Sunday was a bit quiet so I got up early for a walk north along the coast to Craster. It was bright and cool with a light S breeze. Its great to be out early at this time of year, I didn't see another person for the first two hours.
A slow wander north along the coast path was very pleasant. A few Yellowhammers, 3 Grey Partridges and 2 Greenland Wheatear were about the only things of note but the soundscape of singing birds, noisy Kittiwakes and gently rolling waves was relaxing.
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| The Bathing House with Longhoughton Steel, Boulmer in the background. |
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| Craster Farm |
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| This view south shows the majority of my local patch. We live in the village you can see in the trees. |
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| Kittiwake watching me. |
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| Razorbill below my feet. |
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| The view from Cullernose Point |
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| Thrift and the marzipan smell of gorse. |
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| Greenland Wheatear |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Yellowhammer ( do you think!) |
A few other things were noted, a single Painted Lady in off, 3 Wall Brown, masses of Spring Squill in large patches all along the short turf.
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| Painted Lady |
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| Spring Squill |
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| A carpet of Spring Squill with Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance. |
This post is a bit photo heavy so I'll keep the text down a bit. On the way back, I noticed a bird flying south across the field behind Cullernose Point. It looked odd, but familiar? Green Woodpecker! Another patch mega. Not new here, but I've only had two others, winter 2009 /10 and spring 2017. I tried to take a record shot but the camera would not lock on. I must get the settings for viz mig worked out soon. I saw the bird well enough to believe it was a female...
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| Green Woodpecker south at Cullernose |
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