Woke up this morning wondering if I'd be regretting not trying to get on a charter to Fair Isle for the Magnolia Warbler, luckily I wasn't. As I stepped outside it was clear something different was going on. A look around as I walked the dogs and the penny dropped. It was quiet. No House Martin and no Swallows flying around the house. All gone.
A day in the office was hard, wishing I was working the coast somewhere, then from lunchtime onwards it got worst, White's Thrush on the Farnes (READ THE FINDERS ACCOUNT HERE, see awesome in-hand pictures etc here and some more new photos here) the first in the county since 1914!! Then some pretty decent birds scattered from north to south...Blyth's Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Richard's Pipit, Paddyfield Warbler, River Warbler, Booted Warbler, Sykes Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Little Bunting, Common Rosefinch more Red-breasted Flycatchers and Yellow-browed Warblers, tonnes of Redstart by all accounts with other typical migrants such as Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher etc...
I've got a meeting in Beverley tomorrow so fingers crossed I may be able to head to the coast afterwards for a hour or so...
Almost as exciting as the list above, one from yesterday....
Spot the Bluetail....
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