A day on the Yorkshire Coast, can’t beat it. Several Black-necked Grebe had been spending time in the harbour at Scarborough and there’s the Mediterranean Gull’s at Holbeck, as well as waders at Bridlington. So that was Saturday 14th November sorted then. We had one very obliging Black-necked Grebe at Scarborough Harbour and 12 Whooper Swan flew over, 5 Mediterranean Gull at Holbeck, including a 1st and 2nd winter and three adults. A loaf of bread certainly goes down well here. At Bridlington we had some very fine Purple Sandpiper just before the tide started rushing in, managed some decent […]

Sunday 1st November 2015 and a very foggy morning leaving home and heading for Eyebrook Reservoir and Rutland Water in Leicestershire. It remained misty most of the morning but at least the fog dispersed and visibility was pretty good as we arrived at our destinations. Both these waters are excellent for local birding opportunities. I first visited Eyebrook in January 1967, as a young lad and saw my first Goldeneye and Goosander, amongst an array of other good waterfowl. My birding days had only just begun at the time and living in the city of Derby, I had little opportunities […]