We took Abi and her dad to Filey for a few days this week.
The weather was kind with no day time rain and a bit of sunshine.
The journey on Monday took nearly 3 hours, a real dog bag of a
trip with the M1/A1 junction a mess and parts of the A64 stop start.
I was hoping Rishi would have pulled a North Yorkshire Motorway out of his attaché case by now. The A64 is past its sell by date.
Tuesday we caught the bus to Scarborough ( from the 1st stop after Filey bus station ) and even this early on the bus had 15 or so people standing.
4 more got on here and the bus stopped a few more times, to let a few more on, eventually , though, the driver decided the bus was full.
He did have the courtesy to stop at all the subsequent stops to explain to the many waiting that he did not have any room.
I have never been on a bus so full, even fuller than bus journeys in the late 1960's when lots of workers caught the teatime bus from Halifax to Queensbury.
I got a seat though (on the steps to upstairs).
Scarborough was packed, also , we had a good time before getting the bus back to the brigg caravan site after 7p.m. (This bus was fine).
I manged a look at the Harbour where just One! Turnstone was in lots of mud - A couple of Guillemots on the sea, Gannets distant.
Wednesday was MY free birding morning and I spent it on Filey Brigg.
The tide was on the way out with the brigg peninsular partly walkable.
Lots going on but the light was truly awful.
c20 Knott were nice to see together.
Common and Sandwich Tern for definite I was unable to ID other Terns with any confidence.
Redshank and a good few Turnstone here also.
A large white bird at the far end of the brigg looked cormorant sized and too bulky for an Egret species? It is probably Guillemot, although it looks to have too much white under the chin for Guillemot?
A Tern species, which is probably a Common Tern, had 'long legs' and a pronounced white
strip on the leading edge of the wing?
Also seen were a Heron, Fulmar , Eider Duck plus the usual species for here.
Late evening I had a short walk up to the brigg pond but nothing much was here.
A short glance off the cliff top revealed 3 Shags on the water.
On Thursday and Friday I squeezed in a bit of birding.
3 Dolphin and a seal were seen.
A change of scenery on Friday as I had a look in the bushes near the massive Brigg public car park.
My Merlin app reported hearing Pied Flycatcher on two different occasions - but I never located either alas.
The App also reported a Yellow Wagtail and a Yellow Legged Gull, the latter certainly here.
Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler with many, many Goldfinch here also and the Brigg had the usual Linnets.
Swifts were still in evidence.
The journey back was nearly 3 hours also.
I guess people are having the same idea as us- trying to avoid the bank holiday week-end traffic by going early!
Birds (or some of 'em).
Linnet, Wren, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Stonechat.
Herring Gull, Yellow Legged Gull, Black Headed Gull, 1 Common Gull.
Great Black-backed Gull.
Knott, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, Turnstone, Redshank.
Heron, Cormorant, Shag , Kittiwake.
Eider Duck, Fulmar, Sand Martin, Swallow, Swift.
Kestrel,
A couple of Red Kites on the journeys(s)
A few Shaky (quite distant) videos taken from the top of
Filey Brigg.
Gannets have found a Froffies equivalent café! (Above)
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