For me Wednesday 11th began standing outside the Courts by the Police station!
Luckily I wasn’t there long or for any other reason than meeting up with Nick
and Steve, and so by 06.15 I was in the car with both of them as we headed
north for Long Nab and all those fresh in migrants!
HA!
A check of Crook Ness on arrival revealed nothing new, so as usual we headed to the hut for a while before getting stuck into it.
Clicking Auks and Kittiwakes really wasn’t what I had in mind for today but with very little happening at sea that seemed the only thing to do!
Passage highlights included singles of Buzzard, Ringed Plover and a Dunlin north while Kittiwakes numbered 642 north.
After a hot brew and an hour or so I, along with Steve decided it was time to have a walk round the site and so we set off north towards the ‘promised land’!
The walk there was quiet and so was the plantation, in fact there was nothing to suggest anything new was in at all!
It wasn’t until we reached Long Hedge that we found our first migrant, a Willow Warbler that had just arrived in and was moving west along the hedge, this was soon followed by a Wheatear near the White House.
Unfortunately though that was it, the rest of the walk produced nothing of note before we headed back to the hut for food.
Once in the hut I remembered how quiet the sea was, although a couple of Manx Shearwater north in quick succession provided some interest and me with a year tick.
HA!
A check of Crook Ness on arrival revealed nothing new, so as usual we headed to the hut for a while before getting stuck into it.
Clicking Auks and Kittiwakes really wasn’t what I had in mind for today but with very little happening at sea that seemed the only thing to do!
Passage highlights included singles of Buzzard, Ringed Plover and a Dunlin north while Kittiwakes numbered 642 north.
After a hot brew and an hour or so I, along with Steve decided it was time to have a walk round the site and so we set off north towards the ‘promised land’!
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| Kittiwakes heading north |
The walk there was quiet and so was the plantation, in fact there was nothing to suggest anything new was in at all!
It wasn’t until we reached Long Hedge that we found our first migrant, a Willow Warbler that had just arrived in and was moving west along the hedge, this was soon followed by a Wheatear near the White House.
Unfortunately though that was it, the rest of the walk produced nothing of note before we headed back to the hut for food.
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| Wheatear by the White House |
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| Getting desperate |
Once in the hut I remembered how quiet the sea was, although a couple of Manx Shearwater north in quick succession provided some interest and me with a year tick.
A walk south sounded like a good idea and so once again we
left Nick to it and began walking the cliffs. It was as predicted quiet with
nothing seen at all until we approached the field north of Scalby Lodge Pond
where a single Wheatear and a pair
of Whinchat were feeding, the latter
being a welcome year tick.
Scalby Lodge Pond itself was birdless although we did hear the Grey Plover which sounded like it was heading down into Jackson’s Bay.
With Terns and Waders plus yesterday’s Osprey being reported from Wykeham South Lake we opted to head inland, Nick pulled in at Scalby Lodge, we jumped in and we were off.
My luck with Terns has been abysmal so far here but it did finally change, getting out the car Chris and Tony were already on a flock of 11 Arctic Tern which headed out northeast. That was it though, no more passed through in the hour and a half we were in the area!
Waders grounded there included a Greenshank and 3 Sanderling.
A fine looking Turtle Dove was showing well along the track near Straits Lane, the best view I’ve had in years and possibly the last good view I’ll ever get! How depressing is that!
The flood at Straits Lane held singles of Ringed and Little Ringed Plover as well as 13 Redshank.
Causeway Lake was our last stop in the Wykeham South Lake area where 2 Reed Warbler were chuntering away.
Back to the coast it was, Castle Hill to be precise where me and Steve saw next to nothing during our circuit there.
Scalby Lodge Pond itself was birdless although we did hear the Grey Plover which sounded like it was heading down into Jackson’s Bay.
With Terns and Waders plus yesterday’s Osprey being reported from Wykeham South Lake we opted to head inland, Nick pulled in at Scalby Lodge, we jumped in and we were off.
My luck with Terns has been abysmal so far here but it did finally change, getting out the car Chris and Tony were already on a flock of 11 Arctic Tern which headed out northeast. That was it though, no more passed through in the hour and a half we were in the area!
Waders grounded there included a Greenshank and 3 Sanderling.
A fine looking Turtle Dove was showing well along the track near Straits Lane, the best view I’ve had in years and possibly the last good view I’ll ever get! How depressing is that!
The flood at Straits Lane held singles of Ringed and Little Ringed Plover as well as 13 Redshank.
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| Turtle Dove Straits Lane |
Causeway Lake was our last stop in the Wykeham South Lake area where 2 Reed Warbler were chuntering away.
Back to the coast it was, Castle Hill to be precise where me and Steve saw next to nothing during our circuit there.
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