Busy Weekend

I have ,anaged to visit a couple of places this weekend,the first one a sensitive site but needless to say I got decent views (but no shots) of my 2 target birds woodlark and meadow pipit.
The second place was Spurn on saturday I spent some time in the hide at canal scrape and the yellow wagtails proved to be very obliging as was the black redstart at sandy beaches.
Second visit on Sunday wasn't so successful as a cold north easterly put a dampener on things.
It was a good weekend for firsts of the years and wheatear, willow warbler, swallow, sand martin, yellow wagtail, black redstart, buzzard and water pipit were all added to the list.
Some strong south easterlies wouldn't go amiss during the week.

Spurn in Spring

I had my first proper trip to Spurn of the year today.
A beautiful Spring day with hardly any wind and mild temperature.
I started at sammy's Point, straight away adding willow warbler, swallow and wheatear to the year list.
I had my radio with me and it was rather quiet on the airwaves apart from a few common migrants, so I stayed longer than I normally would mainly targetting the wheatear.
I had my lunch at the Crown and Anchor car park and was rewarded with a pair of blackcaps, then on to canal scrape.
At first glance not much doing then I noticed a rather pale looking pipit on the other bank, a quick look with the scope and it was clear it was a water pipit with that one of the regulars popped in and put it out on the radio.Within minutes the hide was full everyone wanting a glimpse.
It then became clear that this was only the 16th water pipit ever recorded at Spurn.
I had no idea that it ws such a significant bird, and I felt quite chuffed.
Also from canal scrape was a couple of flyover buzzards, a scandinavian rock pipit, a couple of immaculate yellow wagtails and lots of chiff chaffs feding in the reeds.
All in all a very pleasant day.

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