Pallas's Leaf Warbler: I've been looking forward to a some twitching all week, It's been a busy week of site work and I panned a trip back to the East Riding of Yorkshire for some rare eastern birds with Kris Wade and Marcus Workman.
We arrived at Flamborough and was greeted with some persistent rain, but things soon brightened up with one of the showiest Pallas's warblers I've had the advantage to watch. The bird was furiously feeding in the bushes next to the lighthouse.
These are great little birds, they are smaller than their yellow-browed leaf warbler cousins, perhaps the about the size of a goldcrest. With distinctive markings include two pale wing stripes, bright yellow rump, orange-yellow eye-stripe and pale yellowish stripe on cap.
They breed all way way over in Southern Siberia, with some populations breeding in areas to Finland are around the Altai Mountains.
Black Redstart: This smart looking black red that was feeding on the lawns within the lighthouse garden was also a nice bonus, but we dipped the Radde's warbler.
We then made our way down to Bempton and was given the run around by the red-flanked bluetail before it gave up and showed itself.
Red-flanked Bluetail: The blue tail was very active and going missing for long periods as it ranged between the 'dell' and the small coppice within the car park, the same area the pale-legged was that I saw a few weeks back.
Great day out lads, really enjoyed it.
