Muntjac Deer

  Saltfleetby NNR Lincs , funny looking deer those Muntjacs..!! Also 4 Velvet Scoter , Red Breasted Merganser , 2 Little Ringed Plover , 2 Chiffchaffs , Grey Plover and the explosive call of Cetti's Warbler...

Common Lizard , Vapourer eggs , Common Frog , Walshaw Dean

                                                              Common Lizard (2)

                                                              Common Frog

                                                          Vapourer eggs

                                                             Common  Lizard (2)

Common Lizard (1 )  Gravid female basking in the sun....

Red Kite...

 Been going  up to Cock Hill of late , on The 20th , 44 Whooper Swans headed west , and a SEO over the road , plenty Curlew , Lapwing  the odd Golden Plover and Snipe . On the 25th plenty Buzzards , Kestrel , 2 Sparrowhawk , Little Owl and this Red Kite..Still 200 + Fieldfare and a couple of Redwings in Crimsworth Dean 

Spurn 15th March 2022

 An early morning dash to Spurn , weather looked good , southerly winds looked perfect.. Parked up at Easington and walked down to Long bank and Beacon Ponds and then to Kilnsea Wetlands and back. 2 Red throated Diver on the sea and a few Ringed Plover on the beach. Then amazingly I flushed a Firecrest by the path it flew into a thin line of Hawthorns and then headed high north..no chance of a photo but a stunning little gem...Down the track Skylarks and Reed Buntings shot off in all directions and as I got to Easington lagoon I flushed a Snipe...Redshanks and more Ringed Plover and a couple of Dunlin foraging along the lagoon edge..I then picked up 3 Rock Pipits feeding together on the edge of the ponds. 50 + Widgeon , 8 Little Grebe  ,Oycks , Mallards and Little Egret added a bit of colour. Past the Little tern Colony (none there yet) my first Gannet of the year out at sea . More Widgeon , Teal and Curlew in the fields and a small flock of DB Brent Geese overhead .As I approached Kilnsea Wetlands I almost stood on  a Wheatear it flew up onto a nearby HAwthorn just long enough to get a crap photo (turns out to be the first of the year for Spurn )..A scan of KW produced good numbers of Widgeon , Gadwall , Shoveler , Teal , 8 Mute Swan , 2 Avocet , 8  Black tailed Godwit one stunning adult in Summer plumage . A couple of Yellowhammer flew over and 18 Linnets.

 My first Small Tortoiseshell of the year and a couple of Brown Hares. By mid afternoon DB Brent Geese were gathering in large numbers on KWetlands so I went into the hide and got a few photos before they got spooked...Did not see one other birder for the first 4 hours...!!!

                                                                             Wheatear

                                                             DB Brent Geese

  Small Tortoiseshell...

 

Harbour Porpoise....

Sad to find this on the beach today , I noticed a large group of Greater black backed Gulls on the beach and when I approached I found this . Looks like it got hit by a boat ...........
 

Whoopers on the move

Had 58 ,51 and 36 this morning moving N/W over Widdop , flushed a Woodcock , and a few Skylark and the odd Meadow Pipit on the tops, first displaying Curlew , Snipe chipping , Golden Plover alarm calls and Lapwing display flights................and Greylags on the moor...!!!
 

Dove Stones..Feb 25th ...

 

                                               Under all the snow , spring is with us

Withernsea

 Always nice to find a Med Gull and when its a second winter even better...also a single adult male Twite on the coastal path and a female Marsh Harrier heading north. 70 + Tree Sparrows , 5 Yellowhammer and again loads of Red throated Diver on the sea....