Managed just one escape from my Sheffield Hotel and picked the one day that week that Spurn failed to supply a decent bird or two!
At least there was a year tick here - courtesy of one or two Little Terns near the hide at Beacon Lagoon
Is that ALL you could manage!!!
Hearing news of Black Terns and a Great Skua at Southfield reservoir (which just happened to be on my way back!) with half an hour or so to spare, it was worth a try!
No-one else was there initially and it didn't take long to find the Bonxie - the bulky frame obvious on the central embankment...
A brief flight closer.....
Then a retreat into the grass for a nap!
I counted at least seven Black Terns present plus a few Common Tern - all too distant though - and I had to get back! At least the day ended on a 'plus'......
