Spurn, Yorkshire

 

Spoonbill

Golden Plover

Osprey

Northern Wheatear

Northern Wheatear

Lapland Bunting

Lapland Bunting

Lapland Bunting

Lapland Bunting

Oare Marshes

Curlew Sandpiper

Golden Plover and Lapwing

Wheatear

Oare Marshes

Lapwing

Little Stint

Golden Plover




Grey Heron

 

Reculver and Oare (Kent)

Arrived at Reculver in bright conditions with north westerly winds. There were already a large number of observers gathered among the towers sheltering from the wind and searching for seabirds. From 09:00 till 14:30 we counted in excess of 200 Gannets moving west, 3 Swallows, 25 Sandwich Terns, c15 Wigeon west, 1 Common Scoter east, 30+ Great Skua west, 5 Arctic Skua, 2 Divers, 1 Auk and great views of a single Snow Bunting on the grass area just inland.

After, we visited Oare to view the very distant Sabines Gull that had been hanging around the Swale since this morning, where we also saw: Spoonbill (1), Great Skua (3), Arctic Skua (1), Gannet (25), Common Scoter (3), Avocet (60), juvenile Little Stint (1) and Swallow (6).

Snow Bunting

Herring Gull

Gannet

Great Skua

Ringed Plover

Ruff & Golden Plover

Seasalter/Oare: Started at Seasalter where we saw Gannet (1) and Sandwich Tern (8). Moved to Oare for the high tide roost: Little Stint (1), Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank (1), Golden Plover (many), Ruff (1), Water Rail (1 heard) and Grey Plover (2).

Dunnock

Golden Plover
Lapwing

Ringed Plover

Starling

Mallard

Oare: Visited Oare Marsh over the high tide period this afternoon. Good to catch up with the roosting waders and birding friends not seen in a while. Birds seen included: Marsh Harrier (1), Little Egret (8), Sandwich Tern (3), Common Tern (5), Sand Martin, House Martin (1), Yellow Wagtail (1), Avocet (6), Bar-tailed Godwit (5), Black-tailed Godwit (many), Golden Plover (many), Redshank, Whimbrel (12), Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper (3), Dunlin, Greenshank (2), Ruff (5) and Green Woodpecker (1).

Ruff

Golden Plover

Golden Plover

Golden Plover

Lapwing and Ruff

Lapwing

Greenshank