Another
long period of observation today at Long Nab with people present for a total of
14 hours during the day.
The
unquestionable highlight of the day was the discovery of a Tawny Pipit by Micky McNaghten in the field to the north of the
Obs. The bird was seemingly grounded momentarily by a light rain shower at
09.05 but when this ceased it headed off to the south along the cliff at 09.11
never to be seen again. Unfortunately the observer was unable to obtain any
photographs of this record, the 2nd for the Scarborough area. The
first was on South Cliff Golf Course on the 24th April 2014 and was
found by the same observer. Another nice discovery today was the Dotterel which flew north at 08.27,
another species that is rarely seen in our area and like this one the vast
majority of recent records are flyovers. Other species seen in this area today
included a Little Egret south at 19.45, a Red
Kite went south along the cliff at 16.03 which is unusual as they normally
go through inland, 10 Curlew south, 12 Sandwich Tern south and 2 north, 8 Swift
south, 81 Sand Martin south, 1397 Swallows and 502 House Martins south.
At
Scalby Mills today a Dipper, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Sandwich Terns and 2
Turnstones.
A
Bottle-nosed Dolphin was seen moving south of Long Nab at 12.45.
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