Local stonechats

A beautiful pair of stonechats on one of our local sites this morning

A stroll around Toft Newton Reservior

Yellow Wagtail in the rain 

Ringed Plover 

Pied Wagtail 

Meadow Pipit 

Wheatear 

Dunlin

We haven't been to Toft for a while, so today decided to stay local and that seemed as good a place as any to head for. Masses of meadow pipits, pied and yellow wagtails and lots of house martins still hanging on. Did a couple of trips round, an excellent afternoon that also gave us a single Red Arrow.

An afternoon at Flamborough

A kestrel hanging over the cliffs, effortless and beautiful 

A very distant red-throated diver. We also had a great-northern fly past

A single eider bobbed about below us 

Great-crested Grebe, we don't usually see these on the sea

A lovely afternoon sitting at the lighthouse at Flamborough, the sun shone but the wind was howling and bitterly cold. A few seals kept us amused and we had good company and a flask of milky coffee, so a good afternoon was had by all !

Our local hobbies

One of our local pairs of hobbies have successfully reared two chicks again this year. They will soon be on their way, lets hope we can see them again next week before they go. Without doubt, one of our favourite birds.