The Colours of Wallsend...

After recieving a text from Tony about a Mandarin appearing at Wallsend Burn on Wednesday, I've been itching to go, and finally today I went! Typically of this species, it showed brilliantly, feeding on the grass near the bridge over the burn. I'll let the photos do the talking!

I will never tire of seeing these!

Also got the Barnacle Goose at Tynemouth Boating Lake which is still present and should be there until the middle of March! 

Look who's still in town...

A good hour of birding 6/10/09

Just come back from St. Mary’s. The tide was coming in fast so I just got 10 minutes but it was worth it. The North Bay contained a bar-tailed godwit, 2 curlews, 3 redshank, 24 sanderling, 9 turnstone, 3 ringed plover, 50 golden plover and a cormorant fishing. I tried to get photos of all of them in the short time that the tide let me have! I called into Briar Dene Car Park on the way back, no sign of med gull but there were 2 common gulls present. We also saw a grey wagtail fly over then land quite close to the car park down under the bridge in the little stream. As this was a first at St. Mary’s for me we went and got a few photos before moving on. After that we went to Tynemouth Boating Lake to see the barnacle goose. When we arrived there was only one goose there and it was the barnacle goose. Quite easy to spot! The wind picked up a bit while we were there but it soon settled letting me get some photos. A good hour of birding! Cormorant Curlew

Bar-Tailed GodwitRinged Plover Grey Wagtail

Common Gull

Barnacle Goose