My only free day this week, so I decided to go to Hartlepool. I needed some photos for a talk I am giving soon, plus I had read reports of some migrants in the area.
I had not been to this part of Hartlepool for ages, so thought that I would visit in the hope of picking up a migrant. No such luck, a chap was cutting the grass. Not to worry, I walked through the cemetery and stood on the footpath looking down to the beach below.
Dunlin, sanderling and oystercatchers were not present, just dog walkers, was it going to be one of those days?
I drove and parked near Croft Gardens. Several birders were looking for yellow browed warbler and a lesser whitethroat.
However news came through about an Isabelline wheatear at Seaburn, so off some went. Carolyn suggested that the small garden area was the best place to try for the warbler, but then people on community payback turned up to litter pick!
I then drove and parked near the museum and got my scope out and started to do a sea watch. Very quiet, no gannets, scoters or eiders, and just 2 guillemots. Then a chap turned up and started to fly a drone, it is one of those days!
I walked towards the breakwater and saw a wheatear on the wall. Sadly I did not have my camera with me!
Last stop was Saltholme. There is a bit more water on the reserve, but not many birds.
I managed to see a white fronted goose, which I had missed on previous visits. A pair of stonechats were catching insects along the path.
A pleasant day in the sunshine, but no year ticks. Friday H&S checks in the Aire Valley and then Spurn on Saturday.
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