Today the sun came out. Not only did it come out, but the wind stopped and it became hot – I could almost believe that it was actually summer. Walking north along the River Hull the warmth from the sun was very pleasant and groups of House Martins and Swallows were feasting upon the insects [...]
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Persistence pays off, but the weather is still terrible.
August 22nd, 2007 
Nick With Sooty Shearwaters being seen all along the east coast of the UK in the last few days I decided to give Flamborough another try, despite the strong winds. The winds at Flamborough were very strong and it was difficult to stand up properly, but not that many seabirds were close to shore, even though [...]
Drewton Estate provides some shelter for birds, butterflies, flowers and me!
August 21st, 2007 Nick I woke up feeling like my legs needed stretching this morning and with strong winds I decided to head to the Drewton Estate near North Cave where plenty of woodland in a valley provides shelter. This proved to be a good choice. The first birds of interest were huge numbers of House Martins and Swallows [...]
Strong winds but fewer birds than expected
August 20th, 2007 Nick With a pronounced northerly wind it seemed that seawatching at Flamborough could be good, particularly with seabirds migrating at this time of year. On arrival at Flamborough the sea looked like it should be bringing in seabirds but once on the cliffs it was strange how quiet things were. Quiet in terms of seabirds that [...]
British Birding: Blacktoft Sands and rain – can this really be summer?
August 14th, 2007 Nick It is hard to remember such a poor summer as this year’s has been, although I am told 1984 was pretty rough. With yet more wet and chilly weather forecast this wasn’t a natural choice of day to go out birdwatching, but I had electricians round my flat doing some work, so I decided to [...]
A morning at Welton Waters
August 11th, 2007 Nick I hadn’t been to Welton Waters for quite some time; it can be quite a good place for birds so I decided a visit could turn up something interesting. The weather turned out to be quite hot and there was not a breath of wind, possibly the warmest day this year. The birds were a [...]
Coot watching at North Cave Wetlands
August 9th, 2007 Nick I don’t often go to North Cave Wetlands as I usually find it too much of a “Coot Museum”, that is there is very little to see other than Coots, Greylag Geese and Mallards – this is a bit unfair really considering the list of birds that have been found there, but reflects my experience of [...]
