A trip out to the S/E starting at Blyth harbour with just a Kittiwake & a Guillemot in the harbour. Then down to the Seaton Sluice toilet block in the dunes ! Not a normal birding stop but the Pinkfeet in the field there have been joined by two Tundra Bean Geese & both birds were easily picked out with the flock. Always easier with close views. On to St Mary’s but little of note then North Shields Fish Quay where the juvenile Glaucous Gull showed well on the fish quay roof. Surprisingly our first Glaucous at the Fish Quay in nine years, well it is a hike from Rothbury !
Lunch at the italian Sambuca restaurant on the quay was again a joint highlight of the day. Had a look at Swallow Pond on the way back but all seemed very quiet there.
TR&J Dean