Symphony was due at the groomers in Flamborough giving me the opportunity of spending a couple of hours at Thornwick Pool, Flamborough. Sadly, there have been regular occurrences of anti-social behaviour in the hide, so in order to combat this, the hide has been "modified" in order to discourage this. The door and rear wall have been removed, together with the lower viewing flaps, basically creating a covered shelter. Now, bearing in mind we are still in August, I have to say it was a tad chilly! Good job I had my big coat and a flask of coffee! The wind blew and rain fell, and I hate to think what it will be like in the "cooler" seasons. However, I think the objective of preventing anti-social behavioural issues may have been solved!
Overall, a quiet time. However, two Little Egrets dropped in briefly.
Five Common Snipe in total showed reasonably well
Two Teal
Coots have had a good year with adults and young birds of varying ages
Similarly with Moorhens
Two Dunlin remained distant, with this one the closest
