Friday 7 October 2016

Day 3 at Spurn

 On Thursday we went to Spurn again, and followed the same route.  The birds are more or less in the order that we saw them, although the Firecrest is given star billing.  New birds included a confiding Redstart on the riverside beach near the Crown & Anchor,  There were more Redwing and an influx of Fieldfare.  We heard a Redpoll, and had a brief glimpse of a Lesser Whitethroat.  There were reports of a Little Bunting, a Great Grey Shrike, a Grasshopper Warbler and a Short-eared Owl at Sammy's Point, but we remained in Kilnsea.
 Firecrest
 Jack Snipe (c) 2016 Dick Watson
 Pintail (eclipse)
Pintail (c) 2016 Dick Watson 
 Meadow Pipit
 Goldcrest
 Ditto
 Goldcrest (c) 2016 Dick Watson
 Bar-tailed Godwit
 Redstart
 Ditto
 Redstart
 Chiffchaffs on the beach
 Barnacle Goose
 Ditto
 Record shot of Firecrest
Comma 
 Whinchat
Dick Watson went on to Sammy's Point, where he was lucky enough to connect with a Ring Ouzel. 
Ring Ouzel (c) 2016 Dick Watson
 Ditto

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Fabulous photos :) I've been to the reserve there and seen nothing like these