Saturday, January 25, 2014

A day out in Scarborough for Karen's birthday

A change of plan as we had originally decided to go to Seahouses in Northumberland  for the weekend. The weather forecast was dire with heavy rain forecast for the entire weekend. Shouldn't have taken any notice of this as it was, as usual, totally wrong! So, Friday was Karen's birthday so off we went to Scarborough for the day. First stop on the way in was B & Q where 2 waxwings were in the trees outside. Next stop was to The Mere where a cracking bacon butty was devoured while we searched for the firecrest. Drew a blank on this one so decided to head off to Holbeck carpark for the Med Gulls, we saw 3. Then down into Scarborough for the Great Northern Diver and a chippy lunch. A perfect day !!


                     and we had a........





 Scarborough Harbour









 Great Northern Diver








 Med Gulls




 Waxwings


Then home for lashings of chinese takeaway, wine and Karen's pressies. A lovely day out xx

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Alkborough Flats











 Little Egret with 2 spotted redshank

Marsh Harrier

Messingham Nature Reserve




 Fieldfare in the horse field






Just one single redpoll in the flock of siskins






Siskin