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Message: <blockquote data-quote="martin kitching" data-source="post: 1401303" data-attributes="member: 3216">Hi Owen.  I assume you're asking this question of me?  Had limited seawatching opportunites last year due to new career.  But I watched the weather forecasts intently and then, when I thought the time was right, headed to Newbiggin for the best part of three days seawatching; first day reasonable for wildfowl and a double figure-count of Sooties, second day nothing (until Pom, LTS and 6 Bonxies in 10 mins), third day persistence paid off and Great Shear (my 15th 'self-found' in Northumberland) flew N.  Back to the car-park and a flock of Linnets were busy pestering something in the grass next to my car.  It flew past me and into the churchyard.  I crept up to the wall, peered over, and there was a YBW perched on a gravestone.  My fellow seawatchers arrived back at the car-park about 20secs too late to see the bird, although it was refound later that morning.This combination of rare seabird and scarce/rare phyllosc isn't unknown in Northumberland; 10th September 2005 saw Great Shearwater and Greenish Warbler (again at Newbiggin).cheersmartin</blockquote>