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A couple of days out on the coast with my first stop at Filey, hoping to see the Snow Buntings that had been seen here for a few days, but it wasn’t to be. The highlights today for me were Great Northern Diver, Kestrel, Oystercatcher, Shag, Sparrowhawk and Turnstone

Birds Seen : Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Great Northern Diver, Herring Gull, Kestrel, Magpie, Kestrel, Magpie, Meadow Pipit, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Redshank, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Shag, Sparrowhawk, Turnstone (14)

Kestrel

Pied Wagtail

A major day at Old Moor today, but all so brief, with a first on site of a Yellow-browed Warbler, located in the children’s playground the day before, still on site when I got there. With a wait of about 20 minutes before it finally showed, lasting all but a couple of minutes, and views that didn’t give a photo opportunity, before it decided to fly, wasn’t seen again that day.

Other highlights that day were Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher, and Redwing,

Birds Seen : Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Cetti’s Warbler, Common Gull, Coot, Dunnock, Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed |Gull, Little Grebe, Mallard, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Redwing, Robin, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon, Yellow-browed Warbler (27)

A quiet day at Old Moor today with very few highlights with Great White Egret and Redshank on the bird front and a Small Copper on the Butterflies, with a Ruby Tiger Catapillar

Birds Seen : Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Pochard, Redshank, Robin, Shoveler, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (31)

Butterflies Seen : Small Copper

Small Copper

Ruby Tiger

Here we are again not only birds seen today but plenty of fungi too. Bird highlights were Black-tailed Godwits, Goldcrest, Little Egret and a Redpoll (Lesser).

Birds seen : Black-headed Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Cetti’s Warbler, Chaffinch, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldcrest, Great Crested Grebe. Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Lesser Redpoll, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Pochard, Robin, Shoveler, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (38)

Dunnock

Redpoll

Redpoll

Once again I was at my special place, I few more things were seen today, unlike a few days ago. Bearded Tits were seen, Black-tailed Godwits, Buzzards, Kingfisher, Little Grebes, Little Egret, Water Rail, Whooper Swans were todays bird highlights, a couple of Dragonfly species put in an appearance, Migrant Hawker and Willow Emerald Damselfly

Birds seen : Bearded Tit, Black-headed Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Pochard, Robin, Ruff, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Teal, Tufted Duck, Water Rail, Whooper Swan, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (41)

Long-tailed Tit

Willow Emerald Damselfly

Kingfisher

Once again at Old Moor, nothing special today, just a trip out. I spent most of the time around the bird feeders, seeing, Blue Tit, Greta Tit, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch the usual suspects.

On the reserve I saw Little Grebe. Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, Little Egret, Mallard, Mute Swan, Teal and Tufted Duck

The bird of the day was a Caspian Gull, which was a new bird for me at Old Moor

Birds seen : Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Caspian Gull, Chaffinch, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, Greylag Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Magpie, Mallard, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon

Grey Wagtail

Blue Tit

Greenfinch

The first stop today was a place called Grimston (On the Yorkshire East Coast), in the pouring rain, to find and see the Siberian Stonechat. It wasn’t fun, but the Siberian Stonechat was found and seen briefly along with a Common Stonechat. We then moved on down to Spurn mainly to see a Dusky Warbler, which after seven hours wasn’t seen. No photos today

Birds seen : Black headed Gull, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Cormorant, Curlew, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Great White Egret, Mediterranean Gull, Redstart, Siberian Stonechat, Stonechat

A day of leisure today, back at Old Moor on a sunny day, and I finally got to catch up with the Willow Emarald Damselfly at Old Moor along with Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, and Ruddy Darter. Still a couple of Butterfly species about with a Common Blue and a Small Copper (Caeruleopunctata).

Other insect highlights were Common Green and Hairy Shieldbugs, German and Common Wasps.

Bird List : Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Coot, Cormorant, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, Magpie, Mute Swan, Robin, Tufted Duck (16)

Common Darter

Hairy Shieldbug

Common Green Shieldbug

German Wasp

Willow Emerald Damselfly

Migrant Hawkers

Grey Heron

Back at Bempton Cliffs after a visit to Bridlington to photograph the Purple Sandpiper, one bird present, and a few Turnstone, Bempton turned out to be a better day than expected with the highlights being Barn Owl (2), Short-eared Owl (2), Spotted Flycatcher (2), Whinchat, Stonechat, Common Whitethroat

Bempton Bird List : Barn Owl, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Gannet, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Pink-footed Goose, Purple Sandpiper, Red-legged partridge, Reed Bunting, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Short-eared owl, Spotted Flycatcher, Stonechat, Tree Sparrow, Turnstone, Whinchat, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon (24)

Purple Sandpiper

Turnstone

Goldcrest

Spotted Flycatcher

Whitethroat

I was up on the Yorkshire coast again hoping for a couple of passing thru migrants, for the 200 bird year, nothing at Bempton to report, I was hoping for a Pectoral Sandpiper at Hornsea Mere but alas that wasn’t about today either, so my first day on the coast was a bit of a let down

Bird List Bempton : Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Fulmar, Gannet, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Tit, House Martin, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Kittiwake, Linnet, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Tree Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Wren (21)

Butterfly List Bempton : Comma, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Small Copper

Dragonfly List Bempton : Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly

Bird List Hornsea : Black-headed Gull, Canada Goose, Common Sandpiper, Coot, Cormorant, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Guillemot, Herring Gull, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Redshank, Ruff, Teal, Wigeon (18)

Tree Sparrow

Goldcrest

Small Copper

Common Darter

Willow Emerald Damselfly