The latest visit to Spurn has been Wildlife packed to say the least.

It started on Friday evening with some great views of a displaying little ringed plover at Kilnsea Wetlands. A vocal black-tailed godwit and common sandpiper added further interest.

I setup my new moth trap in eager anticipation and put some peanuts out for the badger and set the trail camera.

Next morning I was up early and a few moths were in the trap, the best being a spanking gold spot.

All the peanuts were gone, and I set off for a wander around Kilnsea. Not much in the way of migrants but news of 5 little stints on Kilnsea Wetlands had me hot-footing it there and sure enough 5 spring spangled jewels were feeding in front of the hide.

I had a wander around Kilnsea in the afternoon and 2 brimstone, 7 wall and 11 orange tips were the highlight as well as a first common blue of the year.

A lovely sunny evening was rudely disrupted by news of a harrier on the Humber side near the Riverside Hotel.

Distant views and discussion over the radio suggested it maybe a Montagu’s harrier. It seemed to linger around Easington straight so I headed down there in the car and a small crowd assembled on the road edge. It had gone down in a field and there was no further sign. After a short while it came up and quickly went to ground again. The crowd got bigger and waited with bated breath. Out of nowhere came a spanking male hen harrier and as it flew over it flushed the montagu’s. They both interacted for a short while, then the hen harrier carried on north. The montagu’s lingered for a while before heading off north west over Easington.

Another night on the moth trap produced some better numbers, this time the highlight being a smart brimstone.

I had a ride down to Kilnsea Wetlands and a green-winged teal had been seen. After a while it made a re-appeared and stayed distant often associating with a garganey and Eurasian teal.

The afternoon was quite cool as was the evening. I had yet another look on Kilnsea Wetlands but there was no change. A couple of vocal cuckoos provided a lovely backdrop around Sykes Field in the late evening.

Another run of the moth trap produced low numbers, however it did yield the weekends best moth- a very smart small elephant hawk moth- a first for me!

Monday morning dawned very cold and a quick look on Kilnsea wetlands proved that the green winged teal had departed.

A ruff came close to the hide briefly to add to the wader fest.

I headed for home mid morning having-had a most enjoyable wildlife packed weekend. I can’t wait for next time to do it all over again.