Messingham NR

Some good views of the 3 Pintail that were on there on Friday

Wigeon 

Willow Tit 

and a Mandarin on the lake at Ashby Ville

Toft Newton Reservoir

Black-necked Grebe 

Cormorant 

Goldeneye 

Grey Wagtail

A nice walk round on Sunday afternoon, some good birds and chatty fishermen.

Scarborough Harbour

Black-necked Grebe 

Great Northern Diver. It fed constantly all the time we were there, eating crab after crab

Shag 

A lovely, but very cold, day at Scarborough. The Great Northern Diver showed constantly in the harbour, feeding constantly, but no sign today of the Red-throated diver that had been there the previous day. No sign of any waxwings today, but the trees they had been feeding on yesterday, were stripped bare !

A good day, chilled to the bone, but the tray of chips with lashings of vinegar warmed us up !

This week so far .....

Long-tailed Duck and a couple of  Common Scoter at Covenham Reservoir 

 Kestrel

Kingfisher at Blacktoft Sands 

and a couple of Willow Tits on one of our local walks.....on a footpath next to a housing estate, not on a nature reserve so we will be able to feed and watch these birds without the wrath of the Lincs Trust.