With the weather having settled right down conditions have suddenly become very helpful for early migrants leaving the country but far from useful for anyone wanting to see any of them drop on the coast. There was a thin sprinkle of the usual hirundines, Wheatears, Sedge Warblers and Willow Warblers grounded or overhead at the Bill but only Sand Martins got appreciably into double figures. Less regulars there included a Cattle Egret arriving with 4 Little Egrets, a Marsh Harrier that drifted away north, 2 Yellow Wagtails and a Great Spotted Woodpecker; Cormorants were also on the move with 10 over Ferrybridge and 3 south over the Bill, whilst a single Yellow-legged Gull arrived from the south at the Bill. The wader selection at Ferrybridge was varied, with 12 Sanderling, 2 Redshanks and singles of Knot, Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit the best on offer. Seawatching offerings, however, were again almost non-existent
Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank © Pete Saunders and Knot © Debby Saunders at Ferrybridge this morning:
It's the season for Wasp Spiders to put on a show - this one was at Culverwell © Steve Mansfield:
