A quick pre-dark walk upstream from Morton bridge on Friday turned
up this Oystercatcher. The first I’ve seen since the summer and probably the
latest I’ve ever had one in the parish…
I also saw my first Goosander since late spring…
And on the interesting looking flood pool here…
There were a handful of Teal and half a dozen Snipe. Two
Little Egret also flew over.
The Bottom Fields in Ainderby looked very promising for
birds this morning too.
They would have been covered in gulls, Curlews and corvids
if it hadn’t been for this…
Which, despite appearances, is not a speck on the camera
lens but my second Peregrine of the year. The falcon sent everything up before
flying up and over the village.
One bird that was on here was this cock Lapwing which looks
to be in virtual full summer plumage, very strange at this time of year....
It appeared to be paired
up and even seemed to have a half-hearted attempt at display flight.
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