Off to Bridlington for 3 nights. Places visited were:
Bempton Cliffs (Wednesday afternoon, Thursday evening, Friday evening)
Flamborough Head (Thursday morning, Friday afternoon)
Wykeham Forest and Raptor Viewpoint (Thursday midday)
Rosedale, North York Moors (Thursday afternoon)
Filey Dams Reserve (Friday morning)
Filey Brigg (Friday morning)
Hightor Tor Low Reserve (Saturday morning)
Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve (Saturday midday)
Home by 6pm Saturday having set off Wednesday 5.15am. Nearly 700 miles driven and a good trip list:
First sighting noted. Highlight of the trip was a Bee eater that I heard from the South Lagoon at Hightor Low Reserve. It flitted over the lagoon for less than a minute and was gone. Only my 4th record of this species in the UK, although I record loads of sightings when in The Camargue and The Algarve. Great bird to see.
- Mute Swan (Hightor Low)
- Greylag Goose (Filey Dams)
- Canada Goose (Filey Dams)
- Shelduck (Filey Dams)
- Mallard (Filey Dams)
- Gadwall (Filey Dams)
- Shoveler (Blacktoft Sands)
- Teal (Filey Dams)
- Garganey (Filey Dams, a pair)
- Tufted Duck (Filey Dams)
- Red Grouse (Rosedale)
- Pheasant (Bempton Cliffs)
- Red Throated Diver (Filey Brigg)
- Little Grebe (Blacktoft Sands)
- Fulmar (Bempton Cliffs)
- Gannet (Bempton Cliffs)
- Cormorant (Hightor Low)
- Shag (Flamborough Head)
- Little egret (Hightor Low)
- Great White egret (Blacktoft Sands)
- Grey Heron (Filey Dams)
- Red Kite (driving)
- Marsh Harrier (Hightor Low)
- Common Buzzard (Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint)
- Honey Buzzard (Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint)
- Sparrowhawk ( Filey Dams)
- Kestrel (A1 driving)
- Peregrine Falcon (Rosedale)
- Moorhen (Filey Dams)
- Coot (Filey Dams)
- Oystercatcher (Flamborough Head)
- Avocet (Filey Dams)
- Little Ringed Plover (Hightor Low)
- Lapwing (Filey Dams)
- Common Sandpiper (Hightor Low)
- Redshank (Flamborough Head)
- Greenshank (Filey Dams)
- Black tailed godwit (Blacktoft Sands)
- Curlew (Rosedale)
- Black Headed Gull (Flamborough Head)
- Herring Gull (Bempton Cliffs)
- Lesser Black Backed Gull (Hightor Low)
- Kittiwake (Bempton Cliffs)
- Common Tern (Hightor Low)
- Puffin (Bempton Cliffs)
- Guillemot (Bempton Cliffs)
- Razorbill (Bempton Cliffs)
- Wood Pigeon (Bempton Cliffs)
- Collared dove (Bridlington)
- Barn Owl (Bempton Cliffs)
- Swift (Bempton Cliffs)
- Bee eater (Hightor Low)
- Great Spotted woodpecker (heard, Wykeham Forest)
- Skylark (Bempton Cliffs)
- Sand Martin (Filey Brigg)
- Swallow (Bempton Cliffs)
- House Martin (Flamborough Head)
- Meadow Pipit (Bempton Cliffs)
- Pied Wagtail (Filey Dams)
- Yellow wagtail (Access Road, Hightor Low)
- Dunnock (Bempton Cliffs carpark)
- Robin (Bempton Cliffs carpark)
- Wheatear (Flamborough Head)
- Song Thrush (Bridlington)
- Mistle Thrush (Wykeham Forest)
- Blackbird (Bempton Cliffs)
- Ring Ouzel (Rosedale at The Kilns x2)
- Garden Warbler (Hightor Low)
- Blackcap (Filey Dams)
- Whitethroat (Bempton Cliffs)
- Sedge Warbler (Flamborough Head)
- Grasshopper Warbler (heard, Flamborough Head)
- Cettis Warbler (Hightor Low)
- Reed Warbler (Blacktoft Sands)
- Willow Warbler (Wykeham Forest)
- Chiffchaff (Bempton Cliffs carpark)
- Goldcrest (Wykeham Forest)
- Wren (Bempton Cliffs)
- Great tit (Bempton Cliffs)
- Blue Tit (Bempton Cliffs)
- Willow Tit (Wykeham Forest)
- Coal Tit (Wykeham Forest)
- Long Tailed tit (Bempton Cliffs carpark)
- Bearded Reedling (heard, Blacktoft Sands)
- Magpie (Bempton Cliffs)
- Jay (Approach Road, Bempton Cliffs)
- Jackdaw (Bempton Cliffs)
- Carrion Crow (Bempton Cliffs)
- Starling (Filey Brigg)
- House Sparrow (Bridlington)
- Tree Sparrow (Bempton Cliffs)
- Chaffinch (Bempton Cliffs)
- Linnet (Bempton Cliffs)
- Goldfinch (Filey Dams)
- Greenfinch (Filey Dams)
- Siskin (Wykeham Forest)
- Bullfinch (Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint and Hightor Low)
- Common Crossbill (Wykeham Forest)
- Reed Bunting (Filey Dams)
- Yellowhammer (Filey Brigg)
- Corn Bunting (Bempton Cliffs and Hightor Low approach Road)
- Feral Pigeon (ubiquitous)
Some of my favourite snaps of the trip.
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| Gannet |
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| Guillemot |
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| Gannet enjoying the updraft |
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| Recently fledged Tree Sparrow |
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| Kittiwakes |
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| Gannet thinking about having a salad! |
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| Razorbill |
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| Guillemot |
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| Guillemot territorial dispute, note the Bridled form. |
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| Nesting material |
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| Puffin |
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| Incoming |
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| Have they seen the Fulmar? |
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| Acrobatic Fulmar |
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| Gannet that has suffered with Bird Flu. Note large pupil. |
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| Puffins |
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| Tree Sparrow, extinct in my county of Hertfordshire, great to see so many. |
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| Clifftop poppies at Flamborough Head. |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Recently fledged Tree Sparrow |
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| Red Grouse |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| More Puffins! |
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| Juvenile Coot |
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| Greenshank |
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| Razorbill got the landing wrong. Splat! 2nd time around got it correct |
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| Distant Shag |
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| Fulmar |
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| Distant drake Garganey at Filey Dams |
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| New born Kittiwake |
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| Juvenile Starling with parent |
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| Flamborough Head seals |
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| Emperor dragonfly |
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| Guillemot on the updraft |
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| Bempton Barn Owl |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Wheatear at Flamborough Head |
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| Posing Gannet |
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| Razorbill just heard Boris Johnson has resigned! |
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| Black tailed godwits at Blacktoft Sands |
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| Grey heron in harsh light |
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| Puffins and Razorbill |
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| Gannet symmetry |
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| World's worst Bee Eater photo from Hightor Low |
