A superb adult pectoral sand on the flats this morning,a little distant but lovely all the same.Lincsbirding

This smart juv Pec sand on the flats today,the 20th for the site in its short history with the first in 2006,16 juvs and 4 adults. Undoubtedly the same bird relocating from Blacktoft sands shortly after leaving there around 9am.Lincsbirding

Cracked,went ,jammed a decent shot.PLLW today Flamborough Bird Observatory

Chanced upon this Richards Pipit at Barton upon Humber today as it flew by calling, relocated feeding at chowder ness . Lincsbirding

With the flats completely frozen over and some gorgeous winter sunshine Yesterday I was tempted by the reliable but superb Bearded tits. Lincsbirding

Caught up with the drake American Wigeon here at Alkboro this afternoon, the second record for the flats, also a decent arrival of wagtails with 25 yellow and a couple of white.Lincsbirding

Spring Ouzels are pretty unreliable on the patch so this one on the cricket pitch at the weekend was most welcome.Lincsbirding

In the poorest of spring passages for waders here on the flats you have to be thankful for small mercies so tonight’s diminutive Temmincks stint in the drizzle was most welcome.Lincsbirding

A spring adult Long tailed skua thru the flats this morning, absolutely superb!! and unexpected, the only other record an autumn juv on the Humber some years back.A little distant but good scope views enjoyed by just the 3 of us.Lincsbirding

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Scoters on the move over alkboro just now, heads up further west! Lincsbirding

Nice to pick up this Pec sand on the flats this evening before the looming complete dry out of the site in the coming days.Lincsbirding

A late afternoon dash for this Black Winged Pratincole at Nebraska farm N Lincs, a cracking bird and find by the Gillatt’s.

Some shocking pics of this Richards pipit Alkboro flats that I heard and saw briefly Sunday and relocated today, a lot of merciless walking thru rough grassland went into the making of these shots so please be kind! 5th site record.BirdGuides MarcM381

Certainly didn’t expect to add wader species number 46 to my patch list this morning, this confiding Purple sand was a real surprise, just a shame I didn’t carry my camera and had to rely on my phone scoping skills.

Sat on these Montagu’s harrier pics I took on my Alkborough patch for Six years due to the sensitivity of this species. This male a 3yr old Germany tagged bird if my memory serves me right paired and bred across the river but was a regular feature on the flats.

Continued our little purple patch here on the flats today with this fine drake G.W.Teal on Trent falls,found about 20 of these lumped/ soon to be lumped distinctive yanks here on the upper Humber over the years.BirdGuides RareBirdAlertUK

One of the most memorable events at Alkborough was this singing Baillons crake (video) in the middle of the night 2021 and waiting for daylight to hopefully get a glimpse. It showed briefly and fortunately I managed a couple of shots.