Full Day Foray

Recalling the days when we would be up at first light and out until last light, whatever the time of year, we took advantage of the joys of flexible working and headed out for a full day 'up the coast'.

Our plans were adjusted somewhat when the weather forecasters changed their mind at the last moment and decided we would have a band of rain in the north of the county. We were due to start in Tweedmouth and work the coast southward.

We made Holy Island our first stop, just south of the dark skies.

Not Rutters Way, Pilgrims Way

Quiet and cold we spent  a couple of hours around the village and straight lonnen. Fieldfare, Redwing and Blackbird present in small numbers. Chiff Chaff and Blackcap were enjoying the morning sun in a sparsely leafed Sycamores. 

Spot the Leaf Warbler

 

Blackcap

 

Blackbird

 

 

 

Rainbow over Goswick

A brief call at Spindlestone woodland nature reserve was a break from the coast, Marsh Tit and Great Spotted Woodpecker among the visitiors to the feeders.

Spindlestone

On to Budle Bay, a Peregrine was hunting just off the layby as we pulled up, we had missed a fabulous photo opportunity. Thousands of birds were gathering as the tide flooded in..



Budle Bay from the layby

Lunch at Stag Rocks, Purple Sandpiper on the rocks with a nice late Sandwich Tern and Slavonian Grebe offshore.
 

Stag Rocks

I couldn't not take Bamburgh Castle

 

Flowering Ivy

Track of the day, Bamburgh Links

We finished the day at Low Newton and finally succumbed to the rain, Long Tailed Duck and Red Throated Divers in Beadnell Bay on our way finished the day off nicely