An
excellent find today by John Burnham who discovered a very attractive adult Rosy (Rose-coloured) Starling in his
garden in Londesborough Road this morning. Only the seventh record for the
Scarborough area and the first since a juvenile visited gardens in Burniston on
24th–27th September 2008. According to one of John’s neighbours the bird may
have been present for a couple of days but John had only just returned from a
family holiday. I would like to take this opportunity to thank John for
allowing access to his front garden so people could view the bird, a gesture
much appreciated by many of us.
The
Wykeham Forest area was also very productive today but a lot depended on where
you were positioned, reports were received of 5 Honey Buzzards in the air together, at least 3 Goshawks, 2 Hobbys,
a Peregrine plus support from many Common Buzzards, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk.
Also whilst still discussing raptors a juvenile Marsh Harrier was seen near
Hutton Buscel today.
At
Long Nab this morning 12 Common Scoter (N), 105 Oystercatchers (S), 9
Black-tailed Godwits (S) 1 at 07.23 and 8 at 09.42, 7 Whimbrel (S), 32 Sandwich
Terns (18 S, 14 N), a Great Skua (S), 18 Swift (S), 12 Sand Martin (S), 24
Swallow (S), 12 House Martin (S) and 4 Willow Warblers.
At
Harwood Dale Lake today we had a Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpipers, a
Greenshank, 6 Rosy StarlingTeal and 9 Mandarins; 6 Teal were on Johnson’s Marsh and finally
there were two adult Mediterranean Gulls on the Holbeck rooftops this morning.
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