Night shift has it's advantages,gives me the chance to do a bit birding through the week.Monday went to killingworth lake to see the female mandarin,missed it but did get to see the four goosanders plus two graylags, Wednesday & Thursday went to my local patch bigwaters,not a lot there,golden eye on the lake along with great crested grebe,little grebe,kingfisher,tufted,teal mallard,coot,moorhen.In the feed station a visit from a female sparrow hawk,great spotted woodpecker,magpie,goldfinch,greenfinch,wren,tree sparrow,blue coal and great tits having a good feed at the well stocked station.Friday went to clera vale,as it's been some time since I visited there.I was in luck,the kingfisher was fishing in the big pond,after about 15min's he came over and started to fish in the pond right in front of the hide.I missed the sparrow hawk but got to see all the local birds.Saturday trip to newbiggin by the sea,one of my best places to see waders,in luck again four med gulls 30 common scoter,three males amongst them.ringed plove mixing with redshank,oyster catchers dunlin,and plenty of sanderling.Before we got to cresswell,there were 30 twite on the flash next to the alcan works. cresswell was worth the visit,about 150 golden plover,well over 200 lapwings,50 plus greylag,20 pink feed in the top field,4 knot,40 redshank,wigeon teal,1curlew.Last stop east chevington to see the starlings ready to roost,not a very good show as it was the last time I was there,not to worry our visit was not wasted,we got to see two short eared owls hunting just before dark.
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