yesterday i was going to go to spurn but the winds looked all wrong! so headed to swillington, the long toed stint had gone but waders included
2 black tailed godwits
4 ruff
9 dunlin
2 curlew
1 green sandpiper
also a group of 7 bearded tits showed nicely on the reedbed
a few cettis singing and a little egret
heading home to continue decorating, making the most of my time i ignored the mega alerts thinking its proberly just the usual rares...........logged on to birdguides not only a taiga flycatcher at flambourgh but two barred warbler at spurn both lifers, too late in the day now to go
the flycatcher was on the cliffside so not much chance of that staying but the two barred warbler at spurn looked to have plenty of habitat to keep it plus the weather
sunday
up early and on the road for 0520, put £30 of diesel in the van at shibden hit the m62 just after half 5 quite busy
once past ferrybridge stuck the cruise control until the 40mph at north cave at half 6 i was past the humber bridge, its a decent drive until you get to hedon roundabout then twisty roads
parked up at the blue bell and took the coast path, not many birders but enough to refind it just after 0730
very mobile ranging from the bottom end of the canal to the ywt center
two barred warbler
spurn 17 10 2021
a really nice twitch saw a few familar faces garry taylor and darren ward but ages since ive spoke to them
did the triangle but it was dead in the wind
saw the two barred warbler a few more times
after some nice views of brent geese and little egret the rain came so headed off home yep for more decorating
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