Barred Warbler: Today started with so much promise, with the hope of twitching my first Pallas's grasshopper warbler or PG tips. One was found by a local birder the day before although news broke late which left us leaving very early on Sunday morning for Tynmouth.
Unfortunately, but not surprisingly the PG tips did a bunk over night, not surprisingly. We stayed until we were sure it was gone before heading down to South Gare, an area of reclaimed land and breakwater on the southern side of the mouth of the River Tees in Redcar and Cleveland.
It was here that a showy barred warbler had been seen pretty consistently in a small area of dense scrub in a small hollow that the locals call the Bomb Hole.
Yellow-browed Warbler: After having our fill of the brilliant barred Kris and I headed further south to Flamborough where the weather started to deteriorate with thick fog and drizzle greeting us upon our arrival.
Blackcap: By the time we pulled up the Eastern olivaceous warbler, which had been showing well all morning had also done a bunk. Luckily I had bagged the bird last year at Long Nab, Burniston.
Kris and I ended up meeting up with Gary and Sarah before searching for RBF and YBW that showed well despite the thinning fog.
Red-breasted Flycatcher: One our way home kris got a message from Carl saying that there was a hoopoe on the way home in Stamford bridge near York. The bird was flighty but we had some brief views before it went to roost in a willow behind the houses. Big thanks to Carl for the heads up.
Red-breasted Flycatcher: One our way home kris got a message from Carl saying that there was a hoopoe on the way home in Stamford bridge near York. The bird was flighty but we had some brief views before it went to roost in a willow behind the houses. Big thanks to Carl for the heads up. 