20th April 2017

Another good morning for the visible migration watchers at either end of our recording area, with an Osprey along the cliffs and south-east early on at Gristhorpe Bay (MJP) and a Marsh Harrier north at the Gap and then Gristhorpe Bay (KC, MJP). A Twite and a White Wagtail also bypassed the Gap (KC), and both sites had similarly good counts of Linnets and Meadow Pipits into triple figures, high double figures of Goldfinches and single figures of both martins (and 22 Swallows through G. Bay) among other species. 

A Grasshopper Warbler sang and showed well from the Tip on 19th and today (J & TGD et al.), while the long-staying White-fronted Goose continued with Greylags on 17th and 18th, this time at East Lea, where it was joined briefly by two Pink-feet on the latter date. The same site hosted waders in the shape of a Ringed Plover on 18th and Green Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover on 19th (yesterday), while the Dams hosted a dark-bellied Brent Goose and a Yellow Wagtail as well as the usual lingering wildfowl and Barn Owls. White Wagtails have been reported from Carr Naze Pond and East Lea.