Northumbria Trip

Thought you might enjoy some snaps from my Northumbrian trip a week ago.

FARNE ISLAND BIRDS - You don't need any super special equipment for some of these birds:

Eiders in Seahouses Harbour - These cheeky Monkey's will climb on you to pinch your dinner!

Shag taken with a Wide angle lens - inches away.

 Using a Macro lens just as close.

 Kittiwake snoozing in the "heat"

 Razorbill doing the same.

 Island Killers - looking for Puffin Eggs & chicks.

 Puffin waiting for the Hatching!

 Guillemot.

 Flight Shots - this is where some fancy gear is useful.

Eider.

 Puffin.

 Arctic Tern - The head bashers.

SPINDLESTONE FARM - Special very hard to find out about place I know very close to Bamburgh.

There are the usual suspects Tits, Chaffinch etc, & Woodies, down at the bottom hide was a cracking Male Redstart catching flies over a pond, no pics too far away, but great to just watch.

At the top hide - 4 GSW's were feeding.

 Sorry Graham - There were loads of these crackers.

 Yellowhammers - What we should have at Cromwell, but they have suffered due to modern farming.

But released since last year & breeding already I had a wonderful shock of these:

Red Squirrels. They are on a nice Farmers property who shoots greys & his woods are somewhat isolated - So they should still be there in the future.

Posted by Barry Nield