A windswept day left eyes streaming, hands chilling and birds hiding. The Bill provided little new of note but the lingering
Wryneck (surely it must be ready to leave soon?) and a fleeting glimpse of the
Little Bunting at a new garden in Southwell added some much needed interest. Other migrants included a smart adult
Yellow-
legged Gull accompanied by a second-winter individual, four
Lapwings and two
Red-
breasted Mergansers past at sea. Elsewhere on the island tallies were equally unimpressive although four
Firecrests at Church Ope was a high count for recent days. Ferrybridge was quiet with three
Goosanders and singles of
Knot and
Snipe.
This afternoon's particularly fine adult Yellow-legged Gull ©
Keith Pritchard:
At least one of the Ferrybridge Goosanders appears to be feeding well with a noticeable (perhaps imaginatively) fish shaped lump in its crop © Pete Saunders: