A visit to the RSPB reserve at Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire is always a worthwhile trip. It’s only a couple of hours drive from home, so provides an ideal place to watch migrating waders in spring and autumn. Our visit on Saturday 19th August provided a good selection including 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, an adult Little Stint, numerous Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit and Dunlin, small numbers of Ruff, Avocet, Redshank, Greenshank, and Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover, at least 50 Little Egret, 5 Spoonbill, a few Swift, a Marsh harrier and 4 Turtle Dove (including 2 juveniles). A […]

A 1st summer Sabine’s Gull had been frequenting the gravel pit complex at Nosterfield Quarry, in North Yorkshire, for nearly three weeks. It seems that early summer is becoming a regular time of the year to connect with one of these tri-coloured wanderers. After last years full summer adults in Alaska, then a 1st summer, gracing Derbyshire in early July, it was good to see another one of these beautiful gulls at an inland site. We decided to head off into North Yorkshire, Saturday 15th July, to see the Honey Buzzards and hopefully connect with the Sabine’s Gull, all worked […]