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.

Northumberland

A foray over the border on the 14^th into Northumberland. And what a canny day it was.

Barn Owl. I just love watching these birds hunt.

Avocet

Displaying Goldeneye

Curlew

Godwit

Pintail (always distant)

Distant Water Pipit. Just as I was about to leave the bird flew in. I managed a few shots before it disappeared.

There were seventeen Whooper Swans on the pool.

Oystercatcher

Record shot of Great Northern Diver

Sanderling on the beach at East Chevington disturbed by dog walker.

Sanderling

 

South Shields

A trip to South Shields for the Glaucous Gull yesterday, I managed to see it but unfortunately did not get any pictures. I also managed to get a brief glimpse of a Snow Bunting, of which I did get some (rubbish) pictures. The Fulmars on the cliffs were great to watch and I could have easily spent all day taking photos of them. The Little Owl was in its usual spot, which was nice, even the sun put in an appearance in the afternoon so overall a canny day out was had. Here are just a few of the images I got.

Fulmar

Little Owl

Snow Bunting

Turnstone

Eider with what to me looks like a crab

Sanderling. I love the way they run along the beach

Sanderling. It’s probably thinking to its self “I knew those ballet lessons would pay off”

Oystercatcher

Pied Wagtail. This one seems to have a lot of yellow on its head.