Headed back to Donna Nook for the red-backed shrike that had been reported earlier. A walk along the coastal path to Pye's Hall was, without doubt, the best birding day we have ever had on the Lincs coast with a massive fall of birds. The path was littered with wheatears, pied and spotted flycatchers were in every bush along with redstarts and whinchats and a few lesser whitethroats made Simon's day. It was spectacular and we loved every minute of it. What made it extra special was that there was just us two and a million mosquitoes ! We did eventually see the shrike, our last bird of the day when we had nearly given up. We couldn't have wished for better views.
With a couple of days of easterly winds forecast it was definately worth a trip to Spurn on Sunday to see what had arrived. Oh my goodness, we were not prepared for the extravaganza that was to welcome us. A lesser whitethroat was our first bird of the day followed by redstarts, pied flycatchers and whinchats and that was how the afternoon went. A red backed shrike was along Canal Hedge which showed all afternoon and a wryneck further along the bank was a bonus we certainly didn't expect. One of those magical days with literally hundreds of migrant birds dropping in that increased as the afternoon went on. There wasn't a bit of fence without a bird on it, it was absolutely fantastic !!
