Local birding

A late Friday afternoon birding session with Chris. Bank Island was our first stop, but due to the very high water level there were few birds about. Mallard, teal and a coot.
West Cottingwith viewing platform was stop number two. Again lots of water and very few birds. A kestrel flew up from near the viewing platform. A few teal and wigeon were sheltering from the wind and Chris spotted a few greylag geese.
North Duffield Carrs was stop number 3. A sparrowhawk flew near the hide, a year tick for Chris.
More water than on my last visit, but as with our previous stops not many birds, so we decided to pay a flying visit to North Cave Wetlands.
Southland Hide was our first hide from where we saw a buzzard, marsh harrier, cormorants, wigeon, teal, lapwing, little and great crested grebes.
Crossland Hide was our last stop. Oystercatchers, redshanks, teal, wigeon, tufted ducks and coots. A male pochard and a male scaup came close to the hide, so I managed a couple of photos.
A pleasant few hours.