I was at my favourite spot on the Humber early yesterday, safe to say I was trying to take photos in the near pitch black!
Its such a wild place and the good thing about it, I only saw two people all day. The incoming tide pushed the birds towards me and backed up by a strong south westerly wind, it wasn’t long before the tide came in pushing the birds closer.
The highlight was the number of lapwings flying from adjacent fields onto the mudflats and back, as well as the number of pintails-they were easily the most numerous duck.
Later a walk along the floodbank yielded spectacular views of a hunting merlin as well as distant views of hen harrier and marsh harrier.
A drive through Sunk Island on the way home produced another hen harrier and 4 marsh harriers.
