Waxwings

10 waxwings in B & Q car park, Scarborough today. Everytime they came to the Rowan tree to feed, the local sparrowhawk swept through and put the fear of god into them! With the berries nearly all gone, they will soon be moving on anyway. One of our favourite birds and always a pleasure to watch. They are so smart looking!

Scarborough, Yorkshire

Scarborough, North Yorkshire. One of our favourite places, a typical seaside town where peregrines are guaranteed and you can get a good bag of chips!

Whooper Swans

48 whoopers flew in at Wroot while we were watching the Great Grey Shrike.  Approx 120 whoopers in the adjoining field now along with 2 Bewicks. Cetti's warbler and water rail also in the reed bed. Pity the shrike was ruined by a 'birder' with 2 uncontrolable, stone throwing kids sporting bright orange hats. Glad he didn't get good views of it!

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Mandarin Duck

Striking colours - my kinda bird! 5 of these at Clumber Park today.

Greenland White Fronted Geese

Had a brilliant day out today around the Humber. Geese species included Been Geese, Greylag, Pink Foots, Canada, Bar Head and these White Fronts.

Today on the Humber

               Lapwing and Golden Plover at Alkborough Flats

           1000's of Pink Footed Geese feeding at Barton. 

Our first peregrine of the year put them up, a fabulous sight!

                Shoveler

                       Bar Headed Goose

Great Grey Shrike

Tunnel Pits, Wroot, Lincs. Our first bird of 2012 so started the year with a cracker! Showed fleetingly for about one minute in 2 hours and weather very overcast meaning pics are dire! Still, a decent start to the year. Also in attendance were a cetti's warbler, 40+ whooper swans, 2 bewick swans and 2 ringtail harriers on the way home.

Redshank

Great White Egret

Got a call with the location of this Egret that had been seen last week flying over Messingham Nature Reserve. We located the bird but it was flushed by hare coursers approaching quickly from an adjoining field. We re-located it later in the morning but the bird was very wary and was soon spooked.

Owlet Plantation

            Goldcrest

          Long Tailed Tit

                                          Treecreeper

With a howling wind blowing there wasn't a lot to see so we decided on a woodland walk to Owlet Plantation. There didn't seem to be much about, the morning's dog walkers had put paid to that. A couple of great spotted woodpeckers, flocks of redpoll and the few birds above were just about it.