With bright weather persisting I found myself in East Yorkshire, more specifically in Bridlington, with a few hours to spare after breakfast. The tide was falling so it was a good time to check out the birds feeding on the rocks at the base of the harbour’s southern wall, a regular site for finding Purple [...]
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An October Morning at Bridlington Harbour – British Birding
October 15th, 2018 
Nick 
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Birding Bridlington Harbour – British Birding
October 30th, 2015 Nick A few days ago I spent a morning birding around Bridlington harbour in East Yorkshire. This is often a good place for wintering and passage migrants, even in October, and is somewhere I used to visit regularly when I was at university in the area. One of the specialities of the site is Purple Sandpiper [...]
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Seabirds at St Bees: British Birding
August 16th, 2015 Nick Doing most of my birding in Thailand I do not get to see seabirds very often; only on my visits back to UK. So, as part of my visit to the north east of England I decided to pay a visit to the RSPB’s clifftop reserve at St Bees Head well aware that it was [...]
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Nesting Bee-eaters in Cumbria: British Birding
August 15th, 2015 Nick For few weeks now the RSPB has given British birders the opportunity to watch European Bee-eaters nesting at a sand quarry near Brampton in Cumbria. Bee-eaters are a very rare breeding bird in UK and this, combined with their colourful plumage, has meant that many people have made the journey to northern England to see [...]
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Sabine’s Gull at Pennington Flash | British Birding
August 14th, 2015 Nick I spent the last few days walking in the mountains in the Lake District National Park, but on my way I decided to stop off to look for a couple of unusual birds, the first being an adult Sabine’s Gull which had been reported as present for a few days at Pennington Flash, near Manchester. [...]
Masses of Migrants at Swinemoor
April 14th, 2007 Nick 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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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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