Golden Plovers Fill Your Eyes (reprise)

 All quiet along the Mere footpath again this morning so I went to see if anything was showing along south cliffs this afternoon. As I walked north a small flock of Golden Plovers landed in a crop field. I counted 19 and got a few snaps.

Golden Plovers on south cliffs

One of 19 Golden Plovers

19 Golden Plovers

Final GP photo

Further along, the two Stonechats that have been here for a while showed themselves.

Male Stonechat

Female Stonechat

Out at sea a vessel called Cameron, out of Leith, was picking up the large yellow buoys from the sea, presumably for maintenance.

Cameron from Leith with Flamborough Head as a backdrop

Cameron in the setting sun

On Wednesday the usual suspects (Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper) along the sea front showed up right on time for me to get some photos as they fed on the groynes.

Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper

 There were 9 Sanderlings on the tideline too, but I've taken so many Sanderling photos, a few more seemed superfluous.

The finch flocks in the set aside on the Mere south side are doing well, with the LInnet numbers well over 100 now. It's good to see Tree Sparrow in there, even though there are only 2 at the moment, and Reed Buntings are well represented.

Female Reed Bunting with a sunflower seed

Bramblings continue to visit the set aside plants along with the other finches and up to 9 have been seen in the hedgerow.

Only 2 Bramblings in this pic

Autumn is the best time to go searching for fungi and I always look out for a new or different species. They are very difficult to tell apart if they are just "normal" looking and there is no way I would ever be tempted to pick and eat them, but some of them are really fantastic to look at. This species, which I think is Scarlet Waxcap, were found in the middle of a field near the Mere.

Scarlet Waxcap, damaged by grazing sheep perhaps

Autumn wears on and the days are getting shorter. Winter thrushes are appearing more often now and the hawthorn berries will soon get a bashing.

Fieldfares and Starlings

P.S.  Just in case you aren't as much of a Beatles fan as I am, the title of this post is a play on the opening line from Golden Slumbers off Abbey Road - 

Golden slumbers fill your eyes,

smiles await you when you rise.