In Sons of Anarchy they had Cicadas singing in Northern Ireland?

Thanks contractor reminded as its a design fault, let me know (PM) if not done in a couple of weeks.
Cheers

All sightings of Sooty Tern in NE England are erroneous [RBA]. One of the other reports was a Black Tern?
Interesting report of prob Sandhill Crane flying south over Scotland/Northumberland this morning but no further news. Over the Narrows tomorrow?
Also 1 or 2 Fea's off Essex/Suffolk/Norfolk. Flamborough tomorrow?

What's Spurn been like today Andy? These easterlies bringing anything in?

I'm gonna be at the head from first light. Fingers crossed.

Ok. Tempted to have a go myself but will wait a while. Problem is so called "anglers", although it's not allowed, like making bonfires and I'd hate to see the sign going on one. Any chance of YWT taking on High Eske NR as it appears Hull and District Angler are the only contenders at the moment and this would seriously diminish the site for wildlife.

I'm gonna be at the head from first light. Fingers crossed.

Has anyone got a decent photograph of a young/juvenile Red Grouse. Do they have grey markings on their head? I saw something hanging around a grouse and I wanted to eliminate anything else

Popped down to Fairburn early doors, Green Sandpiper, Blackwit, Dunlin, Lesser Redpoll , Willow tits and a possible Redwing being the highlights. No Sacred Ibis seen, probably the Cheshire bird.

Juv red grouse:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49133515@N06/5883703081/

Jim

Head was pretty slow this morning - a couple of Balearics just before I arrived and a slow movement of Sooties, Manxies, Arctics and Bonxies plus a good number of Teal and RT Divers. On the land wasnt much better with a juv Hobby giving good views over Old Fall plus a handful of Blackcaps & Whitethroat and a fly over Snipe

SPRAWK INFO REQ'D.
Has anyone heard of sparrow hawks been interested in taking fish. I ask because I have just seen one sat on the Lily pads on my pond. It was certainly not bathing and if it just called in for a drink it certainly took its time as I watched it for about four mins. not really doing anything other than looking in the water. By the way, the fish have been very reluctant to come up for food this last week and I was originally thinking they had been spooked by a heron. Also, I have seen the sprawk land in the same place in a large conifer now on three occasions. Has anyone ever heard of these birds nesting in conifers, or is it just using it as a lookout spot.
Regards
Dave

A few hours after the cruise
 

Hi

After the Skua cruise on Sunday can anyone give a location idea to kill a few hours close to Brid and hopefully pick up something worthwhile?

Lapland bunts? or anything else about worth chancing

Cheers
Dave

Flamborough head, especially if there is some east in the wind. Hornsea mere and Tophill low can be decent.

Thanks

I know Flam head well enough but not the other sites, do you have post codes I could put in Sat Nav?

Cheers

Hi BFB

Check out:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/place/Hor...886_557821.htm

http://tophilllow.blogspot.com/

You could also check out Filey Brigg & Country Park:

http://www.fbog.co.uk/

Good luck

John

Thank you very much JB & Hotspur

Bfb

What happened to first light James?

Thankfully, I didn't worry about early mornings, too much of a hangover. Things got a bit better after you left James, had a juv Sabs, Grey Phal, a Balearic shear, BT Diver, Black Tern and decent numbers of the commoner stuff in 8 1/2 hours from late morning. Also had a Redstart making its way up to the foghorn station, clearly freshly in off and a juv Merlin hunting over the gorse field

I was running 40 mins late due to dead phone/alarm clock. I gave up at 10.30ish due to brain failure. Sounds steady rather than electric but a few decent birds!

Hello there
A quick question regarding Spurn. What is the reception like around the spurn area with Virgin. Only ask regarding my phone and Birdguides:t: I will be spending 3 days up there wandering around again next week.

Jim spits his coffee over the screen.

Happy birthday Michael!

The answer is nowt as far as I know

and many happy returns Michael

(have a cloth Jim)

I asked a few pages back about Cleethorpes, and been as the lincolnshire part of this forum is erm, quiet shall we say, I hope you don't mind giving your views on this.

Purple Heron.

This morning we went for our daily stroll on the beach, binocs at the ready, sadly no scope, and only the ole SLR, so no photos.

About 400 metres out there was a sandbank, full of Gul, Cormorant and Oystercatcher.

On the same Sandbank was a bird that I have not seen in person, that for us had an awful lot of aspects of a PH. The neck and how it moved resembled what I have seen on video etc. It looked the same size, the same colour, and there was a juvenile Cormorant quite near it, so I hadn't mistaken it for one of them(my dusty eyes cannot be blamed). I am not classing it as a tick on ye olde list, as I am not sure that it would be one, thus me posting on here to ask opinions.

Would we have one here?
Would we have one where it was?
This time of year?
What else could it be?

As I say, I'm not crossing it off as a sighting, would just like to know various opinions.