Flamborough Trip
Over the weekend of the 25th to 27th of October, I stayed at The North Star Hotel on Flamborough Head to do some migration birding with some of my oldest birding friends. A trip planned well in advance and something my friends have been doing on and off for 19 years! I've never been able to join them before as my work commitments have always prevented me from going. But now I have changed jobs, and I can take time off when I want, so I joined them on this year's trip. The birds on the trip are determined by the weather, and my friends have made the trip at various times in October. They have had some fantastic years and some quiet ones. This year, the forecast was for light wind from the south/south-west, lovely weather outside but terrible for migration and the chance of scarce or rare birds. The first winter Red-Flanked Bluetail , which had arrived the week before, was still at Bempton RSPB, so we popped in to see it on our way past on Friday. Below is a record shot of the bi...