A very pleasant day out there , sunny in the morning but windy and cloudy later.
North Cave:
1 Black Necked Grebe ( good views although fairly distant)
3 Whooper Swan
c100 Golden Plover
18 Common Snipe (largest flock I have seen)
4 GC Grebe
6 Little Grebe ( a delight to see one of them in front of the hide under the water, catching fish
c200 Greylags
2 White Fronted Geese (they have been there a while)
2 Barnacle Geese
9 Pink Foots (over)
6 Redshank
c50 Lapwing
1 Marsh Harrier (being mobbed by Rook)
c 20 Goldfinch
A few Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted, Coot and Teal
Beacon Hill
1 Goshawk ( first time have seen one reasonably close over head - what a monster of a bird!)
5 Red Kite (splendid views)
1 Sparrowhawk- male (seen twice hunting along the hedgerow where we were sat.)
A brilliant day out!
Mandy (with Max/John)