Deluge!!!
Seaton Delaval catches a storm…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
June 24 2012
First stop this morning was Cresswell, where the early highlight was a nice gingery male Ruff. Later as we were leaving eleven Little Gulls appeared, no idea were they came from!
From here we had a bit of a tour around looking for Little Owl; fail! While at one spot a very brief flyover falcon that was called as Hobby, but was not seen again. A wagtail flyover at the same site was a Yellow, not seen one of them for a week or two.
Eventually we arrive at Chevington, where a Ban Owl is seen perched in a tree on the far side of the pool, a single Marsh Harrier and another four Little Gull. While here we have a bit of a chat with Colin and the Hobby we had was mentioned.
Colin leaves and we head to the beach in the hope of some terns. This draws a blank, but as we walk back, we find this beauty on the fence…
Naturally I don’t have the camera with me, so I high tail it back to the car. While doing this making some calls to one or two folks along the way. Back at the bird I take some shots and then we just have a chat with some of the folks that turn up. We leave here to avoid a large shower that is heading our way and as we leave I get a call from Colin who has had a Hobby take a Starling at Cresswell!
On the way back to the car…
We head for Druridge and have another Barn Owl hunting over the Budge fields. A short drive later and we are back at Cresswell. There is no sign of the Ruff or any Little Gull, but panic from a Lapwing brooding two youngsters reveals a Hobby heading north. We are still celebrating this when we have another Barn Owl fly in and land just in front of us!
Canny day!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
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