{"id":2137,"date":"2016-03-17T19:37:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T22:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2016-03-17T19:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T22:37:18","slug":"21-february-2016-tophill-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/2137","title":{"rendered":"21 February, 2016 – Tophill Low"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went with the Stockport local RSPB group to Tophill Low, south of Scarborough on the Eastern Yorkshire coast. It was a pleasant outing but very overcast and it rained all day. In between the rain showers I was able to take one or two photos.<\/p>\n

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Tophill Low nature Reserve<\/p><\/div>\n

This was a mixed site – woodland and wetland – but I only really saw water birds. Here’s a male goldeneye taking to the skies.<\/p>\n

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Goldeneye taking to the air<\/p><\/div>\n

And here again, with a lady friend<\/p>\n

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Male and juv female Goldeneye<\/p><\/div>\n

A Greylag\u00a0Goose, one of many we saw ..<\/p>\n

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Greylag goose<\/p><\/div>\n

Plenty of curlew around today …<\/p>\n

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Curlew at the water side<\/p><\/div>\n

The highlight of the day was a pair of scaup on one of the reservoirs – we knew they were there, but were also \u2013with the aid of spotting scopes\u2013 actually able to find them. Here’s a male scaup quacking up a storm about something.<\/p>\n

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Scaup in the distance<\/p><\/div>\n

There were plenty of teal on the water – here are a few on a mudbank, with other assorted ducks and swans.<\/p>\n

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Mixed waterfowl on a mud bank – mainly teal<\/p><\/div>\n

Swans a plenty too – here’s a Mute Swan cygnet from last year in juvenile plumage and black beak.<\/p>\n

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A juvenile mute swan<\/p><\/div>\n

And to finish off, a bit or mallard woohoo – clearly they thought it was spring already.<\/p>\n

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A pair of mallards engaged in a little woohoo<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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