Thrush rush!

Despite my fears, the Rock Thrush hung on at Spurn today, and allowed myself and Carl to see it this afternoon. We arrived just after 3pm and had decent views of it feeding in the field south of the Bluebell, where it was spending its time flying between fenceposts and dropping down to take inverts. Unfortunately the heat haze (!) made photographing it difficult, but it did come a bit closer at one point. It then flew north-west and dropped into the caravan park, where we eventually picked it up again (before moving across for a slightly closer, final, view). A great little bird, especially in flight when she flashed her tail. 

Rock Thrush!

It's favoured area

Other birds in the area which we saw on out brief visit included a male Redstart, loads of Wheatears, plenty of Yellow Wagtails, 5 Whimbrel, and at least 3 Sandwich Terns and a Gannet offshore.

Record shot of a year tick (LGRE)

Back to this morning  I nipped up to Collingham to look for a lost camera battery (no luck). However, with 500 Black-tailed Godwits reported coming into roost at Rutland Water last night, I was hopeful there might be one at Mons Pool - and indeed there was - one Black-tailed Godwit! A Common Sandpiper and 2 Oystercatchers were the only other waders.

Black-tailed Godwit