Scarborough Birders do Out Skerries, 20th.

WOW, is the word that describes the day!

Although my pics aren't of any major quality (again) they do pretty much all the talking!

From early on (20th) it was clear the drop, and slight change, in wind had done the trick as a Yellow-browed Warbler (the first for a few days) and a Brambling appeared.
Shortly afterwards, a ticking Bunting, of small size, gave its self up and not surprisingly turned out to be a fine Little Bunting, a great start to the day.
Several Yellow-browed Warblers later, Steve, Dave and myself were working the Iris beds on Housay when a Bunting flew over giving a tick call.
Call seemed louder that that of the Little and size wise it was rather chunky!
We were quickly heading in the direction of where it appeared to drop but there was know sign.

Little Bunting #1 - Out Skerries - 20th September

Thinking along the lines of Rustic Bunt we all split and worked the area. Time passed and it wasn't looking good until the radio crackled into life as Dave announced he had got the bird and that it was looking like a Yellow-breasted!

Out of breath after running it flew a few yards along the deck revealing yellowish underparts! Fuck!

A few minutes later still it eventually pitched up on some overhead wires and showed off like the absolute beast it was - a bleeding YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!

Handshakes all round and a selfie or two followed!

It showed on and off during the rest of the day and was joined by a Little Bunting, the second of the day. Luckily it did the decent thing and stuck around until Nick arrived on and connected!

Little Bunting #2 - Out Skerries - 20th September

A brilliant day, does it get much better?

At least 12 Yellow-browed Warbler were logged as well as a thin scattering of other migrants, the totals of which I currently don't care about as I am currently downing loads of Gin!