After a morning of gloomy wet weather we decided to venture out and opted for a cup of tea at The Ropewalk and a quick look at the current exhibitions. After this we took Malcolm and Maureen to Winter's Pit at East Halton Marsh, one of my favourite local birding spots. We were fortunate as the black clouds began to clear and eventually the sun put in an appearance. Although we only spent an hour here we managed to see 32 species. The highlight was the large numbers of swallows, house matrtins and sand martins hawking over the lake. We also had the pleasure of recording the local cetti's warbler on several occasions as it followed us back down the track from the Humber Bank. We finished our visit with a quick trip to the Hide at Killingholme Haven Pits where there was nothing other than a solitary, distant egret, either a little egret with muddy feet or a juvenile cattle egret. Annoyingly by the time I went for my 'scope it had gone.
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