Dusk and Dawn

I went up to High Eske last night and this morning with the hope of photographing displaying great crested grebes.

On both occasions I was fortunate enough to witness the 'weed dance' but unfortunately both occurrences were too far away.

Good to see at least 3 barn owls in the area also displaying goldeneye, little egret at least 3 chief-chaffs, very active kingfishers and the star bird was a green woodpecker first heard yaffling and then flew across me and landed in storkshill wood as I made my way back this morning.

No hirundines or migrant waders but ver nice all the same.

Early Spring at Spurn

Today I had my first proper trip of the year to Spurn and not a bad one it turned out to be.

First decent bird was a barn Owl hunting over the triangle, then a firecrest ringed at the warren made its way to canal bushes where I struggled to get a shot.

There were a few chief-chaffs about as well as plenty of gold crests.

Next there was a pair (male and female) of black redstarts at the Riverside Hotel accompanied by my first wheatear of the year.

A swallow flew north (my first of the year) and a short eared owl hunted towards long bank.

I had a quick look in the crown car park before I left and the first bird I saw was another firecrest, but by now the light had gone.

A short eared owl was hunting in fields on Easington straight on the way home.

I also collected my copy of Spurn Wildlife and I'm pleased to say my photo of the masked shrike was on the front cover.

All in all not a bad day, very rarely does Spurn let me down.

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