There was very heavy rain in the morning on 22nd May and I stayed in the mobile home until after lunch. When the rain stopped I went for a walk in the area near Thornwick Bay.
Goldfinch on top of pine shrub in Thornwick Bay Holiday Park
Male Blackbird gathering food for his young
The morning's heavy rain had brought a rare visitor to Thornwick Bay - a male Red-backed Shrike
Buck Roe deer in a field on the cliffs at North Landing
Male Stonechat perching on gorse at North Landing
Barn Owl flying above a field in North Landing
The next day I went for another walk in the Thornwick Bay area in order to see more wildlife
Common Whitethroat singing on a bush near the back of the holiday park
Two large Cayuga ducks were sitting at the edge of the lake
Statue of a deer at the edge of the lake
The Mute Swans that I had seen on a nest earlier in the week now had two young cygnets
Pied Wagtail standing on a pedalo in the boating lake
Male Yellowhammer on a twiggy tree near the boating lake
Thornwick Bay Holiday Park boating lake
Female Roe deer munching on Meadow Buttercups in a field near the boating lake
Another view of the proud Mute Swan parents with their two baby cygnets
A pair of Red-backed Shrikes were hiding in shrubbery at the edge of the holiday park. I believe that this is the female. They were really difficult to see.
By now, Shrike news had spread and the paparazzi had turned up at Thornwick Bay!
Greenfinch perching on a thin twig
Thornwick Bay and beach
Pretty pink Cow Parsley flower on the cliff
Dark sheep with light-coloured lamb in a cliff-top field
Linnet perching on barbed wire near the edge of the cliff
This poppet - my very last Yorkshire Puffin - had a beak full of Sand Eels!!
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