East Coast Kilnsea Wetlands /Beacon Ponds ,

                                                        Dark -bellied Brent Geese

                                                     Herring Gull argenteus

                                                             Common Gull canus

                                                           Incoming Dark - bellied Brent Geese

                                                                      Sanderling

                                                              2nd winter  Herring Gull argenteus

                                                              Dark - bellied Brent Goose

400 + Widgeon , 30 Black -tailed Godwit , 300 Dunlin , 10 Shoveler , 1 Short eared Owl , 25 Sanderling  , 350 Dark bellied Brent Geese , 1 leucistic Brent sp , 6 Gadwall , 4 Little Egret , 50 + Ringed Plover , 180 Redshank , 50 Curlew , 25 Little Grebe ,a massive move of Red throated Diver on the sea with small flocks of 10's a 9 , 6 , 8 heading south , at least 150 + , 3 Great crested Grebe , 160 Pink footed Geese north , Oycks 20 + and a few Mipits and Skylarks heading north.......

Starlings......

Good to hear Starlings in full song today...a good sign spring is nearly with us,,

 

Glossy Ibis 2

 

Glossy Ibis and 5 Little Egret  in a horse paddock at Chapple Six marshes near Mablethorpe. 20 Whoopers , 8 Brent Geese , 100 + Widgeon , 10 Gadwall , 1 Marsh Harrier , and a few Red throated Diver.....

Glossy Ibis....

 

Great Stone of Fourstones

 

Turnstones

 

Haunting image of young dead Seal

 The beach and north Sea  in winter can be a hard place to survive for young and old  seal pups

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Purple Sandpiper

 

Adult male Snow Bunting feathers

Found these today on the coastal path near Withernsea  . A raptor victim prob Sparrowhawk or maybe Merlin ...Plenty of Red throated Divers on the sea (40 + ) Fulmar , Kittiwake  and 3 Harbour Porpoise ...great day to be out.....