Saturday 16 October 2021

Wide-Eyed & Lensless

Stonechat (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
On Tuesday and Wednesday all classes met at Killingholme.  It was here I discovered that my long lens was no longer focussing.  So, uniquely very few of this week’s photos were taken by me.  On all sessions we started off in the Killingholme hide before working westwards on the Humber bank after being escorted over a very busy road by a security guard.  There were maybe around 3000 Black-tailed Godwits in the shallow water at high tide.  There were also Avocets, Teal, an odd Curlew and a few Snipe.  Wednesday afternoon finished with some fine views of a Kingfisher at low tide. 
Black-tailed Godwit 
(c) 2021 Tony Robinson
Black-tailed Godwits (c) 2021 Hugh Wood
Black-tailed Godwits (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
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Avocet (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
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Avocet (c) 2021 Symon Fraser
Lapwing & Godwit (c) 2021 Hugh Wood
Lapwings (c) 2021 Hugh Wood
Rock Pipit (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
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Rock Pipit (c) 2021 Symon Fraser
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Cormorants (c) 2021 Symon Fraser
Cormorants (c) 2021 Hugh Wood
Teal (c) 2021 Symon Fraser
Whooper Swans (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
Turbines under Construction (c) 2021 Symon Fraser
Stonechat (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
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Record Shot of Long-Toed Stint (c) 2021 Tony Robinson
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On Thursday we went to Paull.  It was rather windy, but there was still plenty to see.  The most delightful were a pair of Stonechats which were seen at the top of vegetation from various points along the footpath.  There were masses of skeins of Pink-footed Geese moving in various directions before seeming to return after a few minutes.  We also saw a Buzzard being mobbed by a score of crows.  The waders were more plentiful after lunch, so did a raptor frighten them in the morning?  We did see a different Sparrowhawk both before and after lunch.  In the afternoon we had Grey Plover, Dunlin, a ‘v’ of Golden Plover, Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, Cormorants, Little Egrets and a single Avocet.  
Stonechats (c) 2021 Paul Green
Wigeon (c) 2021 Paul Green
Crows Mobbing a Buzzard (c) 2021 Paul Green
On Friday we made our last planned trip of the year to Alkborough.  The Bearded Tits were outstanding, but we also had Grey Wagtails, Golden Plovers, Cetti’s Warblers, Water Rail (heard), Marsh Harriers, Redshank, Dunlin, Lapwing, Reed Buntings, Wigeon, Buzzard and currently almost obligatory Pink-footed Geese.  A single Swallow at Trent Falls in the morning heading west, was rather a surprise.
Male Bearded Tit (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Male Bearded Tit (c) 2021 Dave Hill
2 Male Bearded Tits (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Pair of Bearded Tits (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Bearded Tits (c) 2021 Dave Hill
Male Bearded Tit (c) 2021 Dave Hill
Bearded Tits (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag
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Bearded Tits (c) 2021 Dave Hill
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Bearded Tit (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Bearded Tits (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Male (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Female (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Female bearded Tit (c) 2021 Dave Hill 
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Redshank (c) 2021 Dave Hill
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Redshank (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
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Ruff [left] and Redshank (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Ruff (c) 2021 Mike Woods
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Snipe (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Snipe - no, that's not its bill! (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Snipe (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Spotted Redshank (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Teal (c) 2021 Mike Woods
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Reed Bunting (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Reed Bunting (c) 2021 Dave Hill
Reed Buntings (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Stonechat (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
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Female Stonechat (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Marsh Harrier (c) 2021 Mike Woods
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Wren (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Record Shot of Meadow Pipit (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 
Golden Plovers (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Greylag Geese (c) 2021 Dave Hill
Pink-footed Geese (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Hawker sp. (c) 2021 Angela Murray-Nag 

Hawker Sp. (c) 2021 Mike Woods
Ruddy Darters (c) 2021 Mike Woods

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