Bamburgh part two

 More from the beach and rocks at Bamburgh. The Sanderling are cracking little birds and I was fascinated by the way they scurried around the beach and as always, I took far too many pictures of them. If I stood still while on the beach most of the birds would come close and weren’t bothered at all about me being there. All in all, it was a great three days.

I thought at first this was a Curlew Sandpiper but the more I look the more I think it is a Dunlin.

Sanderling.

Sanderling and Redshank.

Levitating Redshank.

Purple Sandpiper.

Common Gull.

Stag Rocks & Burdon Moor

A trip to Bamburgh on Wednesday and I had around an hour at Stag Rocks. Nothing much about however, I could have stayed longer if my wife had not been too cold. When we got back home, I went and had a couple of hours at Burdon Moor. I got my first Hare of the year but again nothing much about the Stonechats put on a good show though.

Turnstone

Long-tailed Duck

Oystercatcher

Curlew

Purple Sandpiper

Cormorant

Gull

Brown Hare having a stretch

It ran straight toward me

Then veered to its right

And had a bite to eat

I just cannot resist the Stonechats

 

Northumberland

A night out for my birthday last week saw us staying up in Northumberland. First port of call on Friday was Stag Rocks. Long-tailed Duck were too far out for pictures as were Red-breasted Merganser and Shelduck but Fulmar, Eider and Black-headed Gull were close inshore. There was also one brave individual surfing the waves. Herons have started nest building along the River Coquet and quiet a few Curlews were feeding in the fields on either side of it. A Roe Deer also came down to have a drink in the river.

Fulmar

Black-headed Gull

Female Eider Duck

Turnstone

Oystercatcher

Common Gull

Purple Sandpiper

Surfer

Nest building Heron

Curlew

Roe Deer