Such a nice day decided to have a ride out giving the garden a rest for a day, pleased I did. While at Carr Dyke had three Kessies up at once and one landed on telegraph pole just as I was driving down track, slowly does it lad
I gets the P510 out and start snapping it, it hung on long enough for me to get a belter of a piccy 
. Who says we need to snap with the window down, or not through the windscreen, not me! Then as I was driving along the old Butterwick road which was cut in half by the motorway donkey years ago, I spotted another Kessie perched on the gate as we turn right down B Hale. I got as close as I dare and wanted it to look my way, decided to snap it as it was in case it flew off, then after a few mins it looked my way and I got a decent snap. The Kessie must have done well in this area.On checking my logbook saw it was seven months since my last visit to Black Bank, where does the time go
but it was very quiet until I reached the Trent end and I spotted five Mistle's on the wires.Then drove along the riverbank ( not on it
) past all the villages until I reached East Stockwith and turned left and towards an old crew yard where I normally park up for another kind of snap 
stayed here about an hour but saw more cyclists than birds Then had a leisurely drive back past Owlet and Laughton woods seeing nowt as usual. Parked up just past the farm on the old Butterwick road next to M180 for a bit more snap and coffee admiring my other snaps. All in all a most enjoyable day. Full list of sightings:
Carr Dyke: 1420 - 1450
Kestrel - 3, Goldfinch - 6, Common and BH Gull - c140, Moorhen - 3, Pheasant - 2, corvids and W Pigeons. New edition to landscape a half full size wind turbine recently gone up, got pics.
B Hale: 1500 - 1515 , Kestrel - 1, Jay - 1 and corvids.
Black Bank: 1515 - 1600
BH Gull - c80
Lapwing - c50
Goldfinch - 17
Mistle Thrush - 5
Corvids, W Pigeons and Doves.
East Ferry: 1620
Single Kestrel on haystack.
East Stockwith: 1630 - 1720
LBB Gull - 1
Corvids
Kind regards
John/Max
