With so far to go the arctic waders are always on the move that bit later than the passerine migrants and it was Ferrybridge that came up with both the variety and numbers again today. A
Curlew Sandpiper was the pick of the bunch, but a nice back-up cast of 45
Sanderlings, 30
Ringed Plovers, 8
Dunlin, 6
Turnstone, 3 each of
Bar-tailed Godwit and
Knot, and 2 each of
Grey Plover and
Whimbrel - along with burgeoning numbers of
Mediterranean Gulls - represented a nice early morning return from the sandflats; nearby off Chesil a late
Red-throated Diver was also of note. The lingering
Serin popped up twice today, first at the Obs and later at Sweethill, whilst odds and ends by way of late passerine migrants scattered between the Bill and Southwell included 2 each of
Reed Warbler,
Chiffchaff,
Willow Warbler and
Spotted Flycatcher, and a single
Yellow Wagtail. A lone passing
Arctic Skua was the best from the sea at the Bill.
A few from Ferrybridge this morning; the Curlew Sandpiper © Debby Saunders (top) and Pete Saunders (bottom)...
some of the Knots © Debby Saunders (top) and Pete Saunders (bottom two)...
...and the two Whimbrel © Pete Saunders:
And the Serin when it dropped in at Sweethill © Pete Saunders:
