The family walk at Skeffling this morning produced distant but prolonged views of a juvenile Hen Harrier.
Early afternoon found me down at Sammy's Point walking west towards Skeffling. It's unusual to have decent flocks of various species of Geese in the area, so I wanted to make the most of it. I bumped into Lance Degnan who was on his way back to the car park and wished him a Happy New Year. He told me the flocks were still present so I continued below the flood bank. A flock of small birds flew from the stubble to the nearest bush. Yellowhammers...I counted 52! Very encouraging.
The first Geese I came across were White-fronted (44)...
Next came Pink-footed (50)...
...and then the Tundra Bean Geese (7)...
A wonderful afternoon in the winter sunshine. On y return walk I bumped into another Yorkshire stalwart Karl Dutton. More Happy New Years and then home for the Merseyside Derby...
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