A brief walk around North Ferriby walkway this morning provided a couple of new ticks for the patch. Both in the same location, a showy tail flashing male Reed Bunting joined the House Sparrow flock as did a couple of Tree Sparrows.
A Mistle Thrush was on the paddocks again and 4 Mute Swan flew low over towards the river
In the afternoon I took myself off to Brough to see of the Twite were still present. Whilst there were no Twite on this occasion, a Linnet and 3 Meadow Pipits were new birds for the year. As before, Goldeneye were plentiful with over 20 counted on the river and at Welton. I have been expecting a Marsh Harrier, but when a male rose from the airfield and proceeded to hunt just 50 yards away it was a more dramatic sighting that I have been expecting.
Welton was quiet again, with the same birds as yesterday with the addition of just a Gadwall. The wildfowl highlight was a fine male Goosander which flew downstream.
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