It was warm and sunny with no wind as we drew into the car park at Winter's today. Heather and I had come prepared with lunch today to enjoy by the pond after our walk. The grey lag geese and black-tailed godwits were back on the pit, although wild fowl were few and. as yet, in eclipse plumage. For the first time I opted to walk along the back of the mitigation land, part of a scheme to mitigate for wild marshland lost to industry between Killingholme Haven and Immingham. There was little to see along here on this day, although the hawthorn hedges are full of berries and should attract winter thrushes in a few weeks.
At the outflow of the Skitter beck and all along the Humber mudflats were very large numbers of black-tailed godwit along with gulls, avocet, redshank and curlew. In the outflow there was also a small group of common sandpiper - nice to see but too far away for photography. Back at the pit it was pleasant to sit in the shade to eat our lunch before heading back for some food shopping on the way home.
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