Super Autumn Continues!

Pectoral sandpiper (Swinemoor)
Red Footed Falcon (Top Hill Low)
Brown Shrike (Flamborough)
Brown Shrike (Flamborough)

Redstart (Spurn)


Pied Flycatcher (Spurn)
Redstart (Spurn)



Goldcrest (Spurn)
Garden Warbler (Kilnsea)




Goldcrest (Spurn)
Goldcrest (Spurn)

Blackcap (Crown & Anchor)
Blackcap (Crown & Anchor)

Been lucky enough to have a couple of days off during the best time of year for birds.
Went to Spurn yesterday and saw plenty of common migrants including redstarts,spotted flycatchers,pied flycatchers,whinchats and wheatears.
Also there was a superb red breasted flycatcher at Crown and anchor plus red backed and great grey shrikes in the triangle.
Topped the day off with a trip to Flamborough to see the brown shrike.
This morning I went to see the pectoral sandpiper at Swine Moor, got there just before the fog came in and connected with one.
Then back to Spurn, a lot of birds have moved out but I still saw redstart,stonechat,spotted flycatcher,garden warbler and some delightful goldcrests.
Then back to Swine Moor for a record shot of the pec sandpiper and finished the day with the red footed falcon at Top Hill Low.
The day ended with a superb sunset which capped off a truly memorable couple of days.

Autumn at Spurn

Whinchat
Wryneck
Goldcrest
Goldcrest

Spotted Flycatcher
Wheatear


I had a couple of trips out to Spurn at the weekend, one with my scope and camera in the hope of some Autumn birds and the other in beautiful sunshine with my daughter.
There were still the remnants of the birds that arrived during the week on saturday and the red backed shrike,wryneck and commoner species such as whinchat,pied flycatcher, wheatear and lots of goldcrests made for a very enjoyable couple of hours.
The Sunday trip was in almost Mediterranean conditions, easily the nicest day we have had in weeks.
Unfortunately the skies were clear overnight and a lot of the common migrants had moved out.We dipped the red backed shrike at Kilnsea but we did see a beautifully marked redstart.canal scrape was quiet but we got good views of overhead passage migrants, mainly meadow pipit.
We called in at Chalk bank hide on the way down, dipped the shore lark but we saw plenty of common waders on the mudflats.
next it was the point in search of the wryneck.plenty of wheatears but far less migrants with only the odd goldcrest.
After about half an hour of searching and waiting the wryneck eventually showed and thrilled the masses of people eagerly waiting.
A beautifully marked bird that gave us a very noice end to a most enjoyable day.
We had a species total of 43 not bad for a couple of hours.