My last day of October was spent patrolling Ashington and North Seaton for what turned out to be elusive waxwing - not a sniff for me today!
The Cresswell area was rather quiet too - lots of lapwing on the north part of the pond, with a few golden plover, curlew, dunlin in the mix. Wildfowl was limited - c1,000 pink-footed geese flew past in the distant west, while on the pond, wigeon, tufted duck, teal, mallard, goldeneye were noted.
West Hartford looks good for some winter wildfowl, there is a lot of water in the flash - hopefully some duck will arrive soon. The only birds on the flash today were black-headed and common gull. No sign of the hoped for short-eared owl ~ we could do with a good "owl winter" as they have been scarce recently.
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November can still be an exciting time for scarcities... it's not over yet... is it?
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I'm still on the lookout for Owls in the Widdrington area; an old favoured haunt but very few recently only Barn and Long Eared singles recently. Love the header John...shrikes are a particular favourite of mine and the Masked at Kilrenny brought back some fond memories of a great birding day out.
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