Wednesday morning at the ringing session started with a new bird, a garden warbler.
Another new bird and a difficult one for the ringers to handle was this young sparrowhawk.
The ringers often allow visitors to release the birds after they have been ringed and this is Suzanne releasing a redwing.
Catherine joined us for the morning ringing session and then Stuart and I joined her at Carr Naze, Filey.
We walked to the end and after a short stop to look at the snow bunting we looked out over the Brigg, looking for purple sandpiper. A lady birder pointed one out to us, a year tick for Stuart. The same lady also managed to locate a red-necked grebe just off the Brigg, another year tick for me.
I joined my son for an evening meal in one of the local pubs.
Thursday was our last full day, so we decided to spend the first hour or so at the ringing session before doing a seawatch.
Yellowhammer, bullfinch and yellow-browed warbler were some of the birds the ringers dealt with.
Stuart and I walked to Flamborough head, while Suzanne and David drove and met us there. On our walk we added
linnet and reed bunting.
From the sea watch hide we saw gannets, red throated divers, common scoters, peregrine, and arctic skua.
A couple joined us in the hide and during our conversations they told us about the excellent views that they had had of a tawny owl. We had made several attempts to find the bird, but had been unsuccessful .
The sea watching session was very slow due to low numbers of birds, so we decided to walk to Old Fall.
Once there we found goldcrest, long tailed tit, robin, great tit and tree creeper. David met us and we drove back to the Living Seas centre. Another attempt to find the owl. We saw other birders who kindly took us to the best spot to see the bird.
A nice bird on which to end our visit to Flamborough. Many thanks to Stuart and to Suzzane and Davis for the generous hospitality and driving.
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