Early migration break to Spurn

Welcome to Spurn

Love a Pied Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Grey Plover roost

Ruff

Sea watching

Whimbrel

Pied Flycatcher

Dotterel

Lighthouse on the point

View north from sea watching hut

Whinchat

Curlew Sandpiper

Dotterel

Moths at the point

Stonechat

Knot

Waders fest

Peregrine

View from Beacon ponds

Views to the point

Spoonbill

With no summer holiday this year I decided to use up a few days leave by heading up to Spurn. Sadly the winds were blowing from the south west so we didn't get that Icterine Warbler which remains very much out of reach.

I team up with the Captain from North Wales who was staying close by. I was staying at the Observatory which was excellent value and offered a warm bed after some very long days birding.

Day 1 - Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, big number of Pied Flycatchers, 3 Common Redstart, flocks of Knot, Yellow Wagtails & 5-+ Whinchat.

Day 2 - Walked to the point clocked up 26,000 steps. Quiet day with highlight being a White-rumped Sandpiper.

Day 3 - Very windy so did a 2  1/2 hours sea watch which included a very smart Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Red-throated Diver, Arctic/Common/ Sandwich Terns. The wetland produced 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redhank, Spoonbill, 305 roosting Grey Plover, a Wood Sandpiper, 6 Ruff and a juvenile Dotterel.

Day 4 - Headed home after watching the Dotterel outside the Crown & Anchor pub.