2cy Caspian Gull looking over its shoulder on a Grimsby rooftop

Nice lunchtime treat for the last week of work, a smart contrasty 1cy #CaspianGull at the Moody Lane recycling centre in Grimsby 😎 #lincsbirding #humberbirds

Juvenile Shag flying over the muddy Humber

Failed to intercept the Northern Bottlenose Whale in the Humber off Immingham today. Had to make do with a Shag #lincsbirding #humberbirds

Oh Gordon, oh Penelope, oh Virgil, oh Brains,
I wrote so many songs about you
#humberbirds

Jerr 90
#HumberBirds

Distant Pink-footed Geese in stubble, newly arrived from Iceland for the winter

⚠️ First Pinks of the winter alert ⚠️
Nice little flock of 19 in some soggy Humberside stubble. Welcome to the best time of the year 🥳 #humberbirds #ukbirding

2cy Caspian Gull relocated from Mablethorpe beach (top, DN) on 16th July to Pyewipe on 27th

2cy Caspian Gull relocated from Mablethorpe beach (right, DN) on 16th July to Pyewipe on 27th

A raggedy 2cy #CaspianGull on the Humber at Pyewipe yesterday had been photographed 30 miles away on Mablethorpe beach on 16th July by Dean N. #lincsbirding #humberbirds

Adult Grey Plover in a Humber puddle

Juvenile Redshank getting its first taste of Humber mud

Returning adult Curlew

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits, Knots and Redshank still holding onto some breeding plumage colour

As I'm halfway through Andrew Darby's Flight Lines, the sight of the first returning Grey Plover at Pyewipe yday was even more special. Good to see the first juvenile waders of the year too #humberbirds #lincsbirding

Part of a flock of 120 Common Scoter, accompanied by a Scaup, heading NW up the Humber

Part of a flock of 280 Common Scoter high over the Humber

Part of a flock of 280 Common Scoter high NW up the Humber

Flocks of 120 and 280 Common Scoter flew NW up the Humber past Pyewipe early evening, ready for an overnight overlander maybe #vismig #nocmig #humberbirds #lincsbirding

Three Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits in varying states of moult into winter plumage

Two adult Bar-tailed Godwits in largely summer plumage still

An adult Curlew wading in the Humber shallows

A Whimbrel snoozing in the sun on the Humber mud

As well as the gulls yesterday on the Humber at Pyewipe, there were plenty of returning waders, back already: 600 Blackwits, 150 Barwits, 230 Curlew, 320 Knot, 160 Redshank, 2 Whimbrel and a Grey Plover. Not to mention 5,150 Shelduck... #humberbirds #lincsbirding

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull all the way from Continental Europe to the delights of the Humber mudflats

2cy Caspian Gull snoozing amongst Herring Gulls on Novartis Ings

2cy Mediterranean Gull flying NW up the Humber

Lesser Black-backed Gull with its downy chick from a ground nest on Novartis Ings

Spent #seagullSunday on the Humber at Pyewipe with my first juv YLG of the year, a 2cy #CaspianGull and 3 Meds. Also the first fledged LBBGs and Herrings away from their nests on the Humber mud whilst others have only just hatched #humberbirds #lincsbirding

Male Continental Black-tailed Godwit (form limosa) looking gangly. Tomato soup colouration, plain brown wings, pale yellow scaps with solid dark centres

Male Continental Black-tailed Godwit (form limosa) surrounded by Icelandics showing a deeper brick red colouration and marked coverts and tertials

Male Continental Black-tailed Godwit (form limosa) and Glossy Ibis

Male Continental Black-tailed Godwit (form limosa) and Glossy Ibis

Pleased as I was to see the ibis, it was soon overshadowed by the discovery of a male limosa amongst 20 islandicas. Thanks @markgolley.bsky.social for the confirmation 😎🥫 #lincsbirding #humberbirds

Adult Glossy Ibis having a stretch next to a bemused Little Egret

Delighted to finally catch up with the long-staying Glossy Ibis at Stallingborough this morning. Great birds #lincsbirding #humberbirds

Beautiful sunrise over the Humber

Painted Lady butterfly showing its underwing, perched on a road

Skylark eggs in a grassy nest

On a glorious morning at Halton Marshes, a Spoonbill flew NW first thing and a lethargic Painted Lady showed well. No sign of the Buff-breasted Sand #lincsbirding #humberbirds

A lekking male Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a real bucket-list bird. So glad the Halton Marshes bird waited for me to return to Lincs this evening. But just before sunset, it called, flew NNE out over the Humber and disappeared as a speck over Paull 8mins later 😲 #lincsbirding #humberbirds #vismig

Three smart summer plumaged Grey Plovers and a couple of Dunlin on the Humber mud

Siberia's waiting room is filling up: a loose flock of 950 gorgeous Arctic-ready Grey Plovers on the Humber at Pyewipe today #humberbirds #ukbirding

Presumed hybrid Lesser x Russian White-fronted Goose with Pink-footed Geese in winter wheat. Small pink bill and long primary projection but no orbital ring

Presumed hybrid Lesser x Russian White-fronted Goose with Pink-footed Geese in winter wheat. Small pink bill and long primary projection but no orbital ring

Presumed hybrid Lesser x Russian White-fronted Goose in flight with Pink-footed Geese. Small, short-necked and square-headed

What I think must be a hybrid Lesser x Russian Whitefront with 3,000 Pinks between Ellerker & Broomfleet late afternoon. Small size, tiny bill, long wings, dark tail but no yellow orbital ring... 🧐 Comments welcomed #yorkshirebirding #humberbirds

A few post-storm Humber waifs between Immingham and Pyewipe today: a Scaup quartet and a snuffling Grey Seal #humberbirds #ukbirding

Little Auk bobbing on muddy Humber water in a NE wind

Squeezed in a Humberwatch NW of Pyewipe 1040-1240 and rewarded with 13 Little Auks (11 flew upstream and 2 down, one of which stopped off to say hi) +BTD, 2 Scaup & 2 Eider all upriver #humberbirds #ukbirding

A swirling murmuration of Golden Plovers over the Humber mud, roughly in the shape of a bird's head

Part of a five-figure Golden Plover murmuration conducting a bird drawing demo over the Humber mud this afternoon #humberbirds #ukbirding

The Pyewipe juv Osprey relocated to a lamppost this afternoon. Nearby two 1cy #CaspianGull on a fishy roof (incl yellow P:21V) and 10+ juv Gannets flew upriver #humberbirds #ukbirding

Good start to the day: slightly bedraggled juv Osprey on the foggy Humber bank at Pyewipe. Look at those talons! #humberbirds #fog #ukbirding

What's better than a Yellow Wagtail? When one looks like this amongst a confiding flock of nine! Such great birds. On the Humber bank near Immingham today #humberbirds #migration #ukbirding

One of the 1cy #CaspianGull reappeared on Novartis Ings this afternoon, 6 juv Black Terns fed over the Humber, and 3 juv Gannets flew upstream #humberbirds

What's better than a Yellow Wagtail? When one looks like this amongst a confiding flock of nine! Such great birds. On the Humber bank near Immingham today #humberbirds #migration

Blue sky Pinking... another 606 of these autumn marvels flew over the Grimsby area this morning, 240 SE and the rest NW towards the upper Humber #humberbirds #vismig ##ukbirding

Grand total of 1465 Common Scoter high NW up the Humber 1920-2125 +170 still on the water. Spectacular 💥 #vismig #nocmig #humberbirds

Heads up nocmiggers! 440 Common Scoter went high NW up the Lincs bank of the Humber at 1915 and another 30 changed their minds and went back 💥 #humberbirds #vismig #nocmig #migration

3 Cuckoos (ad & 2 juvs) were the highlight of a day on the Humber bank at Pyewipe today. Never seen a migrant group like that 🤩 #autumn #migration #humberbirds

Another week in NE Lincs and another superb flyby, this time a stunning 2cy male Monty's that crossed the Humber and continued SW past me towards Stallingborough at 0928 💥 #humberbirds #vismig

Found myself being stalked by this duo of juv Avocets this afternoon, cleverly using the concrete as camouflage #humberbirds