A run up to Druridge Bay this morning, starting at Cresswell, where 6 Avocets remained ( 1 adult), 4 Greenshank and a Common Sandpiper on the sparse mud and a drake Scaup on the pond.\u00a0 Up to Druridge Pools and a Cuckoo flew south. Yellow Wagtail and Common Sandpiper\u00a0in front of the main\u00a0hide and around 150-200 Sand Martins feeding over the pools.\u00a0 Butterflies included 2 Dark green Fritilliaries, a Comma,20+ Large Whites and 5 Tortoiseshells and 3 Peacocks. ( 9-10 Painted Ladies in my garden now).<\/p>\n
Chevington held 50-60 Common,\u00a0 Arctic and Sandwich Terns . A single Ruff and a pair of G. C. Grebes with one youngster.Yellow wagtail flew over.\u00a0 I had only been gone ten minutes, when the pager flashed with news of a good find -a juvenile White winged black Tern at the North Pool.Neil Osbourne had scored with this one. I returned ,along with a few other guys who had been there earlier ,be-moaning their bad luck. Such is birding. The Tern dip-fed over the pool,showing very well to the growing crowd,livening up what had been a quiet day.<\/p>\n
Up to Hauxley,where 3 Whimbrel,a Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper and 4 Little Egrets were the highlights. A family group of 6 Little Grebes were close to one of the hides and 172 Curlew, 59 Oystercatchers and 48 Gadwall counted on the reserve.<\/p>\n
A.S.Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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