It was still worth the drive. A Hobby over the Old Moor car park showed well, before we set off for the Savi's.
Also, the crowd was well behaved and in good spirits despite such poor/non-existent views.
I was one of the lucky ones that had a very brief view of the bird in the bottom of the hawthorn. Unfortunately I only saw it for a couple of seconds and I did not see it sing.
I will probably end up not ticking the bird, as there were other birds in the reed bed including a Reed Warbler or two.
I would be interested to know if anyone else saw the bird when it was in the reeds at the bottom left of the hawthorn (near the fence post), just before it flew back into its original area.
I think some people left thinking they had seen the Savi's when in fact it was a Reed Warbler that had shown briefly at the back of the reeds.
I'll be trying my luck again tomorrow morning.
Yes, I saw that Reed Warbler too. The one I'm talking about was later on. It flew into the large clump of hawthorn, sang (out of view). The bird (or a RW) appeared in bottom corner, before vanishing again. The Savi's started singing again seconds later down the ditch.
I guess I'll never know for sure.
Good luck in the morning.
I'll take great pleasure in not having to put my alarm on to go to the 5am viewing!
Very bad news for the East Yorkshire Otter population
http://www.thisishullandeastriding....hing-nets/article-2224603-detail/article.html
The Savi's showed well this morning. For anyone still thinking of going you will have more chance of seeing it first thing in the morning rather than the evening. I believe they will be opening up at 6am tomorrow.
A big thank you to the Old Moor staff who allowed out of hours access.
Seconded: but, do check about opening times. When I spoke to the Warden this morning he was thinking that maybe he'd leave it til 6 tomorrow....
The Savi's showed well this morning. For anyone still thinking of going you will have more chance of seeing it first thing in the morning rather than the evening. I believe they will be opening up at 6am tomorrow.
A big thank you to the Old Moor staff who allowed out of hours access.
Is spurn worth a visit, thinking of going to get little tern and i was wondering if there was owt else hanging around, i know theres a glaucous gull in the area but don't know where
Seconded: but, do check about opening times. When I spoke to the Warden this morning he was thinking that maybe he'd leave it til 6 tomorrow....
Very little today, the glaucous gull flies up and down seaward side past campsite, no sign of the rosefinch today.