It’s not often you can get really good views of Reed Warblers but one at Messingham this morning has set up his territory next to the path and in a Sallow rather than deep in the reed bed. For once we were too close to the bird but he was completely oblivious to us and remained in place throughout the morning.
Not since 1984 has a Rock Thrush landed at Spurn Point so a bit of a rarity to say the least - and to add to the excitement a Hoopoe also flew by but no images of that however Long Eared Owl also showing exceptionally well and a rather large Grass Snake.
Slightly warmer today now we have lost the biting easterly wind so we went for a drive around the Scunthorpe area with drive being the operative word as my Sciatica is still too painful for much walking, so lots of waiting for me while Wayne whipped round a few sites producing amongst other things 3 Whooper Swans, 1 Woodcock, 1 Wood Lark, 5 Jack Snipe, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Pink Footed Geese, 1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Goosander, 2 Med Gulls, 4 Black Tailed Godwit, 2 Fox, 3 Roe Deer and a dead Pole Cat! and below a couple of shots taken from the garden yesterday of 3 Common Crane.
Don’t expect a good video here - it’s purely a 13 second record shot shakily taken in the excitement of 3 Common Cranes over our garden at 1.00pm today. Later picked up by Dave in Burton and Neal at Alkborough and last seen heading over the Trent!
There’s a lot of Auks on the Island of Hornoya - here we see mostly Guillemots and Razorbills with a few Brunnich’s Guillemots mixed in.
Brunnich’s Guillemot above and below
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