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 [...]
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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: Seabirds at Flamborough Head
July 30th, 2007 Nick Finally, the sunshine came out, so I had to get out. However, I badly twisted my ankle a few days ago so walking was out of the question, therefore I decided to go back to Flamborough Head to just sit and watch the seabirds. On arrival a stiff northerly breeze was creating quite a swell [...]
Saturday 26th May – Eske
May 30th, 2007 Nick Last Saturday I went for a short walk up to Eske with my wife. The weather was quite nice but we spent most of the time nattering so the number of birds I saw was limited. The usual species were seen, but most notable were two Hobbies hunting at the northern end of the lake. [...]
Eske 25th May
May 28th, 2007 Nick Last Wednesday the weather was really sunny so I went for another stroll up to Eske. Most of the usual species were easily seen with lots of Swifts swooping around and Skylarks singing. However, the grass was being cut for silage in a field to the east of the path; any Skylarks or Meadow Pipits [...]
Eske and Leven Canal
May 21st, 2007 Nick With the weather fine and calm it seemed a good day to go for a long walk along the River Hull. I wandered up to the lake at Eske. On the way up a pair of Mistle Thrushes were hunting on the polo club and Reed Buntings were calling from the reeds. The sunshine brought [...]
Strong Winds
May 19th, 2007 Nick Out in the open on Swinemoor the wind made it quite difficult to stand still. However, hiding behind a bush I was able to watch 2 Shelduck, 2 Redshank, a Snipe drumming and a number of Lapwings, two of which seemed to have a single chick each. There may well have been more, but the [...]
