Saturday 4 September 2021

Still November

On Wednesday we crossed the Humber to an oasis of wildlife surrounded by the encroaching menace of an industrial Armageddon.
Black-tailed Godwit
Knot
Mute Swans
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Record Shot of Immature Peregrine
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Black-tailed Godwits (c) 2021 Hugh Wood
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Painted Lady
Peter's Fox
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A day or two earlier an immature Marsh Harrier was in the Sunk Island area.
Immature Marsh Harrier
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At Hornsea Mere:
2 Little Gulls Among Black-headed Gulls
Ar Sammy's Point:
Pied Flycatcher
On Thursday we ventured into West Yorkshire to RSPB Fairburn Ings, and after lunch the sun came out, for what seemed the first time in an age, and it actually became rather warm.  When we drove back we re-entered the cloudy zone.
Jay
Spoonbill
3 Spoonbills [Immature, Centre]
Great Crested Grebe
Steve's Buzzard
2 Cattle Egrets
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Cattle Egret
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Willow Tit
Comma
Guelder Rose Berries
Himalyan Balsam
On Friday we returned to Killingholme to be informed that earlier in the week 6,000 Black-tailed Godwits had been counted at any one time.  We probably had 2,000-3,000 individuals ourselves, unless my estimations are well out.  Again perhaps because of the northerly wind there were very few birds on the river, so the best sightings were from the hide.
Black-tailed Godwit (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
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Black-tailed Godwits (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
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Black-tailed Godwits (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Avocet
Knot [front]
Knot [Centre] (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Knot [either side of Black-headed Gull] (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Little Egret (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Crowded (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Mute Swan (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Collared Dove
Curlew (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Goldfinch ['Grey Pate'] (c) 2021 Jane Robinson
Sparrowhawk
Avocet over the Humber
Roe Deer
Small Tortoiseshell
Golden Samphire
Orange form of Himalyan Balsam
Sea Aster

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