Scarcities; Druridge Bay Safari 16/02/2016
by martin on Mar.01, 2016, under Druridge Bay
Returning clients are always a pleasure, and as a business it’s a great vote of confidence that we’re doing the right thing…
I collected Lindsay and Abbie from Felton, for their second trip with NEWT after a Kielder Safari in 2012, and we headed down to Druridge Bay to collect Simon for his third trip with us, after a stunning pelagic trip in 2012 and a day on the coast in 2014. The day featured a lot of the birds that are regular on the Northumberland coast in the winter; mixed flocks of passerines around feeders included, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Tree Sparrow and Long-tailed Tit. Eider rode nonchalantly over the swell near to the shore, Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Mallard, Wigeon, Teal and Little Grebe were dabbling or diving and the end of the day brought two scarcities. Common Scoter may be a common wintering bird on the sea off Northumberland, but seeing one on a pond is much more unusual. Black-necked Grebe is an uncommon winter visitor to Northumberland, but a gem in black and white and a great way to finish the day 🙂
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March 5th, 2016 on 17:39
Lovely as always on my 5th (not 3rd!) trip with Martin. If only those otters had still been there…