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Had a week with the family up in Northumberland staying at Cresswell. Managed to get out a bit and caught the tale end of the Northerly winds from last week.
Newbiggin by the sea:
Beach:
6 Mediterrranean Gulls
Church viewpoint: All in 1 hour
Up to 10 Storm Petrels
1 Sooty Shearwater
50+ Manx Shearwaters
1 Great Skua
1 Fulmar
5+ Arctic Skuas
Plus lots of Common Scoters,Kittiwakes,Gannets,Guillemot and Razor bills
Cresswell Beach: Seen during the week
3 Arctic Skuas ( seen daily)
5 Roseate Terns ( two days only)
3 Velvet Scoters ( 1 day)
30+ Common Scoterts ( seen daily)
20+ Eider Ducks
2-3 Red-breasted Mergansers ( seen daily)
20+ Golden Plover ( 1 day)
30+ Oystercacthers ( seen daily)
20+ Redshank ( seen daily)
20+ Curlew ( seen daily)
30-40 Sandwich Terns ( seen daily)
10+ Arctic Terns ( seen daily)
10+ Common Terns ( seen daily)
Plus Guillemots, Razorbills, Ringed Plovers, Sanderlings, Turnstone, Dunlin, BH Gulls, GBB Gulls & Herring Gulls ( all daily)
Cresswell Ponds:
2 Avocet ( inc 1 juvenile the first to be bred in Northumberland according to locals)
1 Marsh Harrier
3 Bar-headed Geese
1 Little Gull
2 Yellow Wagtails
6+ Cormorant
6 Dunlin
Plus an assortment of Gulls, Terns, Geese and ducks
Chevington ponds:
an assortment of Gulls, Terns, Geese and ducks
Plus a breeding pair of Marsh Harriers ( only been breeding in Northumberland for 3 years )
Amble Harbour:
Eider ducks with young in the harbour
Cormorants, Gulls and Terns in estuary.
Holy Island:
5 Red-breasted Mergansers in harbour.
An assortment of pictures from the trip can be seen on my blog: link below
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