I had to take my scooter in to be serviced, dad met me in Scarborough and we went birding. The first place we went was Peasholm Park, a small lake surrounded by woodland close to the sea. There had been a
Red-Throated Diver there for a few days and, although I see them regularly, this gave me a chance to see one very close. The bird had been active and feeding on small fish. When we got there we walked around the lake, it then shot past us at about eye level and we saw it land on the other side of the lake. We walked in that direction. Once we got to where the bird was it swam towards us. It gracefully went past us, within only a couple of metres, an amazing experience.
After some lunch we then went on to Scalby mills rocks (outside the sealife centre), this was because there was a gull roost there. We looked through the gulls but could only produce
Herring,
Black-Headed and
Great Black-Backed Gulls. Also present were some rather smart
Wigeon,
Redshank,
Curlew and
Oystercatcher.
The both of us then decided we would go to the harbour to try and see the
Black-Necked Grebe and
Great Northern Diver. En route we stopped briefly to look for a
Black Redstart in the rock armour but had no luck, but we did see another
Red-Throated Diver in the bay. At the Harbour we picked up the
Black-Necked Grebe and
Great Northern Diver quite quickly. The tide was out so they were confined to the main part of the harbour. Eventually both came close to the harbour mouth where they gave good views. Also running around our feet were
Turnstones, although the
Purple Sandpiper roost was empty due to it being low tide. This was a great day with a good range of species.
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| Red-Throated Diver |
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| Red-Throated Diver |
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| Wigeon (male and female) |
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| Black-Necked Grebe |
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| Black-Necked Grebe |
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| Great Northern Diver |
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| Great Northern Diver |
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| Turnstone |
