{"id":8466,"date":"2016-08-21T21:35:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=8466"},"modified":"2016-08-22T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T21:08:19","slug":"druridge-etc-21-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=8466","title":{"rendered":"Druridge etc 21 August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick halt at Lynemouth today, on the way to Cresswell and Druridge Bay revealed a Ruff and a pair of juvenile <strong>Curlew Sandpipers<\/strong> on the shrinking flash pool. A Yellow Wagtail fed with a few Pieds and 2 Dunlin dropped in. On to Cresswell, where a large flock of Sandwich and Common Terns loafed on the rocks off the village. 15 House Martin nests in the village, though a few unoccupied. At Cresswell Pond 11 Little Egrets were counted, 2 Greenshank, 3 Avocets, 2 Ruff and another group of Terns here, of the same species as offshore. Later in the afternoon an <strong>Icterine Warbler<\/strong> was found on the path to the hide (M.J.Carr).<\/p>\n<p>Up to Druridge Pools next, and a very good selection of waders present. These involved 20+ Black tailed Godwits, 7-8 <strong>Curlew Sands<\/strong>,2 <strong>Wood Sands<\/strong>, 2- 3 <strong>Little Stints<\/strong>,\u00a017 Ruff, Greenshank and Dunlin. An Osprey flew north at approx. 10 30 am, with it or another seen later up the coast at Warkworth, but a second bird appeared to the west of Druridge at 11am. before drifting off west. Panic among the waders ensued when a Peregrine came in low over the pools, no catch this time for what was thought to be a juvenile bird. A pair of Stonechats perched on a fenceline here. The juvenile Cuckoo, present for a while now, remained in the nearby dunes. A passage Redstart near them, flycatching from fence posts. Good numbers of hirundines hawked above, with a Swift among them. Word broke of a good find to the north at Amble, a <strong>White Rumped Sandpiper<\/strong> (TFA\/JFA), which was easy to see as I arrived feeding out on the mudflats with several Curlew Sandpipers, Knot and Dunlin. A Little Egret here too.<\/p>\n<p>Heading south now to Q E 11 Lake, where a nice <strong>Black Tern<\/strong> fed over the lake before flying off to the North East at 5 50pm. Hopefully, it may return. Back at home in Whitley Bay, 12 Swifts remain at their nest sites, 10-11 days later than in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>At St Mary&#8217;s today Pied and Spotted Flycatcher, Garden Warbler and 3 Whinchats. 2 <strong>Roseate Terns<\/strong> (SPP).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A.S.Jack<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8467 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_39-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"2016_08_21_9999_39\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_39-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_39-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_39-424x400.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_39.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8468 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_198-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016_08_21_9999_198\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_198-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_198-768x833.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_198-369x400.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_21_9999_198.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8469 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_14_9999_77-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016_08_14_9999_77\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_14_9999_77-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_14_9999_77-768x832.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_14_9999_77-369x400.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016_08_14_9999_77.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick halt at Lynemouth today, on the way to Cresswell and Druridge Bay revealed a Ruff and a pair of juvenile Curlew Sandpipers on the shrinking flash pool. A Yellow Wagtail fed with a few Pieds and 2 Dunlin dropped in. On to Cresswell, where a large flock of Sandwich and Common Terns loafed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8466"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8537,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8466\/revisions\/8537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}