Sunday 19th April a.m.
Another cloudy morning at Redcar Tarn with a temperature of 5.5°C things seemed quiet with the absence of large numbers of Gulls, just 5
BH Gulls & a
LBB Gull.Good to see a brood of four
Mallard chicks with the proud parents, but nature as it is the BH Gulls were showing plenty interest in the new arrivals.
Coots were on nests with
Lapwings in the surrounding fields & the sound of
Skylarks but didn't manage to spot one.
A walk up the road proved productive with a number of
Pied Wagtails some posing for a snap,also
Goldfinch,Mipits & a Linnet.Then a walk back past the Tarn to check the nearby pond where there were more Lapwings,
Moorhen & a
Ringed Plover.As soon as we spotted it off it flew, we watched as flew away, frustratingly before we got a record snap, but a great first for us here.A
Curlew also took off but was soon replaced as a pair of
Oystercatchers flew in.Back to the Tarn where now there was a couple of
Swallows feeding low over the water,our first this year, & plenty other species seen, another good birding morning.
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| female Pied Wagtail |
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| male Pied Wagtail |
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| LBB Gull |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Proud mum with four Mallard chicks |
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| Mallard family |
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| Beware of BH Gulls |
