Sunday 25 August 2013

Green Sand

Another freshwater wader on the beach with a Green Sand calling and eventually alighting briefly on The Links beach before towering high and disappearing south, nice. And another species that I am struggling to recall seeing on a beach before.

Back at the ranch a mid afternoon cup of tea outside was rewarded with a flock of twelve Blackwits drifting in from the east into The Shunan. A male Hen Harrier went through the garden hunting, but that was about it

3 comments:

Nick Carter said...

"That was about it", my how you forget your life in the bird impoverished South Pennines :) We would love some Blackwits and a male HH.

Alastair said...

Long forgotten days, Nick.... Parcel post, tracked delivery?

Nick Carter said...

Hopefully not too long before we can look forward to some quality east coast birding, just found out a Crane went south over Morningside this evening. The house is getting quite a list thanks to reports from vis mig watchers at Filey, hope it continues once we get there.