Well I'm certainly javing a better Spring at Spurn tha I did last year and another cracking trip on Friday started very well with a brief glimpse of a hen harrier flying past the warren as soon as I arrived.
Then I watched a few Whimbrel feeding in clubleys field but a quick look on canal scrape yielded very little,
I moved up to sammy's Point and it immediately became apparrent that there were a few birds around. Yellow wagtails and wheatears in the first paddock were accompanied by a nice ring ouzel and the slightly surreal sound of a brambling calling along with a fieldfare and redwing.
The bushes held willow warbler, chiff-chaff whitethroat and lesser whitethroat as well as avery smart (but elusive pied flycatcher).
News that the previous day's wryneck was showing so I set off for Kilnsea and on the way a very nice cuckoo flew alongside the car for a short while.
More lesser whitethroats and another pied flycatcher at Kilnsea wetlands and then back up to Sammy's for another crack at the pied flycatcher. This time it showed very well allowing some nice photo's of a quite tricky bird at Spurn (Autumn juveniles are a different matter however),
Alli in all another very nice trip to Yorkshire's premier birding location, this Spring is shaping up quite nicely and the promise of easterly winds with rain later in the week is sure to bring more interesting birds.
Redwing
Ring Ouzel
Fieldfare
Yellow Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Wheatear
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Chaffinch with nesting material
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher