October 2026

Starting part way through the month with the hope of better biding to come next week when the east wind blows; for now a few local images also see the shots in the new camera blog

128 on the patch photo challenge list Barnacle Goose and a real chance that these were wild Svalbard birds - they appeared in the murk and rain on the afternoon of 12th calling almost constantly as they came up the estuary and circled Waters Edge before heading back out down the Humber

Pink-footed Geese are still a daily thrill over the garden with roost flights morning and evening producing several 1000 birds - I liked the way this flock mirrored the shape of the cloud edge

This morning was all about the spectacular sky

Putting the birds in context with the local house rooves — the soiund of the flocks is of course so evocative of wild places in a suburban setting

On my second (afternoon) circuit of Waters’ Edge this juvenile Spoonbill came flying in from the east and looked set to land before the attentions of a Black-headed Gull seemed to spook it and it flew off west

129 on the photo challenge list and remarkably my first patch record of the year in spit eof up to 40 birds being regular at the head of the estuary - they are truly tricky to see on my patch as most are fly-bys - not a mess on the image just its last meal!

Also the 119th species i have seen on or from Waters’ Edge this year out of a lowly patch total of 145