Having arrived back in Beverley at 6pm the good weather drew me towards Swinemoor for a quick look for spring migrants. A quick look turned into a long look as there were plenty of birds to see. On the wet grass 20-30 Lapwings were still hanging around as well as about 100 Golden Plovers and [...]
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Masses of Migrants at Swinemoor
April 14th, 2007 
Nick 
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Comments OffEske/Pulfin Fen again
April 10th, 2007 Nick A quick walk to the lake at Eske today before a late lunch. The weather was surprisingly windy which meant that many smaller birds were hard to see. However, a patch of uncultivated land with wet patches held a Green Sandpiper along with 5 Lapwings, defending their nesting territories. Up at the lake the numbers [...]
Sunny Spring Birdwatching Walk – British Birding
April 5th, 2007 Nick After a nice lunch in the pub, my wife and I decided to make the most of the warm, sunny weather by going for a walk to the lake at Eske/Pulfin Fen, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The warmth had made most of the birds rather lazy at this time of day, but a [...]
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Gulls in Bridlington Harbour | British Birding
April 2nd, 2007 Nick Today, a brief shopping trip to Bridlington gave me some time to check out the birds in the harbour. With the tide in, and given the time of year, there were not too many species around; just large numbers of Herring Gulls of all ages. A single Lesser Black-backed Gull, a few Common Gulls and [...]
Sunny Swinemoor
March 26th, 2007 Nick With it now officially being spring I went to Swinemoor Common in high expectation of something interesting having arrived by now; I wasn’t disappointed! A good amount of water still remains creating a nice habitat for wetalnd birds. A large flock of around 200-300 Golden Plovers were bathing and their numbers were growing by the [...]
Signs of Spring at Swinemoor
March 6th, 2007 Nick Maybe I’m being too optimistic but all around me I’m beginning to see signs of spring all around me. Yesterday, my birdwatching walk on Swinemoor, brought me yet more spring-like experiences. Although there was still a large congregation of wintering gulls, including around 200 Black-headed Gulls, 150 Common Gulls and 6 Herring Gulls (5 adult, [...]
Bridlington Harbour
March 4th, 2007 Nick Despite the fact that there are some signs of spring around such as flowering snowdrops, lesser celandine and even some leaves opening on small trees, a short trip to Bridlington harbour yesterday afternoon proved that winter is still in town with a number of wintering waders still obvious. Along the southern side of the harbour [...]
