Gill Osborne
Well-known member
Thursday 15th April
I've been looking after a friend's four budgies for a week and today I took them back to her home in Lynemouth. I really enjoyed having them in our home but it almost killed my poor husband as he is allergic to their feathers and dust Poor chap spent most of the week a bit tight-chested. On the drive back home to Alnwick I decided to take a slight detour past Cresswell Pond as I had a couple of hours to spare before I had to go to work. I was hoping for a Wheatear or two in the fields beside the pond but no joy today - just a lot of Greylag Geese and Shelduck.
Pulling into my usual parking bay alongside the River Coquet however I struck gold with a flyover Swallow and six stunning Black-tailed Godwit on the opposite bank. Quite a lot of Sand Martin in the bank opposite too which was nice to see.
Slowly but surely the Year List numbers are creeping up....dare I even think of 150+ this year? I'm certainly going to do my best to achieve it and not, as in previous years, miss out on common birds. I didn't see a single Treecreeper or Great Spotted Woodpecker in 2020! Absolutely bonkers considering they are so common in Hulne Park!
74: Greylag Goose
75: Swallow
76: Black-tailed Godwit
I've been looking after a friend's four budgies for a week and today I took them back to her home in Lynemouth. I really enjoyed having them in our home but it almost killed my poor husband as he is allergic to their feathers and dust Poor chap spent most of the week a bit tight-chested. On the drive back home to Alnwick I decided to take a slight detour past Cresswell Pond as I had a couple of hours to spare before I had to go to work. I was hoping for a Wheatear or two in the fields beside the pond but no joy today - just a lot of Greylag Geese and Shelduck.
Pulling into my usual parking bay alongside the River Coquet however I struck gold with a flyover Swallow and six stunning Black-tailed Godwit on the opposite bank. Quite a lot of Sand Martin in the bank opposite too which was nice to see.
Slowly but surely the Year List numbers are creeping up....dare I even think of 150+ this year? I'm certainly going to do my best to achieve it and not, as in previous years, miss out on common birds. I didn't see a single Treecreeper or Great Spotted Woodpecker in 2020! Absolutely bonkers considering they are so common in Hulne Park!
74: Greylag Goose
75: Swallow
76: Black-tailed Godwit