A short train trip to North Ferriby, Long Plantation and Red Cliff. The day ended up being of sunny spells and mild, although it was quite windy by the Humber. I walked straight to the Humber from the station, then walked east to the pond. A dozen Wigeon were at the Humber and on the shore.
Wigeon
Wigeon and gulls.
The pond was interesting, with Coot, Little Grebe, Mallard, Gadwall, Greylag and Teal, all single pairs.
View of the pond.
Little Grebe.
Gadwall.
Teal.
Afterwards, I followed the high tide route of the Wolds Way along the village and into the top of Long Plantation.
Goldfinches feeding on Lavender seedheads. The advantages of not deadheading your lavenders!
The entrance to Long Plantation.
Long Plantation is a deciduous woodland with mainly beech and Sycamore. Some large trees had been cut and most of the trees are quite young, although there is a fair amount of dead wood on the ground and stumps. A Buzzard flew over and a Sparrowhawk flew onto a tree, looking like it just had a bath.
Great Woodpecker nest hole.
Great Tit.
The days of the fields west of the plantation appear numbered due to impending development. A Green Woodpecker Yaffled and flew onto a mound, I only managed a record shot.
Large Oak and flooded fields.
The view towards Brickyard lane.
I didn't spend much time at Redcliff as there was a flock of Curlew on the foreshore. I counted 15.
Many Dun Sentinel snails at low tide.
Curlew
The cliff looked quite different from last time and I wonder how much success the Ivy bees and Sea Aster bees will have in such fast eroding cliff.
A Bombus terrestris worker on Red Dead-nettle.
2 comments:
Beautiful picture of the Goldfinches on the lavender.
Thank you Ralph, I've only rarely seen Goldfinches eating lavender seeds, probably because lavenders are trimmed back right after flowering.
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