A gallop to Spurn this morning with fingers crossed, that the Citrine Wagtail had stayed overnight. I'd missed one or two in the past and in the first hour of light at Canal Hide, I heard a 'different' yellow wagtail call. It flew in and landed in front of the hide, turned round and flew out again! Shortly after, it flew in again - circled the hide and was gone. It was some time before it returned and settled down to feed in front of the assembled watchers. An excellent tick in the form of a 1st winter bird, showing its bright wing bars, lack of yellow on the undertail and pale grey back. Also on Canal Scrape was a Jack Snipe and Common Snipe. Around 8-00a.m. there was a significant arrival of thrushes, most of which appeared to be Redwings. Good numbers of Song Thrush were with them, a few Fieldfares called out and Ring Ouzels were really noticeable too. A flock of 6 Ring Ouzels flew across the Triangle, I saw two males behind Rose Cottage in a hedgerow and 5 other separate birds, including this one trapped at the Warren. After a clear start, the wind increased and rain showers passed through. It was difficult to know whether yesterday's number of Yellow-browed Warblers were still around in these conditions.
I found one in Crown & Anchor car park, together with Brambling, male Blackcap, Chiffchaff and this Great Spotted Woodpecker. Comments are closed.
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