Natural Newbiggin

Recent wander at Newbiggin

A pair of Snow Buntings on the beach at the Beacons. New birds passing through or, is the male the same bird photo’d 10 days ago.

Birds starting to move at last. A cracking male Snow Bunting on the beach today

Tundra Bean Goose on the golf course. Quite a rare bird on the Newbiggin patch. First for me anyway 😎

Sanderling. Ringed on Sanday, Orkney in May 2018. This bird regularly winters on the Northumberland coast and has been recorded at Newbiggin a number of times

Incoming! Some of the Sanderling over-wintering at Newbiggin. Not sure they’re enjoying the never ending run of South Easterly/Easterly seas

Purple Sandpipers and Twite at Beacon point, Newbiggin today. Cold but sunny

Missed much wanted Egyptian Plover and Carmine Bee-eater in The Gambia last time due to timing. No problem this week

@TomCadwallender Excellent!

Purple Sandpipers on the Northumberland coast.

@fosterian1971 Bird passed Newbiggin 12.07.

@NatNewbiggin Well done on getting a photo! We had it pass Hartlepool at 10.38 (I think that was the time the photo was taken). What time was your photo taken. Interested in how long it took? Two different reports on BirdGuides…

Drake Black Scoter tracked up the NE coast from Yorkshire. Passed the church point amongst Commons.

Nice group of waders at the beacons HT roost his afternoon. 4 Curlew Sandpipers amongst the Dunlin the best. A single Greenshank, 10 Knot and lots of the usuals

Willet, Stone Harbour beach, USA Great looking wader which looks even better in flight. Getting closer to the UK!

Black Skimmers, Stone Harbour Point, USA Probably my favourite bird of the trip. Huge numbers of Skimmers at the breeding colony in the dunes. Good job they don’t attack you like Arctics

A recent trip to the USA focused on two pelagic trips from Hatteras, outer banks. 50+ Black capped Petrels were seen each day with a supporting cast of Aubudon’s Shearwaters, hundreds of Great Shearwaters, Scopoli’s and Corey’s.

Splash of colour in the Beacon point HT roost this afternoon with a flock of 20 summer plumaged Knot. (Also 12 Roseate Terns incl. 5 juveniles)

Sanderling with a small fish on the beach at Newbiggin.

Always good to see the Red Knot returning to the beach at Newbiggin.

More than 20 Roseates present yesterday evening. Resting, preening and feeding their young.