tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66898699926187788602024-03-13T02:40:42.833+00:00Long NabberBirding on the Yorkshire coast north of ScarboroughLong Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-18151223497232911772017-05-29T14:00:00.000+01:002017-05-29T16:54:13.111+01:00Blowing off the dust....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With no updates here since November and it now being the end of May it might seem that Long Nabber has not been seeing a great deal. Well, it is certainly true that winter visits were few and far between as a combination of a house move, trips overseas and other priorities took precedence. However there have been quite a number of highlights so, here is a round up of recent exploits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The flock of <b>Shore Larks</b> were quite elusive for much of the winter but towards the end of their extended sojourn in the area performed nicely affording some photographic opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The ringing sessions yielded mostly local breeding species, although a singing <b>Reed Warbler</b> was a surprise and it ended up in one of the nets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Work took me away again for a much of the middle of May, so it was with some envy that I read of Micky's finds that included a flyover <b>Dotterel</b>, a brief <b>Tawny Pipit</b> and a <b>Bee-eater</b> flying south.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The ringing operation at Long Nab has been running when time permits since 2009. During that period the location of where we process the birds has varied. Initially I ringed birds at the inland end of the plantation, but missing a <b>Sabine's Gull</b> caused me to move base to the seaward end. This has allowed time to undertake short seawatches between net rounds and certainly paid dividends with a <b>Pallid Harrier</b> flying N along the cliffs in May 2016! However, with very little going on at sea in recent days and the weather seeming unlikely to produce I suggested to Micky that we move to the inland end of the ringing site for our ringing sessions on 26th and 27th May. This location allows better views of the ridge inland of the Nab and the potential for raptors moving along that ridge and is arguably better for observing visible migration of Swifts and hirundines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The 27th May dawned bright and clear but with a light SE wind still blowing we remained hopeful of something interesting. However by 0830 it seemed clear that there were no new migrants in. Watching inland we had seen a trickle of <b>Swifts</b> heading south, but it all seemed a bit disappointing. However, at 0845 I picked up a falcon slowly flying south being harried by a corvid. It seemed richly rufous / orange underneath and thoughts that it might be a female <b>Red-foot</b> began to pass through my mind. Shouting to Micky to 'Get on that falcon, it might be a Red-foot', he was as always seems to be the case in these situations, already on the same bird. A couple of seconds later it banked revealing blue-grey upperwings and tail and a rich orange/cream crown and we were in no doubts about the identification. At that point it disappeared behind the barns and did not reappear. Suspecting that it had paused on the telephone wires behind the barns we made a lung-busting run up the hill. We arrived sweating and out of breath only to find no sign of it on the wires. Bugger! Micky however then found it perched in a lone tree on the seaward hedge of the horse paddock frequented by the Hoopoe earlier in the spring. We enjoyed some scope views, got the news out and managed a few record photos. However, at 0905 it flew low south towards Rocks Lane and it was not seen at Long Nab again. However, a female Red-footed Falcon seen at Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint at 1030 presumably relates to the same individual. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Whether the female that passed through Spurn later in the day relates to the same individual is an open question, but this was a very welcome and perhaps somewhat overdue bird for Long Nab. Indeed it remains a major rarity in the Scarborough area with just two previous records.</span><br />
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-79102735991855416052016-11-02T18:42:00.001+00:002016-11-02T18:44:15.586+00:00Shore Larks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After missing a Shore Lark on the patch in 2015, I was delighted to hear news from Nick that he'd found a flock of seven initially at Crook Ness and that had then headed in the direction of Fields Farm. After a search of a couple of hours I eventually tracked them down and enjoyed good scope views. The flock increased to eight on the second day and whilst usually quite faithful to a particular field at Crook Ness, they did go AWOL for extended periods. Getting photos was somewhat less than straightforward, but eventually after a couple of mornings spent with them I manged to get some record shots. So, here are a few...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well the title of the last blog post was certainly not wrong. An incredible couple of weeks has provided some of the most amazing autumn birding in living memory and thoughts of updating this blog have kept being postponed. Although not quite hitting the heights of some other sites on the Yorkshire coast, my visits to Long Nab have been most enjoyable, although tinged with some early frustrations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The morning of 5th October began with a visit to the garage to fix the car. Mercifully the repair was fixed fairly speedily and I had a decision to make, An <b>Eastern Crowned Warbler</b> down the road at Bempton had almost tempted me into some twitching, but I opted for a visit to the Nab first. My arrival at the Nab coincided with news of a <b>Black-browed Albatross</b> past Filey and then Bempton. Oh dear! Still, I stuck to birding the nab and after a couple of hours had little to show for my efforts. My mood wasn't good. Deciding that I should head off for the <b>Eastern Crowned Warbler</b>, and feeling that at least I had tried on the patch, I began walking back to the car. As I walked along a hedgerow a cold olive-brown toned, robin-sized bird with a dull blue tail flushed up in front of me and then darted into a nearby plantation. I was remarkably calm and having seen such a sight many times during trips overseas, I instantly thought, that'll be a <b>Bluetail </b>then. I waited on the edge of the plantation and nothing happened. Venturing in and another 90 minutes of searching gone and still no sign. I was on the verge of giving up and walked along the edge of the plantation again, and flushed it again getting much the same views as before. Oh bugger. I spent the better part of four hours trying to nail it, but just those two flight views and a brief perched view where the key features - head and flanks were obscured left me in a position of knowing what I'd seen, but not in a position to claim it. Nick arrived for the final couple of hours of light and had three further flight views but was unable to add anything more. I have rarely been more frustrated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next few days were spent guiding a couple who had been amazingly lucky in their timing of a birding break along the Yorkshire coast. Amongst the haul of fantastic birds were the <b>Eastern Crowned Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, Red-breasted Flycatcher</b> and plenty of common migrants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whilst I was occupied with my tour group, other local birders were beginning to make some finds on in the Scarborough area. A <b>Little Bunting</b> at the Castle found by Steve Wignill didn't linger, A <b>Radde's Warbler</b> found by Micky on the castle was typically elusive and a <b>Pallas's Warbler</b> at the Nab found by Nick was in the same plantation as that which had hosted the Bluetail. So, with clients off home I was keen to get out and find something myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 10th October was quiet for me and nothing much to show for my efforts. A long slog around the patch of 11th October was also limited in its rewards. My belief that something would pop up was starting to wain a little and I was wondering whether to take a break and have the afternoon off. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It has always struck me that belief that you will find a rare bird is an important part of continuing to find goodies. So, although my mood was not great, in the back of my mind I was telling myself to keep going. I decided a change was in order and remembered a cover crop just north of the patch at Cloughton Wyke. Maybe that would have something? Half an hour there produced a <b>Blackcap</b> and a <b>Chiffchaff.</b> Not exactly what I had in mind, but a set-aside field had a few pipits and Linnets in it, so I began to set my scope up to have a look, with the hope of perhaps dropping on a Richard's Pipit. Well, the pipit was soon forgotten when a small compact bunting flew in and sat on a nearby wall. Recognition was instant and there in front of me was the Scarborough area's third <b>Little Bunting</b>! Wow! And a very welcome, if rather overdue, find tick to boot. And where was the camera - in the car. Bugger. Of course by the time I'd retrieved the camera the bird had dropped out of sight. I got the news onto the local grapevine and although views were subsequently rather distant (thus no pics) it was successfully twitched by four other observers - the first Scarborough bird to be twitchable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With a nice find under the belt, the flood gates kind of opened a bit. A <b>Pallas's Warbler </b>in the ringing site the next day came and found me - arriving in the top of a sycamore and calling whilst I was setting a mist net. The day after that an enjoyable wander ended with a <b>Great Grey Shrike</b> whilst I just driving away from the site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A huge arrival of thrushes took place along the Yorkshire coast on the morning of 15th October and for once those that arrived at Long Nab lingered along the hedgerows long enough to be watched and although I never found one, I at least felt in with a chance of a rare thrush. Good numbers of <b>Bramblings </b>were present and a thoroughly enjoyable day included many common migrants plus quality in the form of <b>Firecrest, White-fronted</b> and <b>Tundra Bean Geese</b> and a late surprise in the form of a <b>Great White Egret</b> which arrived from the NE, flew over the Nab and ended up spending a few hours on Johnson's Marsh. Wonderful!</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-9655173073880511192016-10-02T16:39:00.005+01:002016-10-02T17:03:50.282+01:00Here comes the business end of autumn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This morning was one of the exceptions to the seawatching rule, with a very pleasant few hours yielding a cracking juvenile <b>Sabine's Gull</b> feeding with <b>Kittiwakes</b> as it moved N, a juvenile <b>Long-tailed Skua</b>, close to 50 <b>Sooty Shearwaters</b> and a selection of more standard fare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was unavailable for the deluge of Sooty Shearwaters on 17th September but the day before a memorable wildlfowl movement included an excellent variety of dabbling ducks including excellent totals of <b>Wigeon </b>(578)<b>,</b> <b>Teal </b>(630) and <b>Pintail </b>(30) all of which neared but did not quite break record-day totals for the site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have managed a few ringing sessions and whilst we have not exactly been overwhelmed with birds we have added a few species to the site's ringing list. <b>Stonechat</b>, <b>Skylark</b> (somewhat strangely caught in a net ride through some trees and bushes) and rather less interestingly, <b>Wood Pigeon</b> have all been ringed in recent weeks. The number of <b>Wrens</b> has exceeded the previous best totals here suggesting a continued increase in the local population (not to mention increased swearing by ringers trying to extract them from the nets!). <b>Dunnock</b> and <b>Chiffchaff </b>have also been caught in good numbers which have been suggestive of a good breeding season. </span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-9109671281651724872016-08-17T16:13:00.001+01:002016-08-17T18:46:41.057+01:00Mid August update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite some good birds since I last updated this blog, most notably a <b>Pallid Harrier</b> flying north here in early May (!), I have found it difficult to find the time to keep this up to date. As we are now in August, autumn migration is well under way, and although there haven't been any rare or scarce migrants just yet, the recent weather has given cause for some optimism. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A couple of ringing sessions this week have yielded a reasonable catch of <b>Willow Warblers</b>, plus a few <b>Whitethroats</b>, <b>Chiffchaffs</b> and a good number of juvenile <b>Wrens</b> which have clearly had a good breeding season.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-66957903547996271042016-04-21T13:48:00.002+01:002016-04-21T13:48:22.584+01:00April ringing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the past couple of mornings, Micky and I have got the 2016 Long Nab ringing campaign underway. With sunny conditions and clear skies it has been predictably slow going, with a marked lack of quantity. However, we have enjoyed some quality birds for Long Nab.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning began with a singing Willow Tit that quickly found the nets and was processed before 0730hrs. Only the third record for Long Nab after two autumn birds in 2014, this was an excellent find and rarer here than Barred Warbler or Yellow-browed Warbler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next net round yielded a Lesser Whitethroat which was bearing a ring. Predictably it was one of 'ours', having been ringed here in July 2013. It was caught again in August 2014 but not caught in 2015. It is therefore very pleasing to record its presence again this year. When first ringed it was a 1st summer, so it must be almost four years old now. It has some way to go in order to break any longevity records, but the average life expectancy from ringing is around two years (BTO website).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the next net round things were slowing up (they hadn't really ever got particularly busy!) and so we were delighted to find a smart male Redstart in the pines net. Only the fourth Redstart caught and ringed here, it is somewhat predictably the first spring catch.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-2288968251331676142016-04-18T18:32:00.003+01:002016-04-19T11:13:09.010+01:00Another early Short-toed Lark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite a fairly tardy arrival time of just before 0730hrs, no-one else was around (admittedly not at all unusual) so I ambled slowly along Crook Ness and decided there was a notable absence of anything interesting in the bushes and despite a light SSW wind, overhead there seemed a distinct lack of activity. Hmmmm... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A <b>Swallow</b> and a <b>House Martin</b> moving along the cliff top was some very minor encouragement and as I was about to log them in the notebook I noticed a small, pale, sandy-looking passerine flying over the adjacent arable field. I watched it do a circuit of the field, being chased by a <b>Sky Lark</b> at one point, noting the smaller size and pale sandy colouration with a darker looking tail. My pulse quickened as I began to suspect it was a <b>Short-toed Lark</b>. Fortunately it pitched into the field about 100 metres away and I eased up to the tractor tracks and saw it crouched on the edge of the crop. I usually opt to take in some bins views and enjoy the bird, but on this occasion, fearing it would do a disappearing act, I fired off a few photos and then watched it through my bins for a few more seconds, and confirming my initial identification, before it flew a hundred metres or so towards the Obs. Wow! I'd only been in the field 15 minutes and I had a find tick under my belt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I phoned Nick and got texts out to a few other locals before trying to re-locate it. This I quickly did, but it flushed and returned to the original spot. I waited for others to arrive and with Nick and Tony Ford now present we tried to find it, but no sign. A wider search to the field north of the Obs (host to the last Short-toed Lark here in 2014) revealed nothing other than a newly arrived <b>Whimbrel</b>. Nick returned south to the spot where I had found it, whilst Tony and I continued searching the cover crop side of the field. A call from Nick to say it had returned to the original location had us hurrying back, but it had crept into the crop by the time we got there (and maybe it had been there all along?). However, despite waiting with a few other hopeful visitors a further hour or so it didn't reappear. Nick and I decided it was time to have a coffee in the hut and left the others to it. A call from Wig to say they had seen it again in flight and heading towards the field on the south side of the car park proved to be the final sighting of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although clearly a regular but rare visitor to the UK in spring, April records are less frequent than May arrivals and most that do arrive in April tend to arrive in the final week of the month. Even then the south-west dominates occurrences. It is therefore quite remarkable that both records from Long Nab have occurred in mid-April with arrival dates just two days apart. The first being on 20th April 2014 and this one appearing on 18th. These also appear to be the earliest spring arrivals in Yorkshire, with the previous earliest record that I can find being at Spurn on 22nd April 1996. There is a most unusual January record from Cowbar on 4th-12th January 2003. Another interesting anomaly is that despite the two Short-toed Lark records, we have yet to record Wood Lark at Long Nab - a long overdue gap on the Long Nab bird list!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although clearly becoming more prominent in birding circles, with an increasing number of casual visitors, Long Nab (and much of the Scarborough area generally) remains pretty poorly covered. A dedicated handful observers are responsible for the vast majority of coverage, with a 'bird news footprint' disproportionately large when compared with the number of keen birders regularly active in the area. It really is not as well birded as some people might have you believe! At Long Nab most good birds continue to be unearthed by just two or three locals and it is certainly most unusual for more than two or three observers to cover the area on any one day. This is most enjoyable, but does lead to the inevitable question of what are we missing? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As with many finds this was a bit flukey. Had I been walking along a bit earlier or later, the behaviour of this bird suggests it would have been missed. Although I do subscribe to the view that the more hours you put in the luckier you get, I'm certain that we are still only finding a relatively small proportion of the good birds that actually pass through here. Whilst we do enjoy having the area to ourselves, we would be pleased to see other birders visiting the area. I am sure it won't be too long before something else of quality pops up, and who knows maybe it could be you that finds it! If you do find a rarity though, please do make sure the news gets out in a timely fashion!</span><br />
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-56856799631916312502016-04-13T16:12:00.000+01:002016-04-13T16:17:28.427+01:00Classic mid April...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After a couple of days of easterly winds, with heavy rain and fog yesterday, it was to be expected that there would be some arrivals at The Nab in light WSW winds and showers this morning. I had a fairly leisurely start, not arriving at Crook Ness until 0720hrs. A wander along the south side of Crook Ness yielded a couple of <b>Goldcrests</b> in the bushes, plus two flocks of <b>Curlew</b> and a trickle of <b>Linnets</b> heading N. Signs that birds were indeed on the move. A bit further south and my attention was grabbed by the chuckling of a female <b>Ring Ouzel</b> which perched on the top of a hedgerow before heading high and away to the north-west. Clearly in a hurry then! A few paces on and a second <b>Ring Ouzel</b> flushed from a gully and perched on the same hedgerow, before it too rose up and headed off NW. Excellent, a very nice start indeed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spent a while watching for visible migrants and among the continuing flow of <b>Linnets</b> heading N were smaller numbers of <b>Meadow Pipits</b>, a handful of <b>Swallows</b> and a </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Martin</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <b>Sand Martins</b> were busy around the colony at Cromer Point, making interpretation of whether any were actually on the move tricky. A bird dropping in from great height proved to be the first <b>Northern Wheatear</b> of the day, always a welcome sight,</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-321346206320710742016-04-05T17:03:00.003+01:002016-04-05T17:10:39.449+01:00Spring migration gathering pace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-36185769749240635262016-02-01T17:28:00.002+00:002016-02-01T17:30:09.485+00:00American Wigeon at Scalby Mills<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A nice find for Nick at the Mills on Saturday. As is often the case, these finds seem to coincide with me being away, but fortunately it did the decent thing and stuck around for me to get to see it (other rare and scarce birds appearing in Scarborough could do me a favour and take note!). So I enjoyed some nice views on Sunday afternoon in overcast conditions. Better views in the sunshine today, but always a bit too distant for good photography when I was there. There have only been two previous records from the Scarborough area (a drake in October 2002 and a female in January 2003), so a reappearance for this species was perhaps overdue. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, a couple of record shots.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-91229940052304982252015-11-23T14:06:00.001+00:002015-11-23T14:06:12.996+00:00Harbour birding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a spell away undertaking yet more surveys in Scotland, my return to Scarborough has coincided with some excellent seawatching. Sunday morning at Long Nab yielded a nice movement of 50 Little Auks (49 N, 1 S), a Red-necked Grebe, both Great Northern and Black-throated Divers, Long-tailed Duck and a variety of other wildfowl including a fair few Goldeneye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning a further spell at the Nab produced a single Pomarine Skua, Black-throated Diver and a Short-eared Owl. The Lapland Bunting is still in residence north of the Obs. However, with the action at sea seemingly petering out, I was tempted to have a look in the harbour where the Black-necked Grebes are still performing very nicely and where I also enjoyed some nice views of Red-throated Diver. A Little Auk was close inshore at the nearby Marine Drive. </span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-46300023112729458892015-11-12T14:34:00.005+00:002015-11-12T14:34:42.989+00:00Black-necked Grebe and Snow Bunting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A visit to the Nab this morning was generally fairly quiet, but enlivened by the discovery of two Lapland Buntings in the field north of the Obs and an obliging Snow Bunting feeding by the Obs.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-16514918195864031812015-10-22T14:42:00.002+01:002015-10-23T18:10:15.316+01:00Like Buses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although not averse to the occasional twitch, my birding has
long focussed on finding my own birds. It is my prime motivation for getting
into the field for recreational birding – as opposed to the paid bird survey work which,
somewhat oddly, more often than not takes me to places where there are
frequently very few birds. Although I am certainly not a prolific finder of
rare and scarce birds, the result of an excellent home patch here at Long Nab (frequently punching above its weight - apparently) and
the chance to spend a great deal of time in the field means I do get to find
notable birds on a fairly regular basis. Increasing my find list has been a
motivation for a while now and I am now getting pleasingly close to the 300 mark. However
it remains difficult adding to the list, despite some seemingly reasonably ‘easy’
prospects for a Find Tick. I do sometimes wonder just how many of the nation’s pager-following twitching
fraternity realise just how much effort is put in by many of the nation's rarity finders or how much effort is required to get a substantial list
of Self-found birds? However, I digress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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species to my Find List. Richard’s Pipit was the prime candidate as it was perhaps
the most regularly occurring scarcity that I hadn't found somewhere. Readers of this blog
will be aware that I found one on 4<sup>th</sup> October, a very welcome find
on a quiet day and target achieved. Amazingly however, just two days later in
the company of Andy Mckee I found another at Cocklawburn Beach in
Northumberland. The best part of 40 years birding without finding one, then two
in less than 48 hours! Amazing. And so to this morning. A short visit to Nab initially
focused on the Cover Crop and the stubbles. I was pleased with my first Lapland
Buntings of the autumn and a Snow Bunting was quite obliging. However, I was utterly amazed to find two Richard’s Pipits
flying around the ‘Short-toed Lark’ field north of the Obs calling loudly and
making sure I could not miss them. Talk about being like buses!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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them over the years or just been plain unlucky. As I see and hear Richard’s
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of Asia, it’s a call I am fully familiar with so I very much doubt I can have
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and my first two Pectoral Sandpiper finds separated by less than 10 days. Curious stuff and no doubt just some kind of coincidence, but I am left wondering, do Siberian Rubythroats travel on buses?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-54233945651521552332015-10-15T17:44:00.001+01:002015-10-15T17:49:57.459+01:00Another Yellow-browed Warbler...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-85041640983696799482015-10-13T14:39:00.002+01:002015-10-15T17:38:25.157+01:00Plenty of Goldcrests,but...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not a great deal else. The past few days have seen substantial numbers of Goldcrests arriving at the Nab, but although the birding has been most enjoyable there hasn't been too much to write home about. Ringing was productive on the 11th and 12th with new additions to the ringing list in the form of Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch and Great Spotted Woodpecker - all of which are long overdue, although the last of these is genuinely scarce at Long Nab.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-16072584330522696102015-10-04T19:21:00.000+01:002015-10-04T19:24:59.714+01:00Richard saves the day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With reports of a mouth-watering selection of rare and scarce species along the coast, and in particular Spurn it seemed a good idea to spend a few hours working the hedgerows, plantations and fields at Long Nab. Other commitments meant a late start, but I was in the field by 1015 and by 1130 I was beginning to wonder why I had bothered! A Blue Tit was the only bird in Crook Ness and the walk along the cliff top to the ringing site was similarly uninspiring. The ringing site has hosted a Yellow-browed Warbler for the past few days, and despite reports of new arrivals at Filey and Flamborough there was no sign of Yellow-browed action here. I amused myself with photographing the remaining Siskins, of which a dwindling flock has been feeding in the alders for the past week or so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of ringing sessions have been fairly productive by our standards with a nice haul of Siskins this morning allowing us to share in the amazing numbers on the move this autumn. As the ringing figures demonstrate this year is our best season for this species since 2011. So, it has been a good opportunity to have a look at the variations in moult with this species. Here is a nice male from this morning. Notice the pointed tail feathers indicative of a young bird.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-13425676269247561702015-09-02T17:14:00.003+01:002015-09-02T17:14:19.459+01:00Obliging Kestrel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Kestrel has been regularly hunting close to the Long Nab hut - or perhaps I should be calling it 'The Obs' these days - for much of the late summer. During a fairly quiet seawatch this morning, I took a few photos a couple of which are posted here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bushes and fields were fairly quiet although with a single Wheatear, a few Whitethroats, a handful of Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs the best I could come up with in a wander lasting the best part of three hours. Perhaps I should have persisted with the seawatch...</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-48519543992324101092015-08-25T12:47:00.005+01:002015-08-25T12:51:58.186+01:00August arrival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a rewarding couple of days at Long Nab. With moderate SE winds from Sunday it was fairly predictable that there would be an arrival of commoner drift migrants, and of course along with those we are always hopeful of something a little more unusual. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With reports on Sunday of Pied Flycatchers arriving, and Nick enjoying an Icterine Warbler arrive at the cover crop hedge on Sunday afternoon I was keen to plan a ringing session on Monday morning. With nets in position early it was clear that there was a good number of Pied Flycatchers in the ringing area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A nice selection of other commoner warblers were present with Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap and Willow Warbler all present. Most of these avoided the nets, but a Willow Warbler was ringed. Chats included a scattering of Whinchats and the odd Wheatear plus a couple of Redstarts (including a cracking male).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All very nice, but perhaps lacking the quality scarce or rare migrant we had hoped for. However, a second, shorter session on Tuesday morning produced the goods with a cracking Barred Warbler turning up in one of the nets soon after sunrise and necessitating an unexpected early morning pre-work twitch for Nick. </span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-64803009921080626642015-07-28T14:25:00.001+01:002015-07-28T14:25:56.675+01:00Late summer seawatching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although it remains fairly early in the autumn seawatching season, the past couple of days have been pleasantly productive. The highlight on Monday was a cracking adult Long-tailed Skua moving south just beyond the near flags affording nice views. Bonxie and two Arctic Skuas were also noted along with a steady trickle of Manx Shearwaters. A couple of flocks of Whimbrel were also seen moving south, whist as Nick and I headed back to the car park a flock of three Ruff! Such a sighting at many locations probably wouldn't be that notable, but this was the first flock that either of us could remember seeing here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday was a little slower, but A close Balearic Shearwater was very welcome, whilst the first Little Gull in the area this year at last appeared with an adult amongst the Kittiwake flocks. Waders were again a feature with a Grey Plover, a few Knot, Sanderling and a decent passage of Oystercatchers. News from Steve Hey that there were two Ruff on Johnson's Marsh meant that we popped in there and for once in the Scarborough area there was an opportunity to enjoy grounded waders! So, a few pics were in order...</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-81571636448445603362015-07-26T15:56:00.001+01:002015-07-26T16:01:32.684+01:00Late summer update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trips away from home for work have meant little time to update
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A short visit on the 28th April yielded my first patch
Rough-legged Buzzard flying south in the morning. An unexpected and very pleasing sighting marred only by my inability to get the camera to focus on its intended subject! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Early May saw me readying for a long work trip to Scotland.
However, news of a singing Sedge Warbler (!) at the ringing site had me dashing to The Nab in search of a valuable Patchwork Challenge 2015 tick before leaving
North. On arrival I met up with Micky and soon saw the Sedge Warbler. Plenty of
other migrants were arriving and a Tree Pipit was a welcome sight as this is a scarce migrant here these days, despite it being fairly common in the nearby forests. Shortly afterwards a
wader flying over calling proved to be a Dotterel heading north. An excellent bonus and a
demonstration of the benefits of indulging in Patchwork Challenge. Without the
motivation to twitch a 'lowly' Sedge Warbler I certainly wouldn't have seen that! I had to leave shortly after that and thus missed a singing Twite and a Redstart that Micky had unearthed, but excellent rewards for an hour or so in the field!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Late May produced a few nice waders with Wood Sandpiper and a smart
Temminck's Stint the highlights on Scalby Lodge Pond, but there was no repeat of the longer list of highlights that graced the area in same period in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast forward to June and most of the longer survey trips were out of the
way and so a chance to relax, play a bit of Patchwork Challenge catchup and
enjoy a bit of time on the patch. The 23rd June saw the first large Scoter
movement of the summer and much to my delight a flock of ca 40 Common Scoter
also had a splendid drake Surf Scoter amongst them as the flew past the 'Obs'.
Common Scoters totalled 870 that morning (and would have been more had I managed to get to the site an hour or two earlier), but another memorable sea watch was
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johnson's Marsh has been attracting a few waders. A bit of
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dividends as a couple of Black-tailed Godwits arrived within a couple of
hours of the work being completed! Greenshank, up to five Green Sandpiper and a couple of Dunlin have also dropped in recently, so hopes of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a couple of sessions beating back the overgrown scrub and long, rank grass at the ringing site, the autumn ringing campaign began with a productive session on
the morning of 22nd July. A long overdue addition to the site ringing list came
in the form of a Swallow:- Yellow-browed Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Mealy Redpoll and Blyth's Reed Warbler have all been ringed here before Swallow! Locally bred Goldfinches, Chiffchaffs and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With waders on the move and the first two Willow Warblers of the autumn appearing on 24th July, I think we can safely say that the autumn is now properly underway. I have a slightly less hectic work schedule so hopefully there will be plenty of reasons to update the blog here with news of great birds on the patch! </span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-6701855529634643522015-04-24T18:00:00.002+01:002015-04-24T18:00:29.781+01:00It's been a while<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This blog has been neglected for a a few months, but with the slow winter period out of the way and spring migrants now arriving back, I hope there will plenty of reasons to post here. A busy work schedule has also meant extended periods away from the patch and with these continuing, I hope that I am around when the rarer species appear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With clear skies dominating over the past few days, conditions have not been conducive to grounding migrants. A Wheatear yesterday was my first on the patch and a Willow Warbler this morning likewise, but there has been very little in the way of grounded migrants this week and very little visible migration. A Golden Plover flew north and a 2cy Glaucous Gull flew south this morning, with the latter presumably the bird seen at Filey recently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been pleasing to undertake a couple of ringing sessions, with a few recently returned migrants hitting the nets. The ringing site currently has single territories of Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Whitethroat. A Reed Bunting territory is the first to be recorded within the the ringing site since I started visits here (although they have bred nearby).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 0820 hrs I picked up a ringtail Hen Harrier heading south. It was given a great deal of grief by the local crows that harassed it constantly as it slowly headed south along the ridge. With rather orange toned underparts this was clearly a juvenile and a very welcome patchwork challenge year tick. A quick check of the ringing site was fairly quiet, but a Yellow-browed Warbler was still present along with a few Goldcrests and a few Redwings.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-41440490199005884602014-10-15T15:57:00.004+01:002014-10-15T16:01:17.230+01:00Great Grey Shrike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A spell working away on surveys in Scotland and then a weekend leading a tour group at other locations on the Yorkshire coast has resulted in my visits to The Nab being quite limited recently. However, with some highly promising weather conditions I've been able to enjoy four consecutive days on the patch this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday morning was the final day with my tour group and a Jack Snipe plus 396 Pink-footed Geese heading south were the principle species of interest. However clear sunny skies and light SW winds made for a fairly quiet morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Monday the winds had switched and productive seawatching yielded Balearic Shearwater, several Sooty Shearwaters, a few Pomarine Skuas, Great Northern Diver and a couple of Little Auks the highlights among a typical mid October spread of commoner species. Tuesday morning produced more of the same with a good October count of 69 Manx Shearwaters and 15 Sooty Shearwaters, plus in excess of 100 Little Gulls. On the land things began to hot up with Goldcrests arriving along with a few Redwinsgs, Brambling, Wheatear, a few Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs. A nice find by Dave Bowes was a Long-eared Owl; the first I have seen here and thus very welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning I had a wander around the patch in the company of Frank Moffatt. At Crook Ness a Lesser Whitethroat was the first bird of interest. It looked 'interesting', perhaps a <i>blythi</i> type but it disappeared from view fairly rapidly and I couldn't relocate it. Goldcrest numbers were probably slightly down on the previous day and generally speaking there seemed to be a little less going on. However the ringing site yielded a Yellow-browed Warbler, whilst close to the cover crop we found a superb Great Grey Shrike feeding on what appeared to be a Chaffinch before showing very nicely along the hedges. Another first for me here of a bird which has traditionally been surprisingly rare at Long Nab. A second Yellow-browed Warbler at Cliff Top House rounded off a very pleasant morning birding, but as usual there was that nagging feeling of 'What did we miss?'!.</span></div>
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Long Nabberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05263212602109001566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689869992618778860.post-27304822547911065102014-09-17T18:35:00.004+01:002014-09-17T19:10:17.461+01:00Quality birds continue to arrive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The generally easterly airflow continues, with low cloud, mist and drizzle persisting along the coast around Scarborough. As a result the daily arrivals of new and interesting birds continue. Up at the Nab there have been two Red-breasted Flycatchers present for the past two days. The bird in the ringing site continues its stay, but it is elusive and very difficult to see. The bird at Crook Ness has been somewhat easier to get to grips with, although the gloomy light conditions made it tricky to get decent photos of this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a number of fruitless net-rounds and motivated by news of a Rustic Bunting seen at Filey, we decided that ringing was not likely to be the most productive activity today. So we packed up the nets and worked the fields and bushes. An hour or so later and we had little to show for our efforts, with a few Song Thrushes and a flyover Snipe the best I could muster, and Micky's walk yielding little more than a couple of Wheatears. After views of the Crook Ness Red-breasted Flycatcher (alongside a Spotted Flycatcher) we were heading back to the car, when an unfamiliar call attracted my attention. Two more calls from the mystery bird and I picked up a wader flying across the field at Crook Ness. Yelling to Micky to get onto it (predictably he was already on the case) we had a poor view as it landed. Wondering if it was a Buff-breasted Sand, we grabbed the scope from the car went in search of it. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suspicious that the call was not right for Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and that it could be a Dotterel</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> it was great that after a little while Micky announced he'd got it and that it was indeed a Dotterel. Fantastic! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've not heard the calls of migrant Dotterel (or for that matter Buff-breasted Sand) before so this was a most educational; always the most rewarding of bird finding experiences.</span></div>
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