A light South-Easterly wind and drizzle along the coast sounded quite promising for some new bird arrivals this morning. Drizzle there certainly was and quite murky early on. At Kilnsea Wetlands, good numbers of Dunlin were around the hide and I soon picked out a Little Stint among them. Yesterday's Red-necked Phalarope wasn't apparent at this time, 4 Greenshank were noted including this one close to the hide. No Little Gulls and few Terns about this morning however, there were Mediterranean Gulls in several locations. Along Easington Straight a juvenile Marsh Harrier hunted over the fields, 2 Kestrels, a Sparrowhawk and this Common Buzzard were in the same area. The skies brightened towards midday, but there was little evidence of fresh arrivals. Lesser Whitethroat and several Willow Warblers were seen, along with damp Reed and Sedge Warblers near the canal.
4 Whinchat were on the fencing in Walker Butts Field. I turned my attention to finding the juvenile Rose-coloured Starling which has been frequenting Kilnsea gardens in the last few days. The local Starling flock numbers many hundreds at the moment and I did see it early on, perched on power lines with 40 or so Starlings, in the drizzle at the Wetlands. I was more fortunate later on, to find the young Eastern vagrant, fly on to wires close to where I was searching. The short (compared to Starling) bill which is yellowy showed well at close range, along with the grey juvenile plumage. Comments are closed.
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