Rose-Coloured Starling
The weather on the east coast is rather beastly at the moment - cold, heavy cloud, moderate chilling wind and sea frets! When will it improve? Will it improve? Two good birds (for me) have been reported in the Flamborough area - Dotterel and Rose-Coloured Starling. With both reported early morning, it would have been rude not to go!
Arriving at Thornwick, location of the Rosy, I was informed the bird was feeding on garden feeders but had just flown into thick vegetation. Typical! I waited about an hour until the cold defeated me and with no sign I headed to Beacon Hill for the Dotterel. Beacon Hill is a large area for one small bird and I struggled to locate it. The walk along the cliff path warmed me up but no sign of the bird. Eventually, on my back I spotted a distant shape and yes it was a male Dotterel! My first in Yorkshire and my first for c10 years!
Dotterel (distant record shots)
I was now ready to have another go for the Rosy! Arriving back in Thornwick, more birders were on the lookout, but again I was informed that it had been showing but had again gone back into vegetation. Patience, however, paid off and the adult male Rose-Coloured Starling posed nicely on the top of the bushes! A life tick for me!
Rose-Coloured Starling
What a gorgeous bird!
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