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 
Posted in Birdwatching in UK, Migration, Northern England 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds 
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 [...]
Swinemoor, 11.30 am
April 10th, 2007 Nick A quick look to see what was out on the wet areas revealed that the Ruff was still present along with about 1500 Golden Plovers. Just 2 Redshank present but about 20 Lapwings were busy defending nests and incubating eggs. Also one Snipe seen but I’m sure plenty more were hiding in the grass.
Swinemoor drying up!
April 8th, 2007 Nick At about 5pm I went to check out Swinemoor again to see if any more migrants had turned up. The answer was no, but yesterday’s Ruff was still around and a large flock of about 700 Golden Plovers were getting ready for the night. 2 Snipe were busy nest making and the Lapwings were invloved [...]
Some Spring migrants
April 7th, 2007 Nick The warm sunny weather was far too attractive to spend all day indoors working on my dissertation so a quick walk around Swinemoor was in order. Good levels of water still there and no horses yet to trample the grass and disturb the birds. Singing Skylarks and Meadow Pipits, along with the sun, made it [...]
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 [...]
The Start of Spring migration?
February 26th, 2007 Nick A breezy walk to Eske/Pulfin Fen was the first for a while due to the fact that I’ve been feeling pretty rough recently. Still with a fuzzy head I marched up to the lake, flushing a male Yellowhammer from underneath a bush with a few Skylarks in song. At the lake still a lot of [...]
