{"id":12576,"date":"2015-09-13T21:23:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T21:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=12576"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:34:11","slug":"a-day-at-spurn-east-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-day-at-spurn-east-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day at Spurn, East Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Saturday 12th September and I spent the whole day walking round Spurn and Kilnsea area<\/span><\/strong>. Not a bad day with small numbers of <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Pied Flycatcher<\/span>, Common Redstart, Whinchat and Wheatear. A single <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Short-eared Owl<\/span> and a <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Yellow-browed Warbler<\/span> certainly helped to brighten up the day. The Yellow-browed Warbler was one of my earliest autumn records. We went twice for the Black Stork at Sunk Island and never did see it, but I found a stunning Hummingbird Hawkmoth there instead, so some compensation. Always great to see one of these beautiful immigrants. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Year List moves on to 226.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Humming-Birdhawkmoth_S1Q0098.jpg\" alt=\"Humming Birdhawkmoth_S1Q0098\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Humming-Birdhawkmoth_S1Q0098.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Humming-Birdhawkmoth_S1Q0098-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Humming-Birdhawkmoth_S1Q0098-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Humming-Birdhawkmoth_S1Q0098-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth-2_S1Q0101.jpg\" alt=\"Hummingbird Hawkmoth 2_S1Q0101\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth-2_S1Q0101.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth-2_S1Q0101-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth-2_S1Q0101-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth-2_S1Q0101-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth_S1Q0101.jpg\" alt=\"Hummingbird Hawkmoth_S1Q0101\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth_S1Q0101.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth_S1Q0101-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth_S1Q0101-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hummingbird-Hawkmoth_S1Q0101-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hummingbird Hawkmoth<\/strong> &#8211; Above three images &#8211; Sunk Island, Spraggers Drain &#8211;<em> Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em> &#8211; Taken in very poor light in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0048.jpg\" alt=\"Redstart_S1Q0048\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0048.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0048-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0048-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0048-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0055.jpg\" alt=\"Redstart_S1Q0055\" width=\"1175\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0055.jpg 1175w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0055-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0055-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0055-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1175px) 100vw, 1175px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0057.jpg\" alt=\"Redstart_S1Q0057\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0057.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0057-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0057-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Redstart_S1Q0057-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Common Redstart<\/strong> &#8211; A young male &#8211; Above three images &#8211; Kilnsea &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0011.jpg\" alt=\"Wood Pigeon_S1Q0011\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0011.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0011-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0011-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0011-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0016.jpg\" alt=\"Wood Pigeon_S1Q0016\" width=\"1150\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0016.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0016-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0016-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wood-Pigeon_S1Q0016-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Wood Pigeon<\/strong> &#8211; A pair of amorous Wood Pigeons in the late afternoon sunshine &#8211; Above two images &#8211; Crown &amp; Anchor, Kilnsea &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 12th September and I spent the whole day walking round Spurn and Kilnsea area. Not a bad day with small numbers of Pied Flycatcher, Common Redstart, Whinchat and Wheatear. A single Short-eared Owl and a Yellow-browed Warbler certainly helped to brighten up the day. The Yellow-browed Warbler was one of my earliest autumn records. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,606],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-birdsof2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}