The
biggest surprise of the day was an almost suicidal Hawfinch that flew within inches of a car windscreen on the A171
heading into Scarborough on the southern edge of Stony Marl Moor just before
the tree plantation. Also in the north of our recording area on Low Moor,
Fylingdales there were a couple of Red Grouse, a Wheatear and 47 Golden Plover.
In
the Ravenscar area today there was a ♂ Ring Ouzel, 4 Wheatears, 3 Whitethroats,
2 Yellow Wagtails and a Brambling.
Long
Nab seawatching produced 7 Eider (south), 64 Common Scoter (north) and 6
(south), ♂ Goosander (south), 5 Bar-tailed Godwits (south) and 1 (north), 2 Arctic
Terns (north) and on land there were 16 Shore
Larks in the 2nd field north of the Obs, a reeling Grasshopper
Warbler in the field behind the Obs, a Fieldfare, a White Wagtail, a Tree Pipit
and 8 Wheatears. Further south another Grasshopper Warbler was reeling at
Cromer Point and another two in Stile Scrub.
Elsewhere
in the area we had a flock of 100+ Redpolls in Wykeham Forest East, 4 Wheatears
on Castle Hill, a Little Owl to the west of West Ayton, a Redstart in
Castlebeck Wood and Tree Pipit in Dalby Forest.
Shore Larks - Long Nab - Nick Addey |
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