I managed to resist the temptation of going up to Flamborough this weekend, and instead kept my faith in Spurn (really, a no-brainer) as Spurn to me is far more than just the birds.

I went up on Friday night and called in at Weeton. Very quiet so moved swiftly on.

saturday morning dawned bright and slightly breezy. With the wind coming from a southerly direction my best hope was that some of the migrants extended their stay for another day.

I started at Beacon Ponds and was greeted by a magnificent sunrise. As high tide coincided with daybreak, there was a good number of birds around, they were quite flighty and even more so when a sparrowhawk steamed through in search of breakfast.

Once the sun was up I headed back to the car with the intention of looking around the Warren and Canal bushes.

As I arrived news of the dusky warblere being trapped and ringed came over the radio. I have to say I’m not a fan of ringing birds nor photographing them in the hand, so I had a quick look and made my way towards the gate. I got a few shots of common waders in flight then had a look around canal bushes. Not much around but some delightful goldcrests were photogenic as they fed frantically no doubt having just travelled over the north sea.

I went back for breakfast and then decided to make the trelk accross the breach in search of the remaining arctic warbler. I made it in good time and after a while it eventually showed nicely.

After a coule of hours I headed back and had a very brief view of a barred warbler.

The last couple of hours I spent on the Humber but other than a single marsh harrier, it was very quiet.

I enjoyed the sunrise and even on a relatively quiet day I managed to shoot 1500 images!