Rose-coloured Starling, Spurn

A good afternoon at Spurn today. After sitting in traffic in Hull for well over an hour due to Sunday road sweeping by Hull City Council, we thought we wouldn't get there until tea time !  Started the afternoon off with the first stop at Easington Cemetary with a flock of bramblings and a yellow-browed warbler. Then onto Canal where we were given stonking good views of this rosy starling. No luck with the barred warbler but plenty of stonechats and a single wheatear (that was being tormented by children until they were told!). 3 further yellow-browed in the Churchyard and a couple more in the pub car park. A fabulous day despite the large crowds. Pity this evening news has come out of a bluetail at the point......now why wait until 8pm ? 

Rose-coloured Starling, Scarborough

With a clear blue sky today we decided to head to Scarborough for the rose coloured starling. Very easy to find location and we soon joined the other 3 birders in the front garden of number 33. After about half an hour it popped out of the bushes and onto the wall in the neighbouring property, making its way up and down the wall. The sun shone and the bird looked absolutely stunning in perfect light. It showed for around 10 minutes, hopping around, busy looking for food and mingling with the sparrows, very happy and content. It soon disappeared into the back bushes and wasn't seen again for about an hour. By that time, the crowds had grown and the front garden was getting quite full, but we were treated to a further 5 minutes viewing when it popped out and then back into the greenery.  The neighbour kept giving the location of the bird from her back windows which was appreciated. A big thank you to the occupier of number 33 for letting us trespass in your garden, that was a very kind gesture. 

Rose-coloured Starling

The tree with the feeders in that it favoured for 5 days.

Wells, Norfolk. This bird definitely had the WOW factor! He has been around for 5 days now, always in the same tree that is filled with feeders with a bird bath beneath. He seems very content and not bothered at all by all the people and traffic. So glad he came down for a bath, he really went for it! A brilliant weekend so far...........now what shall we go see tomorrow?