This week was our final full week of sessions until September. The mornings on the coast were cool and overcast, but those inland were quite sunny and warm. Kilnsea on Tuesday was misty and cool. The mist didn't actually clear until the homeward journey. we had 5 new species for the term, taking the total to 101 species. We encountered Little Tern, Sandwich Tern, Avocet, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Linnet, Greenfinch, a confiding Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Shelduck, Swallow. Butterfly numbers were down because of the mist, but we did see Ringlet, meadow brown and a probable Wall Brown.
Skylark
Dunlin in the mist
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Roe Deer
Linnet
Meadow Pipit
Swans and Little Egret
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Reed Warbler
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Skylark
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Swallow
The gamble was taken on Wednesday and we went ahead with Flamborough. Luckily, the mist had changed to cloud cover, so we could actually see the birds. Eventually, the sun broke through. We saw all of the usual suspects.
Razorbill with a beak full of sand eels
Razorbill with Chick
Razorbills with chick, and beyond a Puffin
Peregrines (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
Linnet (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
Linnet (c) 2018 Tony Robinson
Yellowhammer (c) 2018 Tony Robinson
Meadow Pipit (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
Meadow Pipit (c) 2018 Tony Robinson
Skylark (c) 2018 Tony Robinson
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Shag
Whitethroat
Roe Deer
Burnet-Moth (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
Burnet-Moth
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And now for some photos taken at the same location which should have appeared on the last visit to this location, but which were lost in the ether.
Puffin (c) 2018 Mike Woods
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Razorbill & Puffin
Kittiwakes bathing in fresh water
Herring Gull chick in Tyre
Meadow Pipit
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Record shot of House Martin
Swift
Jackdaw
On Thursday a fine day was predicted, so we were able to go ahead with our final visit to Wharram. We saw Yellowhammers on the slope down from the car park, and then in the open area Maggie spotted the female redstart. She collected food a few times, but then flew a long way into cover, presumably to feed her brood, which were concealed in woodland. The Grey wagtail was seen by both groups, and the journey to the nature reserve resulted in Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Linnets, and other small birds. The nature reserve had a lot more Marbled Whites than at the weekend, and there was plenty of other species, and a fine display of flora.
Yellowhammer
Whitethroat
Whitethroat (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
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Immature Whitethroat
Whitethroats
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Chaffinch (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
Blackcap
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Marbled White (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
Marbled White
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Large Skipper
Small Skipper extracting salts
Speckled Wood - bitten by a bird!
Woolly Thistle (c) 2018 Maggie Bruce
On Friday the weather was unrelentingly fine, so were were able;e to visit Oakhill. We were rewarded almost immediately with a Turtle Dove. In the afternoon we also saw one when a handsome individual flew over one of the ponds.
Turtle Dove
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Male Marsh Harrier
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Willow Warbler
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
Frog
Frog (c) 2018 Dave Hill
Gatekeeper - our first of the year
Hawker species
Four-Spotted Chaser
Purple Loosestrife
Centaury
Bedstraw?
Bee Orchid (c) 2018 Dave Hill
Developing Walnuts
1 comment:
Your hawker is the poorly named male Common Hawker. Bedstraw looks like Hedge Bedstraw.
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