October 13 & 14 2012

Saturday October 13

On an early morning visit to Cambois I bumped into Steve, who had found the Hume’s Warbler that was my target. We didn’t see it, however we did see two Yellow-browed Warbler together in the same bush, before they vanished.

We left here and went to Newbiggin, where there was no sign of the Red-breasted Flycatcher, not a sniff!

While here, a passing birder mentioned that there was a Paddyfield Warbler at St Mary’s, so that was the next stop.

As I arrived this thing popped up into the open and I just started taking pictures. I had taken about thirty before it dawned on me that it wasn’t a Paddyfield Warbler! At the time, Blyth’s Reed Warbler was mentioned as it’s identity…

who knows?
Sunday October 14
Back to Cambois, in the hope of calling Yellow-browed Warbler. Sadly, not a sniff from it! I did get this Brambling though.

Steve turned up again, after all, it is his patch. Also Steve, Phil, Dee and Ian. We didn’t see much other than 30 or so Lesser Redpoll and 20 Barnacle Geese over.
So I went to Cresswell. Common Scoter, two Scaup, Jack Snipe, Tree Sparrow were the best on offer

and a Dunnock that I just had to take a picture of

At Snab Point, a brief sea watch revealed nothing other that hundreds of gulls and Starlings with crows and Jackdaws feeding on some unknown source on the tide line.