Long day out in the north. Started at Fenham le Moor and on to Holy Island causeway and Berwick. Fenham was quiet as was the causeway & Berwick though we did both manage some decent Rock Pipit photos. Back down and lunch at Barn at Beal ( I should get commission from this place!). Beal Pt served up an excellent female Merlin hunting over the flats. On to Harper’s Heugh where the geese flock can be viewed. 25 Barnacle & three Pale-bellied Brents in with the Greylags & Pinkfeet. Down to Budle Bay and little of note other than the returning Lesser-black-backed gulls with 15 now present. Stag Rocks presented the Red-necked Grebe yet again with a few Common Scoter. Little else noted at Monk’s House or Seahouses. TRD/JD
