Eagle Eye

A couple of bits of news: first a WHITE-TAILED EAGLE that was seen a Bempton and Flamborough earlier in the week had made it's way to Tophill Low this morning... Kelk lies roughly in a line between the two!

Report here: http://tophilllow.blogspot.com/2010/04/sea-eagle.html

Oh boy, that would have been a wee bit special.

More mundane, a couple of Swallows were in Kelk yesterday, including one at a farmyard looking more like a local bird than an earlier migrant moving through.

Ok, an excuse for some piccies. These three were from the last visit. First up a male Tufted Duck from Burton Agnes pond. Unlike most birds these are an easy target, they come for bread with the Mallards.



Next, a nice pair of Red-legged Partridge at Harpham. Contrary to the above picture, these birds are not at all easy birds to see well so I'm quite happy with this murky shot.



Finally this is part of the record breaking flock of 480 Golden Plover at Kelk.