Down to Prudhoe today and success with the Rose-coloured Starling. It performed very well perching in the tree next to 9 Cheviot View. New county bird for me so well pleased. Walked the dog at Wylam and had a tame Jay. Then had a walk at Prestwick Carr with the now expected Willow Tits coming to the seed feeder next to the new viewing platform ( 400 metres east of Mayfair House). Recent days have seen a Black Scoter off Cheswick Sands but no luck with this yesterday as Scoter flock too far out. Still Stag Rocks was successful with single Black-throated & Great Northern Divers plus 6 Slavonian Grebes and 15 Long-tailed Ducks. The Black-necked Grebe is still showing very well in Seahouses harbour. Tuesday saw more specialities with the 4 Tundra Bean Geese on fields at Druridge with the Pinkfeet and 2 male Scaup at Druridge Bay CP. TRD
