An arrival of 10
Meadow Pipits in off the sea at the Bill was a surprise today, with it seeming more likely they were refugees from snowy weather in northern France rather than early migrants; in a similar vein - and presumably also not relating to any sort of long distance movement - a
Chiffchaff heading north along the causeway at Smallmouth was an unexpected sight. These oddities aside there was little change, with 7
Purple Sandpipers and 2
Short-eared Owls at the Bill, 2
Red-throated Divers,
a Black-throated Diver and a
Common Scoter through off the Bill, a
Great Spotted Woodpecker at Southwell, 2
Firecrests at Pennsylvania Castle/Church Ope Cove, the
Blackcap still at Wakeham and 32
Ringed Plovers and a
Great Northern Diver at Ferrybridge.
One of the Short-eared Owls at the Bill and the Great Spotted Woodpecker at Southwell © Pete Saunders: