Filey Brigg
Looking along the Brigg.After a brief visit to the Dams yesterday, we were told of good sightings offshore at the Brigg and some advice to get there early. So at the crack of dawn I was on my way. The tide was nearly out and not wanting to waste too much time getting onto the Brigg I took the short route on the first path down from the clifftop carpark. Not to be recommended in wet weather. There wasn't a sole about, it was wild and desolate. Just how I like it. The wilder the better! After creeping apache like I got as far as I could without flushing the birds at the tip of the spur. I managed to get half decent close-ups of Ringed Plover. Some seaducks were barely visible through my goggles so went unidentified. I suspected they were Eiders. Time I got that scope. On leaving the Brigg proper I was invited into the hide at the base of the cliff. I suspect the chap wanted some company and I probably looked like someone to impress with his knowledge of seabirds. I was impressed but not enough to accept his invite to return in the afternoon. He was there for a six hour stint! And in any case seabird watching is a fine art and cannot be be learnt without a you know what.
Bit rough isn't it?Ringed Plover. Dunlin, Redshank, Artic Skua*.
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