6th September 2019 - Day 1 of Spurn Migfest

First port of call today was to go straight back to Kilnsea Wetlands. Main birds of note here included the White-rumped Sandpiper (only my 2nd in the UK), a Wood Sandpiper, three Curlew Sandpiper, a 3w Caspian Gull as well as singles of Avocet, Little Ringed Plover and Black-tailed Godwit.

White-rumped Sandpier, Kilnsea Wetlands, Spurn

We left the hide as it soon started to fill up with people which led to it get more cramped so we headed off towards the Numpties we had a quick look on the Canal Scape from the hide and this produced a Little Egret, a Dunlin, a Green Sandpiper and a Ringed Plover.

Little Egret, Canal Scrape, Spurn

Green Sandpiper and Dunlin, Canal Scrape, Spurn

We then headed for the seawtaching hide where there wasn't much going on the highlight being a juvenile Black Tern which flew south. Other birds of note included two Bonxies both which flew north and four Redshank and an Oystercatcher flew south. With the sea being dead we opted to go for a long walk along the Canal Path and back round the the Numpties, the mudflats along the Canal Path held 18 Redshank, two Little Egrets and a Greenshank. Whilst Beacon Lane held just one Whitethroat and a late Swift which flew overhead South. There were also c200 Starlings feeding in one of the arable fields. We actually ended up further than intended and had another scan of Kilnsea Wetlands again picking up one of the three Curlew Sandpipers and the Wood Sandpiper. Behind us we had Beacon Ponds and a quick scan produced one Dunlin and a very nice summer plumage Grey Plover. 

Looking towards the Numpties/Seawatching Hide.

News came through after our walk of two Pied Flycatchers in the Crown & Anchor pub car park. We soon headed round there and we found one but it took some finding due to the high winds and the bushes blowing around all over the place. We had reasonable views if not a bit brief. 

Afterwards we headed up to Easington and walked along the track towards Sammy's Point again winds were an issue and we added a female Sparrowhawk, a Whitethroat as well as a trickle of House Martins and Swallows with the odd Sand Martin.