The first Wheatear of the year
for our area was a male in the field north of the Obs and a Woodcock was
flushed from a hedgerow in the same area; at Wykeham South Lake 2♂ Pintail and
a ♂ Common Scoter; at Harwood Dale Lake a Goosander, 3 Wigeon and 21 Teal and
at The Mere there were 15 Cormorants, a Little Grebe, 2 Teal, 43 Tufted Ducks, 3
Goosander and a Kingfisher.
Chiffchaffs are moving in now
with birds recorded today at Crook Ness, Trough Gully, Style Scrub, 2 along
Scalby Beck and another by the Sealife Centre, at The Mere and at Harwood Dale
Lake.
Elsewhere today there were 39
Purple Sandpipers roosting on the East Pier at the Harbour and on Castle Hill a
Goldcrest, a Fieldfare and a Redwing.
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| Barn Owl - Cayton Carr - Stuart Baines |
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| Peregrine - Castle Cliffs - Joe Bamfield |
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