Headed up North with Jan and “little legs” this morning, whilst this wasn’t a “feast” species wise the quality made up for this.Holy Island was the first place we visited and what a sight greeted us in the Rocket field here- Brents galore! The most Jan has seen outside of Norfolk. A regular watcher here had the number down as some 600, I didn’t argue but I thought maybe 200 less but still a great spectacle never the less. At least 4 dark bellied birds picked out in the mass here.
We moved around to the castle approach area and viewed the field from this position here. Soon afterwards most of the flock took off and headed off easterly, the rest soon followed. What a fantastic sight and sound…the geese junky (Jan) had had her fix.Also a couple of Blackwits and about 10 Shoveler along with Teal and Wigeon.
Stag rocks – picked up 3 Slavonian grebes a canny way out (unlike a visit a couple of years back) with Common Scoters and a few Red throated divers. Another birder here put me onto the Black Guillemot which was a tad distant also. Dipped on Long tailed duck.
10 Whoopers just south of Alnmouth.
Another fine visit to this cracking area of Northumberland even if the whole of Holy Island cannot be explored by the better half now.
We dropped into the QE2 Park on the way home after brief views of Cresswell and Snab point. The greeting from a Whooper Swan here was a strange sight mingling with the tame Mutes and looking for food through the car window. Max wasn’t as impressed as we where, especially as our left over sarnies where fed to the Swans. Canny supporting cast here with Goldeneye’s, Gadwall’s, 2 female Goosanders and numerous other waterfowl that I could see. The low winter afternoon sun on the water here made viewing here almost impossible.
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Couple from over the last week-
Our “almost” resident Marsden(South Shields) car park Med.Gull is starting to look smarter.And the Red Barnes(Hebburn) female Goosander is still present
Back to basics now camera wise, set up fell off my new monopod last week which will mean a trip to Canon(when work comes my way again). So the 350D is back in use.....to say I am gutted is a understatement. But I am messing with RAW now.
10 Whoopers just south of Alnmouth.
Another fine visit to this cracking area of Northumberland even if the whole of Holy Island cannot be explored by the better half now.
We dropped into the QE2 Park on the way home after brief views of Cresswell and Snab point. The greeting from a Whooper Swan here was a strange sight mingling with the tame Mutes and looking for food through the car window. Max wasn’t as impressed as we where, especially as our left over sarnies where fed to the Swans. Canny supporting cast here with Goldeneye’s, Gadwall’s, 2 female Goosanders and numerous other waterfowl that I could see. The low winter afternoon sun on the water here made viewing here almost impossible.
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Couple from over the last week-
Our “almost” resident Marsden(South Shields) car park Med.Gull is starting to look smarter.And the Red Barnes(Hebburn) female Goosander is still present
Back to basics now camera wise, set up fell off my new monopod last week which will mean a trip to Canon(when work comes my way again). So the 350D is back in use.....to say I am gutted is a understatement. But I am messing with RAW now.
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