I was walking Symphony in Bempton when a message came through stating that a Grey Phalarope had been seen in Bridlington Harbour. Having missed the last bird a few months ago, I was keen to see this one and made all speed back to Bridlington! We have a stall on Bridlington market so I was due to help take it down and therefore was able to park for free! The original message had come through an hour earlier, so would the bird still be there? The harbour was crammed with tourists and all manor of pleasure boats entered and exited. No birders could be seen so a search for the Phalarope ensued. Eventually it was located near to the harbour entrance but had chosen to challenge me remaining in direct sunlight! Using my camera and 400mm lens it was difficult to identify the bird so many images were taken, most of which were deleted as of no use! I messaged the local bird groups even though the harbour is outside of the Flamborough recording area. Duties called and I returned to take down the market stall. Eventually, other birders located the Phalarope and it was re-identified as Red Necked! When I eventually looked at my images it was obvious that the bird was indeed a Red Necked Phalarope, a Yorkshire tick for me and my first in ten years! Well pleased!
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