Shore Lark and Snow Buntings at Cleethorpes.

I was up early this morning to do the rounds of the feeding stations to top up the feeders.  As it was a cracking morning I decided to have a trip down to Cleethorpes to attempt to find the shore lark that has been showing well recently.  I had no difficulty locating the bird when I parked up; all I had to do was look for the photographers.  By the time I had squidged through the mud of the salt marsh the bird had flown off.  Undeterred I wandered down the beach to see if I could find any snow buntings.  It didn't take me long to find a group of four that were extremely confiding; in fact I nearly trod on them!!!  Having spent some time watching and photographing these delightful birds I walked back to see if the shore lark had returned.  By now the other photographers had left so when I found the bird I had it to myself.  If I thought that the buntings were confiding this was remarkably so and as well as photographing it I had wonderfully close views with the naked eye.

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Little Egret

Little Egret

Little Egret

Shore Lark

Shore Lark

Shore Lark

Shore Lark

Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Shore Lark

Shore Lark

Snow Bunting