Another sunny morning saw me following up a tip about a Short-eared Owl at Figham Common, Beverley. Unfortunately I didn’t see any owls and apart from large numbers of Redwings, Fieldfares and Blackbirds, birds were a bit thin on the ground. A few Moorhens were on the river and a single Teal and a Snipe [...]
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Walking to Eske and beyond
November 14th, 2007 
Nick Today I had company for my morning walk to Eske: Julia Foster, one of my friends I did my degree with. The weather was really nice with bright sunshine and little wind making for a pleasant temperature. On the walk to the lake we came across a few Meadow Pipits and a number of Fieldfares [...]
A bright November morning
November 12th, 2007 Nick A lovely sunny morning saw me out on Swinemoor again. Although it was cold, with little wind it was quite pleasant after a little walking had warmed me up. A large flock of Fieldfares and a few Redwaings greeted me as I came on to the common and a few Woodpigeons flew out of the [...]
Waterbirds at Eske
November 9th, 2007 Nick I needed to get out for some fresh air and to stretch my legs today so I took a walk to Eske, despite the strong winds. Well, it was freezing with a brisk northerly wind making it uncomfortable to hold my binoculars. As a result the only birds I saw on my walk to the [...]
Another Swinemoor “Tick”
November 6th, 2007 Nick Another bright morning beckoned me out for a short walk on Swinemoor Common. The wind was brisk and quite cold though and made my eyes water a little – it certainly felt like winter is arriving. Not so many birds around today with about 40-50 Lapwings and just a couple of dozen gulls: Black-headed and [...]
A Walk through Burton Bushes
November 1st, 2007 Nick This morning I took a short walk around Burton Bushes, a small area of semi-natural ancient woodland on Beverley’s Westwood Common. It isn’t a particularly rich area in terms of birdlife or ground flora, although there is a little of each characteristic of woodlands with the best bird being Marsh Tit which breeds there. Today [...]
A Sunny October Morning
October 29th, 2007 Nick A beautifully sunny morning saw me out on Swinemoor once again, although a little wind made things slightly chilly. As I walked past the hawthorn hedges a group of Redwings flew out along with 6 Fieldfares, 3 Chaffinches, 1 Blue Tit and a pair of Tree Sparrows. Out on the floods a group of aroun [...]
