Whooper Swans

After a quick visit to With', I returned home to prepare to meet Louise in Hull for our annual visit to the Bank. Once a Year is more than enough! As I was leaving...a message on the Local WhatsApp...

33 Whooper Swans South over Grimston

I had 10 spare minutes! I drove down to the Cliff and looked North towards Withernsea. No sign...I only had my Camera...but they're Big Birds! 2 minutes left...then...there they were!!!

P.111, H.94

They "snaked" towards me before drifting West over the centre of the Village...

Absolutely Brilliant!

I'd seen reports over the Weekend of various sized Herds being seen along the Coast and through Spurn. I was hoping I hadn't "missed the boat"? After the magnificent Pink-footed Goose passage (c700 still present in stubble at the southern end) this was the "icing on the cake". Lucky with the timing.

After returning from Hull around 3.30 I returned to the Cliff to see if there was any more "movement". I looked North again and picked out a white "line" on the Sea. A breaking wave? No...

I was being spoiled now...but I'll take it!

I drove to the Old Sewage to try and get a closer look but by the time I'd walked to the Cliff they'd drifted South, so I returned to my original vantage point on Seaside and waited for them to drift by...which they eventually did...

I ended up at Cliff Farm and sure enough the Herd floated by. I was hoping for another fly-by but alas it didn't happen. I contented myself with further views of the Swans and the lingering PFG...

A nice bonus was the arrival "in-off" of 11 Mallards (all drakes). No earth shattering moment BUT a personal "record count" for the Village.

A dodgy dusk shot!

An excellent day..and a lovely ending...