Somehow I found myself with a day off, and this helpfully coincided with the reappearance of a Franklin's Gull in Cleveland. With nothing else on the cards I decided to head up with IS and RJS. We set off at around 7.30, but had we set off any later we would certainly have missed the bird. When we arrived it was still sitting in front of the hide, but was asleep and largely obscured by Black-headed Gulls.
Once it did finally wake up, it flew to the front of the hide, where it had a quick drink and a preen, before then flying over the hide not to reappear again. In total we probably saw the bird for less than 15 minutes, and of those most of the time it was poor views.
-Franklin's Gull
Given its behaviour the previous day, we decided it probably wasn't worth waiting around for, so we headed off back towards Spurn. On the way back we called in at Wykeham for honey buzzards but sadly drew a blank there. A cracking singing male Crossbill was the highlight of the hour or so that we spent there.
Species List:
Scaling Dam: Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Franklin's Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook, Woodpigeon,
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