Alpine Swift

Trip today was Bempton Cliffs to see the Alpine Swift and the seabirds

Ring Ouzel

The male Ring Ouzel was present again in Greenfield on my run

Quail

I hit the jackpot today and managed to get a brief flight view of an elusive Quail near Broadstones reservoir. This was my third trip over and each time I have heard a Quail singing distantly from a field next to Windmill lane. Today I went round the corner turning down the lane to the left and the singing became very loud coming from some scrub. As I approached the bird suddenly appeared and I got good flight views through the bins. Well worth the effort in the end for this lifer

Ring Ouzel

Today and Saturday I saw a male Ring Ouzel in Greenfield whilst out for a run. Lets hope he stays and finds a mate.

I went back this afternoon armed with the camera! It was a bit distant but still looked fantastic. Finding your own rare or scarce British bird still beats any rare twitch

Little Swift

I couldn't resist the Little Swift at New Brighton this  morning. It flew like a bat, white rump shorter wings than a common swift and square tail. Sadly the pics are rubbish as in my excitement I failed to realise I had the aperture priority set at F32.

White winger Black Tern

Managed to get to Fairburn Ings this morning after dropping off my son at school to see this plendid adult tern. It looked great especially in flight. Also there was a rather photogenic Redshank and plenty of Chiffchaff to see and hear.

Rose coloured Starling

A weekend of highs and lows. Me and Dave got up early yesterday and went to Wykeham Forest hoping for Honey Buzzards. The weather was aweful so no show from the Honeys. We did get great views of Goshawk, Hobby, Common Buzzard, Crossbill and Turtle Dove.
Today as it was father's day I managed to briefly escape and twitch the amazing Rose coloured Starling at  Rhos on sea. I also got to test out my new Nikon 80-400VR lens. I am very pleased with the results and glad I got rid of my Sigma 150-500 which I just couldn't get on with, too heavy and consistently soft results.

Blacktoft Sands

Marsh warbler and red-backed Shrike

On Monday had a pleasant day motorcycle twitching! The bike needed a run out so I went east first to Blacktoft sands and had brief views of the Marsh warbler. Fantastic mimicry in the song and looked paler and more yellow than a reed warbler. I continued east and had distant views of a male Red-backed Shrike. Also got good view of a singing Lesser Whitethroat.