A quick trip along the coast on a cold April day.
First the waxwings at Park View Home Lynemouth. Splendid flock of 35 birds and lovely views.
Redhead Smew at Druridge Pools with about 20 drake Shovelers.
Bad news was two dead swans( mute?) under over-head lines just north of Cresswell Pond. It’s time markers were fitted to these lines as this makes at least three dead swans this winter at the same place on the flight path to Cresswell from Bell’s Pond.
A bittern was reported but not seen by me at Cresswell but I did see a Long-tailed Duck on land there, a first for me.
An absence was the lack of any Stonechats anywhere in the dunes, a traditional favoured spot. When will we see them again?
Steve Barrett/John Littleton