There had been a juvenile
Isabelline Wheatear present at Seaton Snook since the 23rd and with
David needing it for his British List, Roger Ken and I went along with him
hoping to see it. The M1 was closed
between junctions 21a and 22 and so we decided to go via the A46 and A1, which
was OK but there was very heavy traffic around Doncaster and the approach to
the M62 and it took us almost four hours after picking up Roger. We had received news that it was still
present as we travelled up and we arrived on site at 10:50. After parking we walked along the road to the
beach and found several birders assembled on the beach and the wheatear was
just a few feet away. We had some
excellent views during our hour stay and I managed to get some reasonable
photos despite the overcast conditions.
It spent most of the time feeding within a few feet but was quite mobile;
running quickly, presumably after prey and it seemed totally unconcerned by the
small gathering of birders. It did fly
on a couple of occasions but soon made its way back to where we had first seen
it.
Isabelline Wheatear
A male and female Eider, a
Red-breasted Merganser and a Turnstone were observed on the rocky point towards
the sea but there was little else of note.
We went to Hartlepool Headland
for lunch where we saw three drake Eiders, a couple of Red-throated Divers,
four Oystercatchers and a Turnstone.
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