Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Tuesday 13th August

 An Osprey, pale male Honey Buzzard and Hobby from the Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint. A Barn Owl hunting above Cayton Bay plus 30 Goldfnches, 2 Lesser Whitethroats. Good numbers of duck moving past Long Nab this morning; 2 Gadwall, Tufted Duck, 253 Teal, 687 Common Scoters, and 6 Red-breasted Mergansers. Also past were 3 Caspian Gulls, a Yellow-legged Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 27 Whimbrel. A Little Egret and Common Sandpiper on the rocks. A Little Egret at Johnson's Marsh. A German ringed Caspian Gull at Scalby Mills. Ringed as a chick at Grabendorfer See in eastern Germany on 3rd June 2024. 136 Sandwich Terns roosting at Scalby Ness, an Eider, 2 Goldeneye on the sea at Jackson's Bay, plus a Whimbrel south. An early morning visit to Gristhorpe Bay; Whimbrel, 27 Curlew, 44 Oystercatchers, Redshank, Little Egret, 29 Cormorants. Also in the surrounding area was a Short-eared Owl, 5 Grey Partridge, and a Lesser Whitethroat.  An Arctic Skua south past Marine Drive.


Caspian Gull Scalby Mills - Nick Addey.

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