First thing this morning the
over wintering Whimbrel was in the field south of Crook Ness and was
accompanied by 15 Curlews; at Long Nab a Red-necked
Grebe flew north at 08.36 plus 7 Goosanders north during the morning, 2
Eider (1 N, 1 S), a Golden Plover (S), 210 Lapwing (190 S), 46 Skylarks (39 S,
5 E and 2 N) and at Scalby Mills a Long-tailed Duck flew north at 09.08. Also
at Scalby Mills 2♂ and a ♀ Goosanders flew north and there were 72 Redshanks, a
Dunlin, 2 Purple Sandpipers and a Lesser Black-backed Gull.
At Wykeham South Lake we had
10 Great Crested Grebes, a Goldeneye, 4 Oystercatchers and 3 Egyptian Geese
flew over and landed in the fields to the east of the River Derwent. In the
Seamer area a Short-eared Owl was west of the Tip Pool and 11 Redshanks to the
south, on Starr Carr scrape 2 Shoveler and 3 Gadwall.
Also today the Great White Egret remained on Potter
Brompton Carr; in Cornelian Bay there were a Great Crested Grebe, 5
Red-throated Divers and a Black-throated
Diver (that drifted round into Cayton Bay and was seen there later) and a Hawfinch was in Ellerburn churchyard.