Last supper !

Here's the local Kestrel looking for its last supper of 2020.

 

All the best everyone 

STAY SAFE

Joe.

North Blyth

 Weather forecast was for sunshine and showers so I decided on a trip to North Blyth to see if I could connect with the Snow buntings again ,on my way down to where I had seen them before I could see that the sun was going to cause me problems as it was nearly into my face .                                              I had just finished putting some seed out when eight buntings landed on the concrete wall further on I waited a while but they seemed content to stay where they were so I walked round to get the sun in a better position and managed a couple of early shots,I then moved back to my original position keeping the wall in the background to try for better pictures . 

This one was just enjoying the sun on its back.

Thanks for looking every one

have a good CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR

STAY SAFE

Joe

 

Twite through the bars.

 It was a dull and damp morning as I set off on my quest for more Snow bunting photos at North Blyth. As I parked up the dampness turned to light rain while walking down to where I had seen them the day before that produced nothing and further searching was the same (quest over).On my way back I caught site of a small flock of Twite feeding the other side of some metal railings. Here's a few pics. 

It would appear that the Snow Buntings and the Twite have moved on now.

thanks for looking

STAY SAFE

Joe.

Snowy afternoon.

 Having not had a good morning trying for the Crossbills again I thought I would try for the Blyth Snow buntings, grandad duties prevented me from going in the morning however that worked in my favour with the afternoon sun.

A nice afternoon and always nice to see.

Thanks for looking

STAY SAFE

Joe.

Not my day

 It was a beautiful sunny morning as I walked down the track to the dipping pond to spend a few hours with the Crossbills or so I thought but alas it was not to be,best of the sightings came from along the main walkway and they were always on the tops of the pines so I only managed one decent shot of a feeding female.

When I was looking at this on my computer I came across a couple of unpublished pics from last weeks trip to tynemouth.

There is a lot of photos of this little bird around.

Thanks for looking

STAY SAFE

Joe.

Tynemouth revisited

 A second visit to Tynemouth for the Black Redstart led to a rather surprising discovery in the shape a Woodcock nestled into the concrete structure at the base of the pier I thought the bird was dead,this was later confirmed by a second birder on his arrival. A very showy Redstart had our attention for the next hour or so a really smart looking bird this.

We had both taken many photographs of the Redstart and the other birder left, whilst I was packing up two Crows made there way over to the Woodcock and to my surprise and the Crows as he was just about to have a peck the bird jumped up and flew off here's a photo of the bird taken on arrival and it never moved from that position in the whole two hours I was there .

Thanks for looking

STAY SAFE

Joe.

Crossbills

 Having been to the Rising Sun a couple of days ago in search of the much photographed Crossbills I came away a little disappointed having only seen one singing male at distance and very briefly at that so a second visit was on the cards this morning.Things started off very slowly with only a few fly-byes, birder numbers started to increase to about eight just in time for the action to start here's a few pics.

It all added up to a very nice second visit,well worth it in the end.

Thanks for looking

STAY SAFE

Joe