Sea fishing at Filey Brigg

Saturday was a glorious day for sea fishing and with a car full of tackle we set off for a day mackerel fishing off Filey Brigg. Tom caught 5 and Simon 1, so Tom was well chuffed ! Plenty of fish for tea and it was yummy.

Reed Warbler & Bunting

Local Little Owls

A quick visit last night to see our local pair of little owls. We think they have just 2 chicks. We can't spend the time here at this site that we would like to as it's on a main road location and don't really want to draw attention to the owls. Plus, we don't adopt the 'camping out for the ultimate photo technique' that some birders / photographers do these days. Best just to see them and then leave them in peace.

This weeks bits and bobs ..........

 Hare

 Long Tailed Tit

 Reed Warblers

 Sedge Warbler

Whitethroat

Bridled Tern

Just couldn't resist going for this stunner so with 2 places booked on Serenity we set off, excited about our adventure. The boat was full of birders, some Yorkshire lads we knew from Spurn so a good banter was flying. After an hour we moored on Inner Farne, knowing that the bird hadn't been seen at all that day. It had been coming in around 2pm for the last 5 days so we were all ready and waiting. Well, there was no sign and time was ticking. The happy, excited atmosphere was fading fast. Some birders had travelled from the south and a couple of them were fast asleep on the concrete! Then, at 3.10pm, a shout went up, the bridled tern had just flown in. It was probably the most difficult bird to find amongst the 1000's of other terns and rocks but everyone eventually saw it. It was very distant and photography was certainly not easy, but seeing the bird was paramount and a photo was a bonus. After a good preen the bridled then had a fly round and after a tussle with a couple of sandwich terns, flew off. A magical moment. We all went back on the boat happy and smiling. A new bird for us taking Karen's UK list to 341 and world list to 1433.

Farne Islands

 

 

The twitch begins with our boat trip to Inner Farne on-board Serenity. The skipper, Andrew, was very knowledgeable on birds and local history of all the islands. He came very highly recommended and we could see why. He left all the birders on the island for a good 3 hours, being the last boat to return at 4.30pm, giving us all plenty of time to see the tern (hopefully!)

 

 Grey Seal

 A relaxed group of birders, pressure off, bridle tern ticked ! Most had left on an earlier boat but we decided to stay until the last crossing. It seemed a shame not to make the most of this weather, the birds and the fabulous island we were on. This group are just watching a couple of roseate terns.

 Birds everywhere, but I can't begin to describe the smell !

 

 Grey Seal

 Bridled Guillemots

 No trip is complete without a puffin picture. They are just gorgeous.

 Shag

Arctic Tern, sitting on eggs on the path. Plenty of dive-bombing, so glad we had hats.