Spring has sprung at Spurn

My trip to Spurn this weekend started on Friday night with a nice walk around the triangle at dusk.
The obvious change since the last visit was a marked increase in the numbers of warblers around.
The ever vocal sedge warblers were singing seemingly from every piece of cover and also willow warblers were whistling their evocative tune.
A couple of deer made for a nice scene out on the Saltmarsh made for a typical dusk scene and swallows feeding over canal scrape gave a great opportunity for some backlit shots.
Saturday morning dawned dull. A quick look around Sykes Field produced more warblers including the resident and very vocal Cetti’s warbler.
A low tide around 8am meant very few waders around so I bypassed Kilnsea Wetlands and carried on to Sammy’s Point. One of the long staying wheatears remained and a couple of whimbrel were on the Humber.
After Sammy’s I made my way to canal scrape. A water rail was visible in the gloom and a lesser whitethroat was calling in the car park.
Hirundines were visible from the bank with swallows, sand martins and my first house martins of the year all on show.
Later we went for a walk around Kilnsea. By now the sun was out and it was turning into a lovely Spring day. Quite a few butterflies were on the wing mainly peacocks and small tortoiseshells a single large white and the highlight was a brimstone. Another first for the year in the form of a swift was drifting south over the triangle.
Another wander up to Sammy’s Point produced more warblers and yet another first of the year this time in the form of a cuckoo. A sprinkle of yellow wagtails added to the Springtime feel as well as a small scattering of wheatears along the rocks.
The day ended with clouds and a scattering of rain.
Sunday morning again dawned dull. I spent some time at the Warren watching migration. A trickle of linnets was the main feature but two more firsts for the year in the form of little tern and tree pipit were the highlights.
Another walk up to Sammy’s Point produced a singing grasshopper warbler as well as a barn owl and some more wheatears on the rocks.
The weekend was more about the birding than the photography with no less than 9 additions to the year list.
Easterlies forecast for the week surely they must produce something rare?

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Spring has sprung at Spurn