Thursday 3 April 2014

2nd Free Session - Paull Holme Strays

On Wednesday the free class was held at Paull Holme Strays. The sun didn't shine all day, and the mist deepened and thinned throughout the day. It was supposed to be a day without wind, but it felt bitterly cold in the breeze we did have.

Green Woodpecker
 Meadow Pipit
 Reed Bunting
 Reed Bunting
 Turnstones
I heard a Redpoll near the car park, but we failed to track it down. Birds seen included Curlew, Turnstone and Redshanks. Some Meadow Pipits showed well just beside the path. As we reached the end of the floodbank we could see a single Grey Plover and Brian may have seen a species of Godwit. In the afternoon there were many godwits, but they were so distant and we didn't see them flying, so it wasn't possible to confirm which particular species they were. 
Dunlin (c) 2014 Tony Robinson
 Dunlin (c) 2014 Tony Robinson
 Dunlin
 Dunlin
 Green Woodpecker
  Green Woodpecker
 The biggest surprise came on the return to the car park when we heard a Green Woodpecker from the scanty woodland. Then a dog walker flushed the bird towards us. It landed briefly in a tree near us, and everyone managed to catch sight of it, before it flew NW along the line of trees leading to the car park.

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