Saturday 4 January 2014

Coquet to Aln Estuary

Looking south to Coquet Estuary

Walked along the shore and dunes north from Coquet to Aln Estuary yesterday morning. Bullfinch, male and 3 females, and Greenfinch were feeding in the bushes around the car park at Warkworth.
Dunes were very quiet walking north, as I dropped onto the shoreline a fabulous hunting Merlin flipped down over the shore and flew low over the sea towards the pier at the Coquet Estuary.
 



Birling Carrs


Tide was well out, a group of 9 Purple Sandpiper, single Knot and Rock Pipit were feeding on the rocks.
 
I then walked back up through the dunes and along past the small pond in Buston Links towards the south side of the Aln Estuary. There were finch flocks of mostly Linnet feeding in the rough field edges, Goldfinch and Skylark.
 

Buston Links
 
 
 
 

Looking North to Aln Estuary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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