Over the past couple of weeks I've had a couple of trips to the patch.
Last weekend the highlight was the number of
Whooper Swans around, with 73 at Chevington, 60 at Widdrington Moor Lake (along with my 3rd Northumberland
Bewick's Swan), 20 off Hadston and 11 at Warkworth Lane. The
Ross's Goose was also at Widdrington Moor Lake. Back on my patch the first
Lesser Black-backed Gulls started to appear last weekend, and the
Black-necked Grebe remained at Chevington.
Today it was even quieter around the bay. At least 2 obvious
Scandinavian Rock Pipits were on the beach at Hadston. For some reason they looked more obvious in the field than in my photos...
The
Black-necked Grebe was still at Chevington along with a drake
Pintail.
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| Bewick's Swan with Whoopers |
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| Ross's Goose |
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| Whooper Swans |
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| Scandinavian Rock Pipits - the bird in the first five photos is perhaps the most striking littoralis that I've ever seen. |
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| British Rock Pipit |
On a different note here's a photo of
Uranus which was visible just to the left of
Venus through the telescope on the 4th.
