Friday, 21 June 2019

Coast Contrasted with Inland

Kestrel
At the weekend the male Great Spotted Woodpecker, brought two offspring into the garden, but I only managed to photograph one young at a time.
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker
 Juvenile [left] & Father [right]

 Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker
 Father [left] & Juvenile
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 Cuckoo
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On Tuesday we went to Flamborough, and everything was on its usual supermarket shelf
Meadow Pipit
 Razorbills with chick
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 Shags
 Puffin
 Puffins
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 Take Off
 Peregrine 
 Sunbathing?
 Whitethroat 
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 Linnet
 Painted Lady
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On Tuesday afternoon Kilnsea was tried out.   It was overcast but there were still quite a few butterflies to see.
Painted Lady
 Large Skipper
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 Red Admiral
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 Small Tortoiseshell
 Speckled Wood
 Tufted Vetch
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 Vetch
On Wednesday rain was forecast for all morning and some of the afternoon, so our Turtle Dove, butterfly and dragonfly venue had to be abandoned in favour of RSPB Blacktoft Sands.  In the morning we had good views of female Bittern, plus 2 pristine Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Barn Owl, Marsh Harriers, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Water Rail (h), Shelduck, Gadwall, Heron, Little Grebe etc.
Male Marsh Harrier - in the rain
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Female Marsh Harrier
Male Marsh Harrier
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Look into my Eyes
Food Pass (c) 2019 Tony Robinson
Male Marsh Harrier (c) 2019 Tony Robinson
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 Female Marsh Harrier
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Marsh Harrier (c) 2019 Aileen Urquhart
Adult Spoonbill
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These are the earliest returning Spotted Redshank I’ve ever seen. Flying into Xerox Marsh this morning in the middle of the constant rain.
Spotted Redshanks
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Spotted Redshank (c) 2019 Aileen Urquhart
Spotted Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Bittern
Bittern (c) 2019 Tony Robinson
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Bittern (c) 2019 Aileen Urquhart
The views of the Bittern flying across RSPB Blacktoft Sands after lunch were even better than in the morning.
Bittern in flight
The warden noticed this bird's tail is missing!
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Wigeon in eclipse
Goldfinch
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Goldfinches
Cetti’s Warblers are normally very hard to see, but this afternoon we found a family of about 5, one fledgling of which stayed still long enough for its photo to be taken at RSPB Blacktoft Sands.
Immature Cetti's Warbler
Pheasant
Blue Tit (c) 2019 Aileen Urquhart
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 Little Grebe (c) 2019 Aileen Urquhart
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Black-headed Gull (c) 2019 Aileen Urquhart
Immature Robin following RSPB Guidelines 
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Roe Deer

Immature Reed Bunting
Male Reed Bunting
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Kingfisher
Linnet
4-Spotted Chaser with a damaged wing
4-Spotted Chaser
Red Admiral
Painted Lady
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood
Marsh Frog
Linnet
On Friday we had a whole day on Flamborough Cliffs.  Most of the same birds were there as on Tuesday, but we had better views of a Kestrel and a very red Linnet.
 Whitethroat (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Meadow Pipit (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Record Shot of Rock Pipit
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 Skylark (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Listening Skylark (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Razorbills (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Kittiwakes (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Kittiwake and egg (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Kittiwakes and Chick (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Predates Kittiwake Egg (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Herrring Gull (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Human Carelessness
 Herring Gull
 Guillemot & chick
 Fulmar
 Rock Doves
 Record shot of Shag
 John's Kestrel
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 Kestrel (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
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 Carolyn's Linnet
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 Immature Linnet
 Peregrines
 Small Copper
 Four-Spotted Chaser
 Four-Spotted Chaser (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
 Painted Lady (c) 2019 Jane Robinson
Fox Cub
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 Some late photos from last week.
Spoonbill (c) 2019 Symon Fraser
 Common Tern (c) 2019 Symon Fraser
 Yellow Wagtail (c) 2019 Symon Fraser

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