{"id":6115,"date":"2015-10-11T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T21:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2015-12-17T23:47:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T23:47:02","slug":"a-busy-october-morning-11th-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=6115","title":{"rendered":"A busy October morning \u2013 11th October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Marys Island.
\n<\/strong>I set my alarm early this morning, so I could drive down to St Mary\u2019s in the hope of catching up with some migrants.\u00a0 Initially everything was quiet, with only a single Chiffchaff and a couple of Goldcrests .\u00a0 After an hour, a Water Rail suddenly appeared in front of me, in the branches of a Willow.\u00a0 Far from where I\u2019d expect to see a Water Rail, and wow, amazing close views.\u00a0 About 20 secs later it dropped to the ground and strolled off.\u00a0 Deffo not a shy one this one.<\/p>\n

Further searches of the nearby area, proved fruitless, so I went for a wander to the wetland and around to the main car park.\u00a0 The wetland was alive with a few Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Tufted Duck and Gadwall.\u00a0 A good selection for a small area.\u00a0 As I made my way between the two car parks, a small bird on the path caught my attention.\u00a0 The distinctive face pattern, behaviour, size and markings were that of a Lapland Bunting, which is a great record for St Mary\u2019s and well worth my early start on a Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Next was a walk on the rocks, as the tide was very low, and I thought I\u2019d check out the nearby waders.\u00a0 Nothing of note, but there were plenty of Curlew, Redshank, Golden Plover, Turnstone, Sanderling and Oystercatchers with a couple of Grey Heron.<\/p>\n

Tynemouth
\n<\/strong>Whilst reading my Twitter, I noticed a Ring Ouzel had been recorded close to Tynemouth Pier.\u00a0 So as it was on the way home, I stopped off. \u00a0Whilst I was chatting to the birder, whom had tweeted about the Ring Ouzel he pointed to a Firecrest which had only arrived about ten minutes earlier.\u00a0 How lucky is that. Great close views and the Ring Ouzels were still nearby as a bonus.<\/p>\n

On returning home, there were confirmed sightings of a Firecrest at St Mary\u2019s, also near the 2nd Mound and at Whitburn.<\/p>\n

Paul Buskin<\/p>\n\"Lapland-Bunting-1-PB-SMI-10-15-sightings\"<\/a>\"Lapland-Bunting-2-PB-SMI-10-15-b\"<\/a>\n

\"Curlew-2-PB-SMI-10-15-b\"<\/a>
\n\"Oystercatcher-1-PB-SMI-10-15-sightings\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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