Back to The Bay at the Back of the Ocean
Lingering at the Bay at the Back of the Ocean (so called because it is right at the back of the Atlantic Ocean, if you start out from America!) before heading back to the ‘Village’ brought some good birds.
Species: Skylark
Iona Day 4 – Part 2
Bad Weather Sets In
Up to the north yet again in the afternoon and the rain got heavier and heavier. On the sands at Boundary Strand the Sanderling were back and two Knot appeared from somewhere over Calf Island. They were struggling against the increasing wind and now persistent rain.
No Dotterel But a Fine Day
Had nearly ten hours on the tops of the the Black Mountain yesterday with Colin Richards, looking for the (for me at least) elusive Dotterel, which traditionally uses the plateaus up here during their spring migration.
The Resilience of the Wild – Mike Collier
The main reason for visiting Northumberland was to see my brother’s exhibition, The Resilience of the Wild, at the Customs House in South Shields.