Yellowhammers and Barn Owl

Went out birding locally looking for some early spring migrants but due to the persistent cold weather none had arrived but as compensation did have splendid views of this pair of Yellowhammers and a hunting Barn Owl.

Alkborough Flats

Always nice to find fledglings of any sort but particularly nice to find a Yellowhammer - Spoonbill very distant hence fuzzy shot but does show colour rings.

Ringed Spoonbill with Little Egrets

Yellowhammer chick

Dawn Chorus on Alkborough Flats

We were up at the unearthly hour of 4.00am this morning to lead a dawn chorus walk on the Flats.  Plenty of bird song with lots of Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs and a surprised showing of a Short Eared Owl hunting over the reeds.  Later in the morning we also had a group of 20 Whimbrel moving up the Humber.