This is a bit late, but with working and sleeping ive not had a chance to report back!
I thought i'd just put up a few points for other peoples reference (i know FungiJohns going to that area soon).
Well started out early on tuesday the 13th, arriving in Scarborough at around 1030. I unloaded the car and was very glad to sit down and have a cup of tea after a gruelling 4.5hr journey! We stayed with my girlfriends grandparents in Scarborough.
First Day:
After a rest and some lunch, it was time to hit the beach! Its a nice beach at south bay. Not really much wildlife on the beach (bar the locals!) but the were a few
Kittiwakes that nest on the buildings,
Herring gulls and a black backed gull (not sure which one though).
The beach is nice but still cold up north when the sun isn't shining, and the sea was freezing! So we went for a little drive up the coast to Whitby, we didn't go into the abbey as funds were low but it was a nice drive, through some moor areas and plantations. On the drive i stopped next to one of the plantations to have a quick look, Where i saw a
Sparrowhawk, lots of
Linnets and a
Greater spotted woody.
Second day:
I left my girlfriend in bed to go off and see the cliffs and filey brigg. I went to filey first and had a walk around the country park and out onto the brigg itself.
This is a very popular pace for
Meadow pipits and Skylarks. The were also a few
Rock pipits about and a small
Colony of Sand martins. Lots of
Starlings present and the odd
Goldfinch. On the rock edges and out to sea there were lots of
Guillimots, Razorbills, Rock dove/Feral pidgeon, Kittiwake, Oystercatchers and the odd
Gannet, Puffin, Cormarant and Fulmar.
The best thing was spotting a
Common Seal just off the brigg, i was very excited at that point!
Next stop was Filey dams where there had been reports of
Red-veined Darters, but unfortunately no sign of any that day. Good numbers of
Tree Sparrows though.
I couldn't go up to the east coast of Yorkshire with out going to Bempton Cliffs RSPB, especially as everyone else had gone! So here there were
Gannets, Razorbill, Gullimots, Fulmar, Gulls, Puffins, Meadow pipits, Sedge wabler, Tree sparrow, Whitethroat, and Butterflies and a Humming Bird Hawk moth. These cliffs are amazing so i would recomend a visit to anyone, even non-birders!
Last day:
Thursday was the end of the trip, i was going to see my bother in Leeds that evening so decided to go out on to the moors for the afternoon. I didnt have a chance to get out and do much walikng as my girlfriend had hurt her foot, but had an amazing drive. I was surprised to see such a diversity of habitats within 50 miles, from the coast to countyside, to moors and dales, to woods and forest.
I left scarborough to go to Wykeham woods, where there was
blackcaps with fledgelings. Through the woods to Dalby forest drive, including northriding forest park. Here i saw
Skippers,
Tree pipits, and lots of
willow warblers and chiffchaffs with fledglings.
From there it was out onto the moors up to Egton and back down to Rosedale, i didnt have the time to sit and look for merlins unfortunatly but i did see lots of
Meadow pipits, and
lapwings, and a
Wheatear.
That was it in as brief as i could, this is a fantastic area and to explor it all you need a good lenght of time. If you up that way try and see the moors at least as they are beautiful.
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