3 days at school, 4 days at Blacktoft,a spot of gardening and decorating, three talks and time flies by.
A lovely day weather wise today and after a few domestic chores I set off for Fairburn Ings.
I went to Lin Dyke and joined another birder in the hide, who told me what was about.
Spoonbills have bred at Fairburn Ings again this year and today I was lucky enough to see one. What made it special was that at the same time I could see a grey heron, a cattle egret and a great white egret.
Curlew, little ringed plover and dunlin were asleep as were most of the shoveler and teal.
Two whinchats were on the edge of the mud and lots of swallows, sand martins and house martins were slowly making their way south, another sign of autumn.
One chap arrived with his dog, which would not settle and stopped him birding. Then a couple arrived, the lady walked into the hide whilst he just looked in and left, allowing the door to slam loudly. His wife opened the door and went to ask him why he had slammed the door, and in the process she let is slam! Then three more chaps arrived with another two dogs, so I decided to leave.
I went to the visitor centre to write my sightings in the report book and then went to the nearest hide,
Some new bird feeders had been put up and they were designed to keep out squirrels.
Goldfinches were feeding on thistle seeds
At Blacktoft tomorrow to help plant over 800 plants in the wild flower meadow.
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