A family holiday to Seahouses up on the Northumberland coast, 4 nights 5 days, a chance to go around the Farne islands, but no landing this year, due to the bird flu.
Seahouses Harbour holds a good-sized flock of Eider at high tide, giving great photo opportunities, coming in really close.
Around the headland at Seahouses breeding Fulmar, Kittiwakes and Sand Martins could be seen, with plenty of Swallows, Starling, House Sparrow, and Herring Gull. On the rocky areas, I found a male and female Wheatear on one occasion, my first of the year. On another day, I found a small flock of Ringed Plover and a single Whimbrel as it took flick, giving off its distinctive whistle call as it flew overhead.
Sandwich Terns, Oystercatcher, Shag, Swifts, House Martins, Pied Wagtails, we’re just a few species I found around the Seahouses Harbour.
We had a boat trip around the Farne islands on one afternoon, an hour and a half in total, no landing, to see the usual seabirds and seals. Guillemots, Razorbill, Shag, Puffin, Arctic Terns, Kittiwakes, and seals were all easily seen from the boat.
Bird List:- Arctic Tern, Blackbird, Black headed Gull, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Collard Dove, Common Gull, Dunlin, Eider, Fulmar, Gannet, Goldfinch, Goosander, Great Black backed Gull, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Grey Plover, Guillemot, Herring Gull, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Kittiwake, Lesser Black backed Gull, Linnet, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Pied wagtail, Puffin, Razorbill, Red legged Partridge, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Robin, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Rook, Sand Martin, Sandwich Tern, Shag, Skylark, Starling, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Turnstone, Wheatear, Whimbrel, Whitethroat, Woodpigeon (57)
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