Mediterranean Gull - Holbeck
A beautiful spring day with blue sky, sunshine and very mild temperatures. A great day for a wander around Scarborough, taking in some of the birding sites. Overall, the weather was great but the birding mediocre! As usual, the birds were not where I was! Maybe I should issue a warning when visiting birding hotspots?
Starting with hope at the harbour but nothing of note at all! Moving on to Johnsons Marsh which held two Shelducks, three Herons, six Teal and two Moorhens. Then to Scalby Mills but the tide was going out and disturbance by engineers working on the drainage system meant little close in. The usual suspects, Wigeon, Curlew, Oystercatchers, Redshanks, Herring, Black Headed and Common Gulls, Pied Wagtail, were present but to far for any images. The open air theatre had three singing Chiffchaffs, a Water Rail (year tick), Mallard and a pair of Tufted Ducks. Of interest were several Common Toads.
Tufted Duck
Common Toads
My walk back to Scalby Mills was just as unproductive!
Stopping at the Peregrine site on North Marine Drive, both birds were present and well fed.
Regretfully, I was unable to lock on to one of the birds carrying what appeared to be a pigeon.
While on Marine Drive, I managed to get on too one of several Harbour Porpoises
Finally, I headed up to the car park at Holbeck which held one Mediterranean Gull
You may not have had a huge range of species, but any day with a Peregrine Falcon is a great day!
ReplyDeleteYou are right David !
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