A morning out with Stuart. We parked at Faxfleet and then walked eastwards towards where the Weighton Lock joins the river Humber. As you can see from the photo it was a grey leaden sky with a little fine drizzle.
The tide was going out and we could see lots of birds feeding on the exposed mud.
About 250 avocets, 20 plus shelduck, 7 barnacle geese flew past as did 3 black-tailed godwits.
There were 7 spoonbills feeding in different parts of the area. These two were together.
They gradually got closer to us as they walked along the channel feeding. When they got to the end of that channel they flew past us.
The second bird was a young one with black wing tips.
After a couple of hours we walked westwards so that we could see up the Trent and over Blacktoft. Cormorants, greylags, avocets were on the mud. Marsh harriers were flying over the reserve and we could see the 2 diggers at work on the reserve. One on Ousefleet and one on Marshland. It will be interesting to see the work when it is completed and hopefully the high tides next month will fill the lagoons.
A very pleasant morning with Stuart as we planned our forthcoming trip to Scotland.
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