I was SUCH a bad wife last night :-O Did a double shift at work (6am start) then home by 3pm, grab a cuppa then out along to Amble to look for the
Caspian Gull. Found him in the harbour amongst the fishing boats and got a good luck at his ring when he flew up on top of a light ~ Lifer no. 225 :t:
Then on down to Cresswell as it was such a lovely warm evening. No sign of the Stilt Sandpiper (tho' it had been present earlier on) but a good flock of Lapwing, 9 Snipe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Greenshank, 5 Knot, 4 Ruff, Mediterranean Gull, Common Sandpiper, Avocet & young, 2 Sandwich Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, umpteen Dunlin and what looked to me like a female Scaup (?). Barn Owl hunting the fields behind.
Then on to Budge Fields & other two hides at Druridge Pools. Quite a few Teal, Mallard, Snipe, Swallow feeding a nest of young, Greenshank, Ruff, Spotted Redshank, juvenile Yellow Wagtail.
As I left Druridge and pulled over to take a photo of the awesome cloud formations a Buzzard flew overhead towards the Budge fields and three Little Egret flew up!
Barn Owl hunting fields opposite turn off to Shortridge Hall.
Eventually got home at 9.25pm.....not bad for ''just popping along to Amble to look for a seagull''
:-O