Scalby Nabs Ornithological Group

1/4 Little Ringed Plover and 7+ White Wagtails Scalby Lodge Pond.

2/4 Two Ring Ouzels near radio mast Stoupe Browe, Ravenscar, plus three White Wagtails by tea rooms LRP Scalby Lodge Pond.

3/4 Two Avocets at Scalby Lodge Pond this morning but no sign later in the day. Also Swallow, Shoveler, and White Wagtail there. Hooded Crow seen in fields to north of the pond.

6/4 G C Grebe in the harbour.

7/4 Two Northern Bullfinches in Stile Scrub, Scalby Lodge this morning.

8/4 G C Grebe still in harbour9/4 High tide wader counts at Scalby Lodge Pond this eve; 85 Redshank, 63 Turnstone, 20 Oystercatchers, also 2 Wigeon, 22 Teal. Male Goshawk Scalby Nabs and three Blackcaps
10/4 R B Merganser Scalby Mills. Willow Warbler Scalby Lodge.

12/4 Shoveler and two White Wagtails Scalby Lodge Pond.

13/4 Shoveler Scalby Lodge Pond. Two Wheatears and two White Wagtails Long Nab. Willow Warbler Castle. Kittiwakes Marine Drive

14/4 Two House Martins Wykeham. Shoveler and two Ringed Plovers Scalby Lodge Pond. Willow Warblers at several sites.
15/4 Great Grey Shrike feeding from hedgerows around rape field just south of Old Scarborough Tip 08.30-11.15. Not present 12.45 onwards
16/4 Five Bramblings in garden by North Cliff Golf Course

18/4 Ring Ouzel at "Trough Gully" this morning. Yellow Wagtail at Scalby Lodge Pond plus Wheatear. 16/4 Five Bramblings in garden by North Cliff Golf Course.
21/4 Two White Wagtails Scalby Lodge Pond.
22/4 Green Sandpiper Town Farm Pond, Cloughton.
23/4 Grasshopper Warbler Scalby Nab. Redstart, Yellow Wagtail, Fieldfare and Golden Plover Scalby Lodge area. Nine Whimbrel at Cayton Carr this evening.
24/4 Stoupe Brow nr Ravenscar today two Ring Ouzel .one in the evening and Red Grouse

25/4 Spotted Redshank on flash near Mayville Farm, Cayton Carrs this morning but no sign this evening, also 2 LRP. Nearby Corn Bunting and
Lesser Whitethroat. Black Redstart around terrace houses Station Rd, Scalby this evening.

26/4 Hoopoe at Scalby Lodge Farm today, still present this evening. Mostly feeding around outbuildings on north side. Also seen at Cromer Point, Water Treatment Works. Access okay along track to farm from coastal road. Black Redstart White Lodge Farm, Langdale End.
27/4 Spotted Redshank still at flash by Mayville Farm, Cayton Carrs plus Black-tailed Godwit. Black-tailed Godwit Scalby Lodge Pond plus Swift. Swift at Yeddingham

Spotted Redshank ( John Harwood )

28/4 Firecrest on north side of Castle Hill at the bottom of "Dusky Dell". Common Tern and 8 Purple Sandpipers at the harbour. Male Blue-headed Wagtail with 25 Yellow Wagtails just north of Scalby Lodge Pond, also 20 Wheatears and Grasshopper Warbler nearby. Two Goshawks and two Common Buzzards Langdale End plus Green Woodpecker. Spotted Redshank still at Mayville Farm flash plus Black-tailed Godwit at nearby Grove Farm. Swifts now widespread.5