Duffbirder meets South Holderness! Monday, 26 March 2018. Cyprus 18 - Masked Shrike at Troodos. Spent all morning searching for this wonderful species, no joy. Driving back to the Village for lunch a bird flies up from the road. He tried to hide but I found him. Sunday, 25 March 2018. Cyprus 18 - Turtle Dove sp. Last try was at Mandria gardens where I knew there was a dead tree! Exciting.

Reflecting on regular visits to my old birding patch around the villages of Kelk, Lowthorpe and Harpham in East Yorkshire. Wednesday, 28 March 2018. With the beastly-east-ness gone it was business as usual last weekend, give or take the odd Glossy Ibis. Time, then, for a March visit summary. Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th March. Mute Swan - 35 at Wansford, 3 elsewhere. Incl flocks of 60 and 40. Tufted Duck - 28 . and surprisingly a year tick! .

As hectic as the marshes were a month ago its nearly all quiet on the tern front. However the shine has been somewhat taken off the marshes by the lagoons which sounds odd af.

RIP Hull Valley Wildlife Group. One exception will be moths in Cottingham. A Ghost emerges in Cottingham.

Century solution to a 21. Whilst the human population continues to rise it is palpable that with it so does the demand for food.

North Cliffe, North Cave and Grosmont. 16th August 2015, Sunday. Min 62 C, Max 20. 4 C, Rain nil, Wind E 2. A clear and sunny morning but by midday cloud would quickly increase with skies soon becoming cloudy in the afternoon, a disappointing development after such a glorious morning. Remaining cloudy throughout the evening but overnight skies would clear, this allowing temperatures to dip to around 6 C with a shallow mist forming over the fields by dawn. This morning, a count of these heath and moorland .