A superb & very obliging male Desert Wheatear has been over wintering at Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve in East Yorkshire. I have been wanting to see this bird for sometime and some 12 weeks into it’s stay I eventually managed to see it to-day. It was found on the 19th November, a typical time of year for Desert Wheatear to arrive in Britain. They are often the last good rare migrant of the autumn to turn up. One of my favourite Wheatears. Also plenty of Fulmars were taking up residence on the cliffs. A couple of year ticks moves […]
A day out in North Norfolk provided some real cracking birds with 9 species of Raptor being seen during the day. Hunstanton seafront is always a good place to start and we soon found a single Snow Bunting, 5 Mediterranean Gulls and after a tip-off, a fine Purple Sandpiper. Plenty of common waders and several Eider off-shore. A few Fulmar off Hunstanton Cliffs and thousands of Pink-footed Geese moving off the Wash inland. Below – First winter Snow Bunting – Snettisham, Norfolk. Moving on to Titchwell RSPB Reserve, a fine adult Whooper Swan in fields by the entrance […]