Northumbrian Birding (3 Viewers)

[seggs]

Heavily cropped shots of the "Curlew Sand" at Lynemouth flash. Feeding behaviour of the bird strange also, only feeding really off the surface of the water, and non stop.
Forgot to mention the Minke whale was taken away yesterday via a truck and a JCB.

 

[woodhornbirder]

certainly looks like a curlew sand in thos pics, hard to see the bill tho....looks more the right shape in the pics than i recalled.

probably a stilt sandpiperxcurlew sand

its a freak, just likeme!

Had skein of geese go over lidls(ashington) at 1030, possible pinkfeet, nice to see birds while having to do mundane things like go shopping!!

 

[woodhornbirder]

I guess not one respotted the bairds sandpiper today.

Maybe there was too many nuubs in the hide; the "proper" birders couldnt get in the door

 

[DEREK.C.]

Spent a pleasant day on Holy Island on Thursday. Got distant pics of a female Peregrine and an Osprey sitting near the causeway. At least three thousand Brent Geese on the flats . A Wood Sand and 6 Ruff on the Rocket Pools. Plenty of Pied and Spotted Flys and Redstarts in the village.

 

[craigthirlwell]

Sparrowhawk mobing a male Hen Harrier just off the A696 south of otterburn this morning.

 

[woodhornbirder]

female merlin performing well over the pond, hassling the waders.

No sign of YBwarbler, or anymore Hbuzz !

Barnowl was out hunting around 2.30-3

SAdly i had left before the bittern arrived!

 

[jerkin]

Prestwick Carr

Peregrine,probably juvenile male ringing up on Lapwing and mixed wader flock got up to about thousand feed before breaking off and heading to airport

 

[Vipers]

Buff-Breasted Sandpiper back at Cresswell pond this morning.

 

[rokermartin]

20,000 Barnacle Geese and 10,000 PF Geese reported at Budle bay this afternoon.20,000 must be a record count of Barnacle for Northumberland.

 

[Stewart J.]

Had about 1,000 Pinkies fly SW over the house at 1845hrs this evening (South Tyne) Lovely sound.

Stewart

 

[June Atkinson]

Budle Bay today

We went to the Bay about lunch-time, and most of the geese were well over on the farmland and the marshes. We went back later in the afternoon and could see them more clearly. There always seems to be a slight haze over Budle Bay, but here is a shot of the birds with Lindisfarne Castle in the background. A curlew was feeding near to where we were parked.

 

[seggs]

Trip up north today
Highlights being
2-3 hundred Canada geese at QE2 park
50+ pinkies over Hauxley
Good numbers of Chiffchaffs in the trees at Druridge pools
Male scaup at Cresswell, several hundred Pinkies west of here and a few Barnacles with them.
Water level a tad high again at Cresswell.
few pics from today-

 

[Andy Atkinson]

I was at Cresswell on Sunday and couldn't quite work out why the water level had risen again. The channel was dug out deeper than ever before but I can't believe it's silting back up already.

Anyway, while all the lads were chewing the fat in the car park and bemoaning the lack of birds, I popped into the hide and got a cracking Bittern fly past - right in front of the hide. ;-)

ALSO 2 x Black Tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Scaup and a shed load of Pinkies.

 

[Vipers]

Hi Andy. The high tides last week have built up a sand bar on the beach that is keeping the water in.

Eight Whooper Swans at Big Waters today.

 

[seggs]

I was at Cresswell on Sunday and couldn't quite work out why the water level had risen again. The channel was dug out deeper than ever before but I can't believe it's silting back up already.

Anyway, while all the lads were chewing the fat in the car park and bemoaning the lack of birds, I popped into the hide and got a cracking Bittern fly past - right in front of the hide. ;-)

ALSO 2 x Black Tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Scaup and a shed load of Pinkies.

Hi Andy what time did you get the Bittern? i was there about half one for while, also had the blackwits, did,nt realise the barnacles were there untill i edited the pic,s!:eek!:

 

[Andy Atkinson]

I was there about 10.30am to midday along with crowds of other birders. It was like a birding who's who of the NE with various long distance visitors thrown in. I thought something mega had turned up but it was just the lure of what had been seen over the last 2 weeks and the sunny weather I think. Not many actually went into the hide.
A

 

[woodhornbirder]

stop slacking chaps and get your spades out!!

 

[salty]

had a nice goshawk over the forest drive at kielder on sunday while having a nice walk to the bird hide.

 

[Vipers]

The welcomer has returned. Nice to see you are still getting out and about mate.

 

[will@bill]

just got a text off a nonbirder eagle owl in walker anyone know anything:t: