Saturday, 29 August 2020

Cleethorpes More Waders and Soil Hill bad hat day

Soil Hill.

Saturday Morning 29 th August.

A walk up to Raggalds and around the Soil Hill contour path this morning was disappointing.
Nothing much moving skywards and the 'flood' is a small puddle with just 4 Black Headed Gulls there.
A cold north wind by Soil Hill Quarry top blew my camera cover / Tarpaulin Hat backwards off me bonce! Didn't see where it went and could not find it either. Rewards for any finder is a first class stamp.
Birds:
4 Black Headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Swallow.
2 Meadow Pipit.
Kestrel, 7 Common Gull.
A possible Skylark, flushed remaining low with no call could well have been a Meadow Pipit.
30 Jackdaw, a few Magpie, Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon.
2 (or the same one twice) Little Owl.




Some more photos of Wednesday 25th along Cleethorpes beach.
Updated following some good feedback.





Turnstone



Very white Barnacle Goose in the middle

Some Head Scratchers:-

Not sure of the Wader with The Black Headed Gull.
Probably a Whimbrel (size is about right).
Bar-Tailed Godwit.


Looks like a Kittiwake to me?
Kittiwake should have black tipped wings-
Comic Tern


Dunlin (Right)
Left Wader has a Sandpiper look to it.
Curlew Sandpiper a possibility?
Or Knott!
Bar-tailed Godwit


Bar Tailed Godwit.




3 comments:

  1. Godwit with the B H Gull John and tern species on the next one. Looks a good beach for waders !

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  2. Tks Dave.
    800 Photos - don't!!!
    I've had some good feedback and I have updated the blog accordingly.

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