriorated.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Sunday 22nd</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">WEBS day today saw me meeting up with Jon and us having a good all day visit ,seeing some great birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We started proceedings at Winter's as always which was fairly quiet again,best of the sightings here went to 5 Goldeneye(1st W. drake and 4 females)and a good count of 16 little Grebe.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The marshes were alive with birds this morning though,now with the water levels building nicely and it wasn't long before i picked out some nice birds,a flock of Russian White-fronts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 4 birds,2 adults and 2 juveniles and it made me think about the birds last winter and the outside possibility that these two adults may have visited us before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">They gave some lovely views as they fed unconcernedly,loosely associating with the Greylag flock.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other bits on here included 3 Ruff,6 Pintail,a brief Short-eared Owl which was flushed by a passing Marsh Harrier and the now resident 3 Cattle Egret were still following the cattle around giving some nice views.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some good counts of Wildfowl and Waders here included 520 Wigeon,280 Teal,180 Lapwing,46 Black-tailed Godwit,153 Curlew and 24 Redshank making for some great viewing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After viewing the marshes we wandered up to the Skitter,seeing a hunting Peregrine over the marshes putting all the feeding waders and ducks up,the usual mayhem that they cause.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We then decided to walk along Skitter Road and back to Winter's which proved a pretty good decision as the first nice bird was a single Crossbill which flew west,followed by a Little Owl and Jay nearby and a Green Sand in a flooded field near The Grange.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After arriving back at Winter's,more scanning of the marshes before sundown saw some lovely afternoon light giving great conditions for looking for Owls,but none materialised unfortunately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">All was not lost though,as the lovely White-front family were still present along with the 2 Barnacle Geese and a first winter Med.Gull flew onto the Humber to roost.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A pretty decent count of 87 species were recorded today and just goes to show how good this patch is.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Sunday 29th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A dawn start at Winter's first thing saw a spectacular burning orange sunrise,so plenty of pictures were taken.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After this lovely start it was down to looking for our feathered friends and as on my last visit Winter's was fairly quiet,but the marshes were again alive with birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The best sightings went to the 3 Cattle Egret still in residence,9 Ruff,5 Pintail,a Kingfisher,2 Stonechat and a single Brambling which flew south.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Numbers of Wildfowl and Waders here included 246 Wigeon,161 Curlew,47 Dunlin,51 Redshank and a good count of 132 Black-tailed Godwit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As the tide dropped off i wandered up to the Skitter,watching the feeding waders and managing to get some cracking video of both Bar-tailed Godwit and Knot at pretty close range.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter two species were in pretty good numbers today with 11 of the former and 19 of the latter.Also around the Skitter area were a Peregrine,134 Avocet and 3 Water Rail which showed brilliantly allowing me to take some pleasing video.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A walk along Skitter Road saw a Jay being seen again at The Grange and a whopping flock of at least 700 Wood Pigeon in the area making for an impressive sight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On return to the marshes another good look for the previous weekend's White-fronts,saw them definitely not here,but the 2 Barnies were still around and the three Cattle Egret were roosting in the little wood at Winter's.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Spectacular Sunrise On The 29th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUx4v8SFjzz9QowuZVFCFPZ2QkeOFB-0QvgrxHlfrwQgk6GDwtP5gATfrn9X7F_ahNpLtj44bUm-f8Z_RuhUz0rS5l-MMM7YLSpV3Bphrs4mc2Si1Lp2QNGDoSwt01jw_cCfKMtxxBSrZoMnJAcIXGsVUW2SYTlzlbrKmOHvY0q3YC9XICz0QCHp1TKHEi/s4032/East%20Halton%20Sunrise,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUx4v8SFjzz9QowuZVFCFPZ2QkeOFB-0QvgrxHlfrwQgk6GDwtP5gATfrn9X7F_ahNpLtj44bUm-f8Z_RuhUz0rS5l-MMM7YLSpV3Bphrs4mc2Si1Lp2QNGDoSwt01jw_cCfKMtxxBSrZoMnJAcIXGsVUW2SYTlzlbrKmOHvY0q3YC9XICz0QCHp1TKHEi/w640-h360/East%20Halton%20Sunrise,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span 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Halton Skitter,29th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs75Tl1Hw7lq3s_vmspD4crIogJcjeAfb0Vizl17PZXcYsnTMgQun-mK9QuHU979IEXKhSEcpm2L2ky9jFGy7AjMAtVK-IF-IiY1AVV_GfrrfGPZCKI9aJgrFjQ6NUqtQ2-zAwjFMext8rvVLMLCIUTSMh6OJosLvHwOPlpOloGPHMghBslQhXazK6b5Fd/s4032/Skitter%20Road,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs75Tl1Hw7lq3s_vmspD4crIogJcjeAfb0Vizl17PZXcYsnTMgQun-mK9QuHU979IEXKhSEcpm2L2ky9jFGy7AjMAtVK-IF-IiY1AVV_GfrrfGPZCKI9aJgrFjQ6NUqtQ2-zAwjFMext8rvVLMLCIUTSMh6OJosLvHwOPlpOloGPHMghBslQhXazK6b5Fd/w360-h640/Skitter%20Road,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Skitter Road Near The Grange On The 29th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ezA4xKRzva0" width="609" youtube-src-id="ezA4xKRzva0"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K7LZGRpNhXA" width="607" youtube-src-id="K7LZGRpNhXA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0UCd3V0MIGc" width="609" youtube-src-id="0UCd3V0MIGc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe 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continued presence of the 1st winter male Red-headed Bunting still at North Marsh at Flamborough and the added bonus of some other tasty eastern migrants,today's destination was an easy one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I got up bright and early and made my way over to Flamborough for first light and to meet up with Tim and Arash for a top day's birding at this superb site.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As it got light and we paid for our parking for the day,our destination to start was to go and see the Red-headed Bunting over at North Marsh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As we walked a few migrants were arriving and included a handful of Fieldfare,Blackbirds and Woodcock,the latter giving superb views as they arrived in off the sea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Eventually we made it around to where the Bunting has been spending the last week in hedgerows and adjacent stubble near to North Marsh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bird was seen straight away,although partially hidden all the time we watched it,but you could see its pale plumage,with a yellowish wash to the rump,biggish-almost Corn Bunting like head,with large bill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bird is in heavy moult and isn't the smartest rarity i have seen to be fair,but a new species for me all the same.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is potentially a second record for Britain and obviously a first for Yorkshire of this far eastern breeding species of Bunting and was a solid start to our visit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We then headed back towards the lighthouse to the superb news that the previous day's Two-barred Greenish Warbler was still present along with a Pallas's and Dusky Warbler for good measure!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We played it cool though and looked for migrants on our walk back,seeing a lovely pair of Northern Bullfinch around the Golf Course Willows,2 Continental Coal Tits,several newly arrived Goldcrest which fed inches away from us and overhead a chunky Mealy Redpoll passed us by.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We then walked over to where the other star birds where getting some nice views of the Dusky Warbler as it made its way around the undergrowth below the lighthouse compound,giving that tongue clicking 'Teck' call,my first since the bird i found on my local patch at Goxhill in November 2020.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Next was another real rarity like the Bunting,but not quite as rare,the very smart Two-barred Greenish Warbler.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To say this bird showed well was an understatement,giving point blank views allowing all to get some fantastic views of this far eastern species and take in the birds identification features.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is my second sighting of the species,after a bird i saw at Spurn in October 2021.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Amazing to think that this little bird hatched as a chick this year in Northern Mongolia/Manchuria or Southern Siberia and is now off course some 3500 miles from its natal area.The species winters in South Eastern Asia,so is a long way from home,a similar area to the Red-headed Bunting and Dusky Warbler.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Final goodie and for me the star of the show today,was a gorgeous Pallas's Warbler,it was watched in relatively the same area as the Two-barred and was seen by some,feeding close to it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These have always been a favourite species of mine and it was really great to reacquaint myself with this gorgeous siberian visitor,a real pleasure to see,with its seven stripes and primrose yellow rump.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the lovely Siberian visitors we had some lunch and then went for a wander around the area to see if we could find any other notable species to add to our already amazing day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The best we managed to add were 5 lovely Purple Sandpiper observed feeding along the low water mark,below the seawatching shelter,several Red-throated Diver and a flock of 35 Common Scoter which flew south offshore.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a cracking day out today at this brilliant place to bird,a real privilege to visit again!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzcy5zdrDvwHQMJUjIEgpSKcrnNxsf61a87HCZov0ncfFk4sdxwOoilruBd_VD6codyhiviBnCbga44dtUgcHNTiMljgZwhnnd5HvqUaMbyvvspFPthq9r7YnAqIycMqHDuo3hggf4m4vb5uDaUmxuO2kIm2SxPCjYTarTNA_8TPoGY52x4XmgTq72Bq-/s4032/Flamborough%20Head,East%20Yorkshire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 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Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-50501118972063249562023-10-19T18:59:00.005+01:002023-10-27T14:31:46.251+01:00Local Patching Update - Yankee Wader First etc. - 23rd September & 14th/15th October 2023.<p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 23rd September</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An early start for a change today,saw me parking the car on the floodbank near Winter's Pond and spending some time watching the estuary from here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As it got light the first Pink-footed Geese began leaving their roost site on Cherry Cobb Sand in Yorkshire and headed over to East Halton for the day to feed on a harvested stubble field.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A decent count of 2419 birds left the roost and a further 615 birds joined them during the day making for a decent 3034 birds counted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The sight and sound of them overhead is so special to me,what lovely birds they are.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In amongst the flocks of Pinks was a single Barnacle Goose and add to this 475 Greylag and 41 Canada Geese feeding in the same area,it made for a very 'Goosey' start to the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A nice collection of Ducks were on Winter's,with 54 Shoveler counted,41 Teal,24 Wigeon and 10 Pintail observed in the area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other species observed on Winter's included 14 Little Grebe,15 Coot and a single Little Egret.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the bushes around Winter's 43 Linnet,2 Bullfinch,2 Goldcrest and 11 Chiffchaff were recorded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A watch from the floodbank saw a single Common Tern fly out south and an adult and juvenile Arctic Tern head north and then out south later.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After spending some time around Winter's i moved up to the Skitter to see if i could find something nice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The best of it went to a single Wheatear feeding along the floodbank and in the outfall area,2 Common Sandpiper,3 Little Egret,22 Knot,5 Bar-tailed Godwit,16 Avocet and a flock of 101 Stock Dove on the fields nearby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another look back up at Winter's before i travelled home,saw a cracking juvenile Hobby watched hawking dragonflies and i wished it a safe journey to Africa.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday October 14th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An incredible day of local patching today saw me starting on the floodbank at first light to count the Pinks coming out of the roost on Cherry Cobb as part of the synchronised Icelandic Goose Survey on the Estuary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An incredible 8128 birds were counted today,blowing my previous counts out of the water and even more incredible was the amazing number on the whole Estuary being a whopping 56800 birds an all time record count.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This species seems to be going from strength to strength and long may it continue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While watching the Pinks,a lovely Merlin flew across the Estuary from Yorkshire and headed across the fields towards East Halton village,my first here for several months.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter's was fairly quiet today,with 4 female Goldeneye being the only highlight,so i returned to the floodbank to watch the outgoing tide.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It wasn't long before i got onto another good bird and it was a species i hadn't seen here for many years,a Razorbill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I watched as this juvenile drifted slowly out on the tide,a really useful year tick and great to catch up with.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This was followed by a single intermediate plumaged juvenile Arctic Skua which flew north.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A wander up to the Skitter proved fruitful with some nice birds being seen,with the main highlight being 3 Cattle Egret watched at some distance feeding amongst the cattle on the marshes,another great species to catch up with and still pretty rare here it has to be said.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">More niceties around the Skitter included 3 Ruff which flew south,4 Knot,15 Bar-tailed Godwit,59 Curlew and a stunning adult Peregrine which put the frighteners up the local waders scattering them in all directions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Away from the waders and beautiful Falcon,a Wheatear fed along the seawall and i then came across 2 Coal Tits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter is pretty rare on the patch and after studying my photos,it was apparent that these birds were of the 'Continental' race Ater,identifiable by their greyer mantles and little tufty crest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today was really turning into one of those amazing patch days!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some prolonged scanning of the marshes saw me picking up a cracking Red Kite as it thermalled its way south high up,another year tick along with a lovely adult male Marsh Harrier.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Next sightings of note were a couple of flocks of Whooper Swans involving 5 birds on the marshes,8 which flew into Winter's and another 17 which flew south,just great to see and hear,my first of the autumn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A few flocks of Pinks were moving about over the fields and i managed to pick up 2 Barnacle Geese and a stunning Bar-headed Goose in amongst the 8000 throng,the latter obviously an escapee from somewhere.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As time was getting on now,i decided to drive around to Winter's and look on the marshes to see if any Owl's were going to hunt before dusk,when a lovely Great-white Egret flew slowly past me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While i was watching the Egret a small wader shot past me and landed on the first pool.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I got the scope on it to see long primaries,short black bill and scalloped upperparts,sh#t a Baird's Sand!!!!!,but then for no reason it was gone and flying to the pools further down the marshes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I could see in the distance that the pools had loads of Geese and at least 5 Whooper Swans,but i had to try and relocate the Baird's.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I walked towards the pools and the Yank flew onto the next pool,then all hell broke loose as all the Swans and Geese took off,the Baird's then flew again and was heading for the Humber,crap!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The birding gods were smiling on me though thankfully and the bird flew back in and landed on the third pool.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I moved in and quickly got some video to aid with any description i would have to write up later and then began watching it through the scope,when all of a sudden it began calling and flew off north towards the Skitter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately i had to leave but let GPC and Jon know about my find and put it out on the Bird Information services,but stated the bird had flown off north and would be looked for in the morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To put things into context,this is the first record of this North American species for my local patch and only the 7th record for Lincolnshire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As i left Winter's there were 13 lovely Whooper Swans bathing on the main lake...........What a day,it took a good hour or so to relax after,but what an amazing day,if Carlsberg did birding days.......</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Sunday 15th October</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After dropping Mrs R at work it was down to the patch and meeting up with Jon and then GPC and we walked onto the marshes checking the first pool and nothing,then Graham saw a small wader bomb past us,a quick check and sure enough it was the Baird's.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We crept up to it and then watched it for a good 25 minutes as it showed really well allowing some chances to study the bird and get some nice video and photos,before no apparent reason it began preening,stretched its wings and it was off again calling with that distinct 'Prrreet' which it repeated three times as it headed for the Humber.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We then spent a large amount of the day attempting to re-locate the star bird with no luck for us anyway,but still managed some great sightings in the form of another 4 Whooper Swans,the 3 Cattle Egret on the marshes,2 Great-white Egret on the marshes and a late Common Sandpiper along the floodbank between Winter's and the Skitter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A Redhead Goosander also flew north.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other goodies during the day included a Short-eared Owl and juvvie Peregrine over the marshes,10+ Common Buzzard,8 Bearded Tit along the edge of the marshes,4 Stonechat and a patch first for Herons with Great-white Egret,Cattle Egret,Little Egret and Grey Heron all being seen on the same day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a amazing few visits with the year list nicely boosted and the patch life list with another species added,what a really great 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auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GxHypKdryKkor0SP82ZRyjfIXmF-1shNc6p24lSS6gp84SE-XK05Cp4dtBKo336c8ij87UztmGbx1e-CB3QmWnLGKZqZgZU009rbBNNwUGG3exrEH2EEl4tbnRaMPGdWZcRMMgHNdqyp0jFeGJJYiwOjbsokeG-ZdDoXCQV0Fs9wFI7w_RPnBIo_ukJ1/s3410/Comma,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3410" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GxHypKdryKkor0SP82ZRyjfIXmF-1shNc6p24lSS6gp84SE-XK05Cp4dtBKo336c8ij87UztmGbx1e-CB3QmWnLGKZqZgZU009rbBNNwUGG3exrEH2EEl4tbnRaMPGdWZcRMMgHNdqyp0jFeGJJYiwOjbsokeG-ZdDoXCQV0Fs9wFI7w_RPnBIo_ukJ1/w640-h564/Comma,East%20Halton%20Skitter,Lincolnshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Comma,East Halton Skitter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/osBb8WBUerI" width="618" youtube-src-id="osBb8WBUerI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsDThfYKeqo" width="628" youtube-src-id="fsDThfYKeqo"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-84580636288770231062023-10-13T16:42:00.009+01:002023-10-13T16:42:47.404+01:00Frampton Wader Fest,Sunday 8th October 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">With the prospect of 3 wader species from America on offer,today's visit to Frampton Marsh RSPB was a no brainer and i travelled south through the Lincolnshire Wolds to my destination.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On arrival at Frampton,i expected it to be pretty busy,so parked in the overflow car park and got the kit together for my day at this superb reserve.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While walking along the path towards the 360 hide i enjoyed some lovely close views of a Great-white Egret,still an uncommon species locally to me and it was great to soak up the views.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First target was the juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper,but after an aborted attempt to view Middle Scrape from the 360 hide,i had to make do with a group of other observers to view the scrapes from the adjacent pathway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a while i located the bird,but it wasn't close and i took in the birds features as it spent most of its time feeding away from the main flock in drier areas of mud.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This was only my second Semi-p after a bird which Neil Drinkall expertly found at Alkborough Flats in August 2010 and thus becomes Lincolnshire's 3rd county record.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bird gave us all a bit of a runaround today,due to the flock being occasionally flushed by raptors and i never did get any close,close views as some had from the 360 hide.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While scanning through the wader flocks it was great to enjoy some superb views of at least 8 juvenile Little Stints,at least 3 Curlew Sandpiper,Greenshank,Spotted Redshank and the commoner species.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Eventually we got some nice views of American wader number 2,the very elegant Lesser Yellowlegs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I attempted to try and take some video of the bird,but it was always in the edge of the scrape and most of the time behind vegetation,but some lovely views were gained of the bird,my 4th in the county after a bird was seen at Bagmoor Lake in 2012.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying some views of the Lesser Legs,it was onto the floodbank for the 3rd species of 'Yank' for the day,the Buff-breasted Sandpiper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On arrival at it's chosen area,we found it feeding in amongst the salicornia and it gave impeccable views,what a lovely species these are and for me certainly the star of the show today.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Its amazing to think these three American species have travelled at least 3,000 miles to arrive on our shores,a mean feat for any bird.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was the 21st species of wader for the day for me personally,which is impressive indeed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A bonus flyby of a Glossy Ibis happened while we were watching the lovely Buff-breast and added to the already excellent list of species seen during the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We watched as the bird briefly touched down on the wet grassland before doing a couple of circuits and then headed off South West towards Norfolk.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The sheer numbers of species here on this reserve really is down to the fantastic work the RSPB team do in keeping the site in tip top condition and they really should be congratulated and it is certainly worth every penny of my membership!.</span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cy_PuCX-iTk" width="571" youtube-src-id="cy_PuCX-iTk"></iframe></div><p></p><p> </p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-83360619316597089362023-09-30T11:29:00.005+01:002023-09-30T11:29:47.838+01:00Sandsend To Runswick Bay,Sunday 24th September 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A welcome day off together today saw Tracey and myself heading to the lovely North Yorkshire coast to complete a section of the Cleveland Way we had yet to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the journey up through the Moors it was firstly raining and then thick fog,but as we arrived at Sandsend the weather was beginning to brighten.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now for people who are not so mobile,this walk is a no no,as there are several sections of steep steps,particularly at Runswick Bay before you head down to the beach there and it probably involves a few hundred.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But on the plus side the area has some fantastic views and history,with the old Alum mine at Deepgrove Wyke and at Kettleness point.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There is also a fantastic area at Deepgrove Wyke where you can traverse the footpath down to the beach as we did at low tide and there are some fantastic views of the amazing Jurassic rock formations and old Jet mining.There is also a little waterfall here as well,but again beware,the climb up is pretty steep and can be slippery in places.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Runswick Bay is for me a lovely little place,think of Robin Hoods Bay in miniature,but with 80% less people,which for me was a big plus!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some nice birds seen during the day included a cracking juvenile Arctic Skua chasing Terns in Runswick bay,at least 5 Arctic Terns resting on the beach at Sandsend and a couple of lovely Grey Wagtail here as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a lovely walk and day today,we really love the North Yorkshire coast.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpseTADlmZNdktKklZTK0Vs7BcKHgDR46LjI4edLH3KRCwXqrjcHLOijV_cxA45rel8bUTkZjLvwvLQY21NW6HaOBkrh7T7CHLTNb7ddlt8qTfAVrWrrLiHCAilo4WCNU5ShkC9qzjK3azY7RDfacITwRSer_GfxCAf8-bBkLkUcTWRZmvRkJdyzv2qBIu/s4032/Sandsend,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpseTADlmZNdktKklZTK0Vs7BcKHgDR46LjI4edLH3KRCwXqrjcHLOijV_cxA45rel8bUTkZjLvwvLQY21NW6HaOBkrh7T7CHLTNb7ddlt8qTfAVrWrrLiHCAilo4WCNU5ShkC9qzjK3azY7RDfacITwRSer_GfxCAf8-bBkLkUcTWRZmvRkJdyzv2qBIu/w640-h360/Sandsend,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandsend At The Start Of The Day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6ayuDMVH5DOPGQz2c7-Cxv7InyDaq2YFE3bZpN03HyPeIXWKCVog6VsSDsNalzg5Hv2qC6-13Bujj3hEs-GjIhc4Tk5mc7UqjRCl4ETr8uq1VeY258f3oh4dU156q_yTcZ0ij1KGw8bYViXeYeLLZaH6mofbYZQxiykXB5b5u1ZDIdLeiuxUJinxLLT8/s4032/Sandsend,North%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6ayuDMVH5DOPGQz2c7-Cxv7InyDaq2YFE3bZpN03HyPeIXWKCVog6VsSDsNalzg5Hv2qC6-13Bujj3hEs-GjIhc4Tk5mc7UqjRCl4ETr8uq1VeY258f3oh4dU156q_yTcZ0ij1KGw8bYViXeYeLLZaH6mofbYZQxiykXB5b5u1ZDIdLeiuxUJinxLLT8/w640-h360/Sandsend,North%20Yorkshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCr1kkrF-GAyEIBWGTvN8Cud2nW03kqf4NiwWxCrNgyGyNgG4chGbQj2VVEyH8SZjTCSB3VZ8sG0eZuE8ndi37P3gIcoHr1pMcU7Riyl4JtMv54uwXJEaFmwMuBQGKOWKR_oGSdzARdjZ-HfZukdzW3gCQlrHSQaMHONITJlS9cr4NY6YxDgNMLDROQ-88/s4032/Deepgrove%20Alum%20Quarry,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCr1kkrF-GAyEIBWGTvN8Cud2nW03kqf4NiwWxCrNgyGyNgG4chGbQj2VVEyH8SZjTCSB3VZ8sG0eZuE8ndi37P3gIcoHr1pMcU7Riyl4JtMv54uwXJEaFmwMuBQGKOWKR_oGSdzARdjZ-HfZukdzW3gCQlrHSQaMHONITJlS9cr4NY6YxDgNMLDROQ-88/w640-h360/Deepgrove%20Alum%20Quarry,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Old Alum Quarry At Deepgrove Wyke.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 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Wyke.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlCkhIRNOGvSF7X8uGnQITOUdMscILQDv7Dv7-IkAFBPqO7Duf0bcPp-gG9c_gn2_wI6IqaURTtW0CVOdXD9UMwnDqc1QwzQBDqIR94maZZF2JfL6zBCh5Bjui2gFywLNNrVXci0zI7KkRIJGoRa8unthMfoeVWD_ChJMjRdSJ0Z6cWtQZyUoL8xga3N3/s4032/Deepgrove%20Wyke,North%20Yorkshire-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlCkhIRNOGvSF7X8uGnQITOUdMscILQDv7Dv7-IkAFBPqO7Duf0bcPp-gG9c_gn2_wI6IqaURTtW0CVOdXD9UMwnDqc1QwzQBDqIR94maZZF2JfL6zBCh5Bjui2gFywLNNrVXci0zI7KkRIJGoRa8unthMfoeVWD_ChJMjRdSJ0Z6cWtQZyUoL8xga3N3/w640-h360/Deepgrove%20Wyke,North%20Yorkshire-4.jpg" width="640" 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Steel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q6r1Z362KqOnidMb9OsJzYrc7wVxOGE0OCcksSmBob6vpiFDH2KZAGOWTS0lMt7qTFB8TytgHQIqNB05xKy9widi7ZIrF14pfX77Qp5OAJOghWVshhBbM4Oa67FNRnSYnvwtj5GBCkhcujhJ5NPlpgOLqiLMY8XnmWOmfh6uVclu4-e46m2d50TAsaEA/s4032/Kettleness%20Sand,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q6r1Z362KqOnidMb9OsJzYrc7wVxOGE0OCcksSmBob6vpiFDH2KZAGOWTS0lMt7qTFB8TytgHQIqNB05xKy9widi7ZIrF14pfX77Qp5OAJOghWVshhBbM4Oa67FNRnSYnvwtj5GBCkhcujhJ5NPlpgOLqiLMY8XnmWOmfh6uVclu4-e46m2d50TAsaEA/w640-h360/Kettleness%20Sand,North%20Yorkshire.jpg" width="640" 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Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-39360210944920420152023-09-22T16:44:00.003+01:002023-09-22T16:44:25.804+01:00Local Patch Update,26th August,7th & 16th September 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A cracking few visits to the local birding patch at East Halton,with some great birds recorded which included a new species for the patch on 16th September in the form of a cracking juvenile White-winged black Tern at East Halton Skitter.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 26th August</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An early start today at Winter's as always saw a few nice birds at dawn which included 2 Green sands before they departed high to the west.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the main lake the welcome sight of my first Wigeon of the autumn period saw two females happily feeding in amongst the other Wildfowl present.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other species consisted of 17 Tufties,4 Gadwall,285 Mallard,17 Teal,14 Little Grebe,Great-crested Grebe,17 Coot,4 Moorhen and 135 Greylags.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A scan from the floodbank over the Humber revealed a flock of 35 Common Scoter loafing on the water on the outgoing tide.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It looked like there were a considerable amount of waders present this morning,with the majority looking like they were Avocets.A quick trip up to the Skitter saw me counting the largest flock of Avo's on the patch to date with a whopping count of 535 birds.This was an impressive sight indeed was great to see with plenty of juveniles in amongst the throng.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other waders around the Skitter saw 2 Grey Plover,6 Ringed Plover,1 Bar-tailed Godwit,4 Common Sands and a good count of 177 Redshank.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also at the Skitter,a single juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was seen and a cracking,fresh,autumn plumaged male Wheatear.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The lone Pink-footed Goose was also still here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back up at Winter's a few Hirundines were present and included 7 Sand Martin,3 House Martin and a good total of 162 Swallows had flown north along the Estuary during the morning.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Thursday 7th September</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A later start than normal today after dropping Mrs R at work,saw me starting proceedings as normal at Winter's Pond.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After getting the gear together a quick look on the main lake saw 2 lovely juvenile Spotted Redshank roosting with the handful of Icelanders,a great start and the first sighting of the year of the species for the patch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This site certainly has been good for the species,with me seeing at least one bird here in the last 4 years in autumn,no doubt associating with the Black-tailed Godwits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Wader wise on here also were two juvenile Little-ringed Plover,always a nice species to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on the main lake,some winter visitors had arrived in the form of single Pintail and the 2 Wigeon from my previous visit had now increased to 38 birds,a lovely sight and sound to hear the males whistling calls again,a welcome feature here in the autumn and winter months.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A scan from the floodbank had me picking up two distant Sandwich Terns,another new for the year species for me here,as they flew out south towards Killingholme.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The rest of the visit was fairly quiet,much quieter than 26th August.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Saturday 16th September</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today just had a good feel about it with a clammy east-south easterly wind at dawn which became variable later and i thought to myself that there will be something good on the Humbertoday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Not long after Jon and myself had got our gear together and began to scan the main lake at Winter's we were welcomed by the lovely sound of Pink-footed Geese,with birds coming over from Yorkshire and heading onto the marshes and nearby fields to feed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was just great to have these lovely birds back again and they really do epitomise the winter birding scene here for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 324 birds were counted,a good start for the first sighting of the autumn period.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on Winter's were 502 Greylag,31 Canada Geese,8 Wigeon,1 Pintail,121 Mallard and 21 Shoveler.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As we arrived at the floodbank we began to scan the estuary and first goodie was a year tick in the form of a single Guillemot,a decent start.This was quickly followed by a duo of cracking juvenile Grey Wagtail and we watched as they fed along the shoreline when another flew overhead north,a good count for here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Next goodie was a single 1st winter Med Gull which flew towards the Skitter in a good movement of Common Gulls up the estuary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">More scanning and i then picked a juvenile Arctic Skua heading north from our position,a new species for the year here for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today was turning into one of those brilliant visits,but better was to come.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jon headed off towards the Skitter to carry out his WEBS count along Goxhill Marsh and i carried on near Winter's carrying out my WEBS count.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A single juvenile Gannet was then picked up heading out south,being followed sometime later by another and then a single Little-ringed Plover flew north and a Green Sandpiper was seen on the marshes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jon then messaged me to say he had seen 3 Wheatear at the Skitter,so i wandered up there as the tide began to drop off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was scanning the Godwits which were building up in good numbers as they left their high tide roost at Killingholme Haven,when i picked up a Marsh Tern feeding at the outfall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To my eyes it looked like a White-winged Black,with a gleaming white rump,grey tail sides and brown mantle and i hurriedly got nearer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sure enough it was what i suspected and it began to mob the Godwits before heading out further from the bankside and north out into the estuary.More features were noted with the pale grey wings contrasting well with the mantle,little ear covert spots,partial dark cap and tiny black bill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I rang Jon but he just could not get onto it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To put this into context,this is the first record for my local patch and the 217th species i have seen here and continues the good run of scarce and rare species i have recorded along here since 2017.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the excitement of the Tern,i hung around the Skitter watching the now 3460 strong flock of Icelandic Black-tails,hoping the Tern may return,but it didn't sadly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">More nice sightings here though consisted of 6 Common Sandpiper,15 Knot,7 Bar-tailed Godwit and 253 Teal flew north.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull spent some time around the outfall before flying out into the estuary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A steady wander back to Winter's with Jon,saw me catching up with 2 of his Wheatear which are always a pleasure to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well what a cracking day,1 new patch species and 5 year ticks,this patch is just outstanding!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK7w9fFbxigwDF6UupaB9oZoVUFOAJv-71cXpHH1uL1i_gOQ-iQ_99O95acttvhnhdQX45uoXhcWPsz9PylOmVcftYl_QPY9xMdAFH38yCVaUgColw9fe_Xq1NZRkQYwqwKrQ3_EEaSjkcu89RJfHl5yM9yVrUsfIuukJu6sU2J5gKQ1r_HzJOOoZ7Wfp/s4032/Sunrise%20Over%20The%20Humber,East%20Halton,Lincolnshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" 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style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-68069924503930342023-09-19T18:52:00.007+01:002023-09-19T18:55:02.412+01:00Hartington - Beresford Dale - Wolfscote Dale - Biggin Dale - Hartington Circular - Sunday 17th September 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">decent forecast today saw Tracey,Clara and myself travelling over to the lovely village of Hartington in the White Peak area of the Peak District National Park to complete a circular walk which takes in the three dales of Beresford,Wolfscote and Biggin Dale.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To be honest the scenery was very impressive and reminded me a lot of the limestone scenery in the Yorkshire Dales with the craggy outcrops,scree slopes,caves and hills,just beautiful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We managed to see some excellent birds on today's visit too with Dipper,Kingfisher,2 Grey Wagtail and an incredibly tame juvenile Grey Heron along the River Dove and overhead on the walk back to Hartington from Biggin Dale,1 Red Kite,a male Peregrine and 5 Raven.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This walk really is a cracker and is definitely a 10/10.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying the walk and some lovely lunch in the local pub,we travelled over the short distance to Ilam Park and spent a few hours there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A nice find while wandering around the parkland,was a lovely Leucozona glaucia Hoverfly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are my fave photos from this super day out.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRKgCWCYMXWm19MkLtFylATFkyhnTImX-XjmVQ-XsKLmH9W63E6UGmBE8LhCY47oQVPquy9UhxW1iXqGrZne3sSW0S-lEwVtR3mB9m6mk62TA1f-_bRkeQ567KZGsT9vS0bv2sIKEwvaxNrx8OGaS6HLQOD1I8JZcO96OgAtMvGRtRjitP6dyWj1NC1M6/s4032/Ilam%20Park,Derbyshire-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRKgCWCYMXWm19MkLtFylATFkyhnTImX-XjmVQ-XsKLmH9W63E6UGmBE8LhCY47oQVPquy9UhxW1iXqGrZne3sSW0S-lEwVtR3mB9m6mk62TA1f-_bRkeQ567KZGsT9vS0bv2sIKEwvaxNrx8OGaS6HLQOD1I8JZcO96OgAtMvGRtRjitP6dyWj1NC1M6/w640-h360/Ilam%20Park,Derbyshire-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ilam Park And The River Manifold.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDywgzroewesITMeTkVl_dpxzpfF0nWhCssBbhWHyZJqNfF3kNFWNCG1f3CcSD6x-L0d_e9DuD9zM-god9j9oXISZfp7imH-K-W5IpZtwNZWEQuMiAbz0bEqyzm_7OW3ye41-O1jbeMQd75zEIwA4hzIhdQevjjpxcvKo0B1aBavb9eT_fxpQqMV5T6dbH/s1815/Leucozona%20glaucia,Ilam%20Park,Derbyshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1815" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDywgzroewesITMeTkVl_dpxzpfF0nWhCssBbhWHyZJqNfF3kNFWNCG1f3CcSD6x-L0d_e9DuD9zM-god9j9oXISZfp7imH-K-W5IpZtwNZWEQuMiAbz0bEqyzm_7OW3ye41-O1jbeMQd75zEIwA4hzIhdQevjjpxcvKo0B1aBavb9eT_fxpQqMV5T6dbH/w640-h546/Leucozona%20glaucia,Ilam%20Park,Derbyshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone Pic Of A Lovely Leucozona glaucia,At Ilam Park.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrinGecG3Df7biCKbnlnnXNVACZJMKg9uSDIC-Ov_F5abAIBvPm6mgJDzpbiwu3SgfnCgbVT4yK50azkYQyBqlrnFpFB8j3kzvps4nwBgbVtyXL753H7fRAmYsgwtRZHM3LqjUY4Stm6Xj65ABN8_HaWYC6GvkkZGsAuI8xWgqex_ydIP_cFhe4OaqMXJ/s4032/Ilam%20Park,Derbyshire.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrinGecG3Df7biCKbnlnnXNVACZJMKg9uSDIC-Ov_F5abAIBvPm6mgJDzpbiwu3SgfnCgbVT4yK50azkYQyBqlrnFpFB8j3kzvps4nwBgbVtyXL753H7fRAmYsgwtRZHM3LqjUY4Stm6Xj65ABN8_HaWYC6GvkkZGsAuI8xWgqex_ydIP_cFhe4OaqMXJ/w640-h360/Ilam%20Park,Derbyshire.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ilam Park.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a 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style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-202578731407647792023-09-18T18:27:00.003+01:002023-09-18T18:27:29.779+01:00Brown Booby,Filey Bay & Teesmouth,4th & 10th September 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After receiving news from Tim that a Brown Booby had been found off Flamborough and sat on the sea there i didn't think that next day after getting home from Snowdonia that i would get a second bite at the cherry so to speak.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As often happens i seem to time my holidays right and Monday 4th happened exactly like that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A quick look on Birdguides as i got up had me collecting my birding gear rather quickly and disappearing quickly over the Humber and heading for North Yorkshire!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The previous days Brown Booby had been photographed resting on Filey Brigg and had been thankfully re-located on the sea off Hunmanby Gap,so that is the direction i headed in at a rapid rate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As the tide was going out i thought the bird may drift south,so i headed for Reighton.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I arrived to not another birder in sight.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I made my way down to the sea and began to scan seeing a distant brown blob,that must be it i thought to myself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a timely meeting with Andy Malley at Reighton,he had a message saying the bird was showing well off Primrose Valley,so that's where i went next.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Within five minutes i was watching my first Brown Booby.......get in!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I watched as the bird drifted about on the tide for a good twenty minutes or so before it took to the wing flying straight for me,getting cracking views in the scope,with the pale face and bill really standing out from the brown body and as it flew past side on the white underparts really contrasted well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It looked obviously smaller than a Gannet with a curious stiff winged flight action and a really long,spiky tail giving it a very distinctive jizz.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It then landed with a feeding flock of Gulls,which didn't really go down well with them and they briefly chased it and it settled further away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It then flew again towards Bempton and that is the last i saw of it that day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Fast forward to the 7th September and the bird was seen flying north at Filey Brigg,then at Long Nab near Scarborough,before it stopped off briefly at Whitby before being seen off Sandsend,then Cowbar and finally South Gare in Teesmouth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bird then settled into a pattern of being seen off North and South Gare and stayed in the area,so Tracey and myself decided to go and see the bird again,so that Trace could add the species to her life list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So an early start on the 10th saw us heading north and after our journey along the A1 and A621 we arrived at South Gare.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A quick chat to some guys watching for the bird and they said it had flown off,but i quickly got onto the bird in flight as it was chased by a Herring Gull briefly,it then flew out into the mouth of the Estuary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">About ten minutes later it was relocated sat on a buoy off the South Gare lighthouse,so that is where we all headed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sure enough the bird was sat on the buoy and we settled down to watch it as it preened,albeit at some distance,but it was great for Trace to be able to see this cracker.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After enjoying some nice views of the bird we headed south to Whitby to spend the rest of our day there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Booby is obviously our first sightings of the species and a new bird for Yorkshire and a most welcome and surprising one at that.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="342" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZacrgfDY49I" width="592" youtube-src-id="ZacrgfDY49I"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Steve's Birding & Wildlife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00141230739480756396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3084495257276680916.post-67258999600944891402023-09-15T16:19:00.004+01:002023-09-15T16:19:56.635+01:00Stunning Snowdonia,Sunday 3rd September 2023.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of days away with Mrs R saw us having a fantastic day in the Snowdonia National Park visiting beautiful Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass and finishing the day at Betws-y-Coed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are my fave photos from this brilliant day in this fantastic part of the world and one which i have much love for.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7SiTI8f45CCN_y-5vF2XwGyUM9eqWKWA3bAoDhV9xzY7uA4kkv5UAK_3iRcWoGu1cOXyfAzYNZEsNZFcaw7-zrvlnReCFl6AFvT6HzmOdXoC21j59_ojU58vTL8QjMJ2k210VzMKewvmEKCY_c815ypbCvpSoDWe3QxfoaF7V7ici_gjVOWq7H3yPjqB/s4032/Plas%20Gwynant,Snowdonia%20National%20Park-2-SharpenAI-Focus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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