Louise had an appointment in Hull yesterday morning, so I offered to take her in...and continue to The Carrs! I negotiated a 3 hour slot before picking her up and going for a Pub meal. All bases covered.
I arrived at 10 and made the familiar walk to the GS Hide, as I'd been doing on and off for 38 years. I've seen every possible set of conditions in this time, visiting at various times of day and every Season. As I'd driven up from Bubwith I could see there was extensive flooding but I wasn't sure what the present state of play on the Carrs would be?
As I opened the flaps I was pleasantly surprised...
As you can see the River was high and there was a small breach in the Riverbank allowing water to spill onto the Carrs...
The spits close to the River created by these conditions had attracted huge numbers of Waders, mainly Lapwing (c2000)...
...but also significant numbers of Golden Plover (c300)...
plus c 100 Dunlin and 10 Ruff...
The sun broke through enhancing the scene, there was little wind..
There was a decent herd of Whooper Swans way off in the distance at Thorganby...
...and 11 remained on the Carrs at the far end including the family of 5 that had been present for some time.
A couple from York joined me and I told them they'd timed it right. They enjoyed a good hour before moving on in which time 4 Egyptian Geese performed very well on the River before departing NE...
I'd mentioned a couple of Marsh Harriers were regular and we were treated to a close fly-by over the scrape...
A couple of Stonechats were investigating the breach...
As was the young Fox...
As good as it gets...
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