Red n' Black

After a very exciting weekend watching Hull City almost do the business against Arsenal, the excitement continued albeit in the more sedate form of scarce spring migrants.

News of a Red-Necked Phalarope came out whilst I was still in London but fortunately it stayed all day and allowed some photos in the late afternoon.

It stayed again today along with a black tern so I headed out again tonight and was fortunate enough for closer views of the RNP including a rather nice wing stretch and also quite close views of the black tern, quite challenging in the late evening sunshine.

Hopefully it might hang around for another crack tomorrow.

Hoopoe Again

Not often I would post twice in the same day about the same bird, however after going again today i thought I'd post these.

Local Hoopoe

There have been quite a few hoopoe reports around just lately and I was hoping for a chance of one this spring as its quite a while since I had my last (and only) one near York a few years back.

After a showery day I was just packing up for work when news of a hoopoe near Beverley was broadcast.

A quick dash home for the camera and before long I was watching the hoopoe on a lawn in a private garden somewhere in the back of beyond.

It was eating leatherjackets and worms nearly all the time staying mostly in the shade.It did however venture out into the sunshine and later on when everybody had gone it came remarkably close.

One of our more exotic looking birds, they really are something to marvel.