3 Dec - After several weeks, an opportunity to go to see the long-staying juvenile/ 1st-winter Greater Yellowlegs in Northumberland that has been present since early November. It has been fairly mobile, and I and half-a-dozen others could not find it early morning at Hauxley where it has been roosting recently. We then moved on to Druridge Bay CP, where, fortunately, it was feeding in the same place as yesterday. Excellent close views of it at the eastern end of the lake (3-6) feeding in rough water and windy conditions - slightly larger than a Greenshank, with long bright yellow legs, upturned bill and scaly upperparts with some fine flank streaking. A very smart wader, and seen very well, worth the long journey.
Also seen - flocks of Pink-footed Geese (2) moving inland to feed, especially at first light - and Redshanks, Knot, Curlew and Bar-tailed Godwits at Hauxley with a Barn Owl there at dawn. A Red Kite was over the A1 north of York. Photos JM.
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