Cattle Egret

I've not posted for a while due to lack of any real quality shots (been on an unsuccessful mission to photograph hen harriers), but managed to connect with the cattle egret that has been hanging around Tophill Low.

I went to Hempholme yesterday and didn't connect, then went to Tophill today and walked to Hempholme! (5 mile round trip)

It was hanging around one of the farms then flew briefly into a farmyard then flew off back into fields again.

A nice bird and another addition to the list.

Filey Brigg and other East Yorkshire Hotspots

I had a couple of hours at Filey Brigg yesterday and despite the fact that there was very little off the Brigg itself, the common waders in the corner were most obliging and the light was fantastic.

called in at a very chilly Bempton on the way back-the desert wheatear had been seen but wasn't hanging about so neither did I.

Then a very educational trip to Tophill Low looking for geese-to cut a long story short I walked a very long way for very little reward but did learn a lot about the extremities of the site!

Desert Wheatear

I went up to Bempton today for the desert wheatear. It showed very well from the off and at times was only down to 2m!

There was a hairy moment when it got chased by a kestrel but most of the time it was happily feeding along the field edge.