Grey Day

The drive north was disappointing with no sign of the Green-winged Teal or Bean Geese. A Grey Plover and 3 Pintail at Druridge were the highlights.

The first bird seen at Bamburgh was the Grey Phalarope, feeding in the wild surf. Easily seen from the car, but I braved the weather for some photos.

Grey Phalarope

 

 

Other highlights here were Black-throated Diver and Slavonian Grebe, but again no Velvets among the flocks of Common Scoter.

 

I stopped south of Swinhoe to scan a flock of gulls and a very distant owl shaped blob turned into a Barn Owl with the help of the scope.

 

Barn Owl

 

Kestrel

 

A few stops further south were uneventful, but 3 adult Mediterranean Gulls were among a large gull flock at Druridge Country Park.

 

Mediterranean Gull