Filey and Staveley

 

8 am on Tuesday morning I was sat at the edge of Carr Naze looking out to sea over Filey Brigg.

Sunny morning, which made looking over the Brigg a bit difficult due to the sunlight on the wet rocks.

The tide was slowly going out and oystercatchers returned to the exposed rocks. A steady stream of gannets went past and several fulmars flew close.

 I was hoping that this fishing boat might attract a lot of gulls and perhaps a passing skua, but no such luck.

Several guillemots and razorbills on the sea but no divers or terns. Plenty of people out walking who stopped to ask "What are you looking at?".

I left about 1130 and drove to Filey Dams.

This is East Lea. Not much water and so just 1 ruff and 16 moorhens.

Filey Dams was a little better with 2 ruff, a few mallards and teal. Then 103 lapwings arrived.

Today, Thursday I went to Staveley. A pleasant amount of water here. 36 birds on my day list including, goldcrest, chiffchaff, 3 red kites, 2 marsh harriers, sparrowhawk, peregrine, great white egret, ruff, green sandpiper and lots of lapwings.