{"id":9905,"date":"2017-01-08T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=9905"},"modified":"2017-01-10T11:09:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T11:09:44","slug":"7-8th-january-2017-some-local-coastal-birdwatching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=9905","title":{"rendered":"7-8th January 2017 \u2013 Some Local Coastal Birdwatching"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Mary\u2019s<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Down on the shore, a small group of Sanderlings were busy feeding with Turnstone and Redshanks. On the wetland I noted a female Shoveler, with some Teal, Wigeon and Gadwall.<\/p>\n

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Opposite the parking area, close to the wetland and screen hides, a juvenile Glaucous Gull,<\/strong> was relaxing and enjoying the sunshine on the rocks; on the Saturday afternoon. At times, it took to the air for short flights, but kept returning to the same area.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n

Cullercoats<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe famous Black Redstart <\/strong>at Cullercoats, was still present on both days, and I managed some distant photographs.\u00a0 Other birds of note included an attractive Grey Wagtail and a couple of active Rock Pipits.<\/p>\n

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Seaton Sluice\/Blyth
\n<\/span><\/strong>Only a short drive up the coast in some fields, to the North of Seaton Sluice and to the South of Blyth there was a large group of Geese, which has been in the area over the past couple of weeks. Amongst over two hundred Pink Feet, there was a single Barnacle Goose<\/strong>, at least three Tundra Bean Geese<\/strong> and one Russian White Fronted Goose<\/strong>.\u00a0 This was one of those rare times, where you could get really close views of a Bean Goose, through a telescope, as the Bean\u2019s and White Front were at the front of the gathering.\u00a0 The birds were still present on the Sunday and in the same location.\u00a0 I was rewarded, with even better views.\u00a0 If anyone has not been to see them yet, it\u2019s well worth the effort, as they can easily be identified amongst the Pink-Feet.<\/p>\n

North Shields Fish Quay <\/strong><\/span>
\nI was not in luck finding any white-winged Gulls at the Fish Quay this weekend however an Iceland Gull<\/strong> was in the area and was photographed the following day.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0A small group of Eider were in the river close to the fishing boats together with some diving Cormorants.\u00a0 I also noted four Dunnock\u2019s together which is not something I see very often.<\/p>\n

Paul Buskin<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St Mary\u2019s Down on the shore, a small group of Sanderlings were busy feeding with Turnstone and Redshanks. On the wetland I noted a female Shoveler, with some Teal, Wigeon and Gadwall. Opposite the parking area, close to the wetland and screen hides, a juvenile Glaucous Gull, was relaxing and enjoying the sunshine on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[109,96,23,219,212,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-9905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-bean-goose","8":"tag-black-redstart","9":"tag-glaucous-gull","10":"tag-northumberland-tyneside-bird-club","11":"tag-paul-buskin","12":"tag-white-fronted-goose"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9905"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9944,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9905\/revisions\/9944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}