The rain overnight obviously dropped a few migrants down on the east coast including Ortolans at Kilnsea, Bempton and two at Filey. So with trepidation I set off to Bempton, and managed to miss that one by a couple of hours, and then on to Filey, where neither gave themselves up.
So hoorah, my record goes from strength to strength, and notch up a treble of misses.
On the good side, was the fantastic weather and plenty of regular migrants, particularly at Filey. There were at least six Whinchats, four Redstarts, two Pied Flys, five Spot Flys and odd Whitethroats, Blackcaps, Chiffs, and a Grasshopper Warbler.
As if to rub it in, there is a good picture of one of the Filey birds on Birdgides.....so that's what they look like!
A couple of hours is too much leeway. You need to be aiming for at most a couple of minutes, or even seeing it flying away, but not well enough to count it!
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