Despite hearing wonderful things about Spurn, I'd never actually visited, so a last minute decision was made and we headed up for the
Migration Festival. The route up on the Friday took us vaguely near to Frampton Marsh, so we also had a stop off here. Frampton Marsh is lovely and the number of
Curlew Sandpiper was impressive! We couldn't find the Glossy Ibis that had been around earlier, but had great views of a little
Red-necked Phalarope, as well as 3
Spoonbill.
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| Red-necked Phalarope |
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| Meadow Pipit |
We had our first taste of Spurn the next day with a guided walk around Kilnsea. There were tons of
Whinchat,
Swallow and
Yellow Wagtail, as well as
Pied Flycatcher,
Tree Sparrow and a lone
Lesser Whitethroat. We saw our first ever
Barred Warbler, which is a surprisiginyl chunky bird and had such close views of a
Wryneck. We failed a bit at seawatching, with a single
Fulmar and 10
Common Scoter. The day culminated in a hog roast, excellent talk from Mike Dilger and a great couple of hours chatting in the Crown & Anchor.
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Wryneck |
We had to leave relatively early on the Sunday, but had a quick dash around, adding a
Caspian Gull spotted by Martin Garner and 2
Razorbill to the list. An extremely quick stop at Rutland Water meant we saw a beautiful
Red-necked Grebe, my 200th bird for 2014.
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| House Sparrow |
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| Red-necked Grebe |
Trip list: 60
Year list: 198
Lifers of year list: 14
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