A mild, but sunny December day, I head along the Setting Dyke to Willerby Carr and Wood Lane, hoping to catch up with my Hull bogey bird this year, Snipe. The Setting Dyke carries some water, its levels recovered since the summer drought. As I walk out of Children's Wood a Green Woodpecked yaffles. It is quite close and I find it, sitting on a large poplar, calling every now and then. What a stunning bird the Green Woodpecker is. It is a very muddy walk and wellies are a necessity. I make my way to Southwood Garden Centre for a coffee and then return via Haltemprice Priory.
Collared Dove.
Coal Tit.
This pair of crows landed right next to the pair of Herring Gulls and started cawing. The gulls did a duet of weak alarm calls, looking a bit puzzled.
A flock of Siskins fed on the alders at Birsall Avenue. Here a female.
Male Siskin.
At the Derringham flood scheme, a Little Egret sat by the water.
Kestrel.
The view across Willerby Carr Farm.
A few Wigeon were at the scrape. A Water Rail calls from a ditch just by the path.
Teal.
Grey Heron.
Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Roe Deer.
A Grey Squirrel feeding on bark.
Robin.
A couple of Fieldfare on the hedges and a pair of Stonechats on the priory grounds are highlights.
Fieldfare.
Stonechat.
Greylag.
Preening Carrion Crows.