Woodcock

 One last try to find the 200th bird for my year list. Flamborough was my first stop. A long-tailed duck had been seen on a regular basis.

A bit of a swell on the sea so I walked along the cliff top path towards South Landing in the hope of seeing the duck in more sheltered conditions.

Not a sign, just a rainbow as I returned to the car park.

Bempton Cliffs was my last hope. As I entered the reserve a chap was looking at something in the dell. I parked up and joined him and other birders. We were trying to look through the gap in a bush to see a woodcock. Eventually I found it.

Not a brilliant photo for the 200th bird of the year.

I then walked down to the cliifs.

I was surprised to see razorbills on the cliff.

I walked back to my car, and thought that I would have one last look at the woodcock. Dean a volunteer was there and I asked him if there were any owls about. At that moment he received a message on his radio to say that there were 3 short eared owls hunting in a field near Bartlett Nab.

We walked along the outer path and stood near a gap in the hedge and watched the owls. They were a fair distance away and carrion crows were mobbing them.

It started to rain so I left for home.