Monday 12th July

An Avocet was seen flying south past Long Nab yesterday. This morning 25 Teal, 3 Wigeon, 482 Common Scoter and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits flew past, while a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was feeding offshore there before leaving northwards. A juvenile Little Ringed Plover, 37 Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Gulls and 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were at Wykeham East Lake. In Dalby Forest a recently fledged Redstart was spotted at Crosscliffe, and a family group of Willow Tits were near Dixon's. A Turtle Dove was on the roadside near Malton Court Farm, Ebberston.