Lunar Underwing, work last night.

A few pics from a pleasant morning at Grainthorpe Haven, :- a distant pale Common Buzzard, ( juv? ) one of four in the area, *spot the nervous looking Rabbit which oddly is fifteen feet up in the bales!

Common Buzzard.

Common Buzzard, heavily cropped image.

Squint and you might see a Merlin!

A few Rock Pipit around.

Rock Pipit

Rock Pipits

Female Pintail ( rear )

Female Pintail.

Wood Pigeon keeping a watchful eye on Sparrowhawk...

....which in turn is eyeing up the Lapwing flock.

...which is now one less!, out of view but standing on the deceased Lapwing.

Sparrowhawk, cropped image, so much for the forecast light winds, quite blowy hence camera shake.

One from the archives, Sparrowhawk eating a Collared Dove in the garden last year.

Sanderling, saltmarsh covered by biggest tide of the year so not much around early morning.

Reed Bunting

Reed Bunting

Reed Bunting

Kestrel, sat where a Merlin should be!

Kestrel

More dogs than birds on the beach this morning! only managed a couple of pics then gave up:- Common Tern, 2 Bar tailed Godwit and Knot.

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Common Snipe, good numbers around the fitties pools at the moment.

A few Little Grebe back on the fitties pools for the winter.

Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Convolvulus Hawkmoth, found at work last night, ( Grimsby Pyewipe ), taken in poor artificial light which does not do the moth justice, unfortunately not in pristine condition but can't beg and choose when it's a lifer.

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Fen Wainscot, book states July-August so a late one, taken in poor light, the moth was much paler than the pic shows, camera falsely highlighting streaking which was not apparent to the naked eye, hence the likeness to Common Wainscot.

A few hand held shots of a Sparrowhawk that chased young Swallows into a warehouse at work on sunday, it eventually found the way out after a few hours.

Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk

Just about to go home after not seeing much all morning when a Pectoral Sandpiper dropped into the middle of the fitties pools calling constantly, it was highly elusive in the marsh, it flew off a couple of times but returned, it eventually flew off again midday and not seen since.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Juv Sand Martin, Tetney lock gates today.

A few flutterbys from the garden today :- Comma.

Speckled Wood

Speckled Wood

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

A few pics from Tetney, taken over the summer by a birding/dogwalking friend with better gear than me, think i'll knock him on the head one morning and make off with his camera!, :- cross billed Wood Pigeon seen on the fitties.

Shelduck.

Mute Swan with young by lock gates.

Mute Swan and juv.