Flamborough PWC

This morning I made my first visit to Flamborough for a few weeks and a special effort was made to catch up with the flock of Lapland Buntings which have been showing to all and sundry over the last week. There was nowt doing initially but I added Great Crested Grebe, Yellowhammer, Goldcrest, Goldfinch and Great Spotted Woodpecker to my #PWC2017 efforts. West of Booted Gully produced a few Skylarks and Linnets as well as a Corn Bunting which flew west out of the field and then alighted on trees at South Landing before continuing towards South Dykes.

I relocated to the field east of Booted Gully and a couple of littoralis Rock Pipits were foraging in the ploughed field, one of which showed a nice pink throat. Eventually a single Lapland Bunting called and then circled the field, presumably looking for the remainder of the flock before disappearing beyond the brow of the hill. I moved onto North Landing to check out the Pochard/Tufted Duck combo which have been in residence, both of which should be tricky to catch up with. There was also a bonus pair of Shelduck ensconced although these weren't needed for the year after a quintet which flew north in January.