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Monday, October 7, 2024

Pallid Harrier, Welwick / Kilnsea - early Oct '24

At the beginning of the month, Rich and I were back in the far south-easterly corner of YYorkshire, this time to guide our friends from the Cambridge U3A birding group for four days in the Humber / Kilnsea / Spurn area.
We've had the pleasure of guiding them before, and despite the challenging conditions, we were able to share some great birding experiences with them - one of which was this gorgeous juvenile Pallid Harrier that seemed to follow us around.
We had close-up fly-bys on the three of the four days, at Welwick and Kilnsea - absent only on the fourth day, when it was replaced at the former site by a ringtail Hen Harrier. Class.