A smart North westerly breeze this morning that seemed to rise from the arctic circle prompted a short visit to Cullernose for the first time this year. It certainly felt arctic too soon numbing fingers at the scope.
We have a cold climate in Northumberland. Often it can be one of the coldest parts of the UK on the forecast and in keeping, this mornings Beeb weather map showed us to be milder only than Speyside. It is also quite a dry place so that balances it out a little bit.
I gave it an hour this morning, just long enough to turn blue.
Red throated Diver 36N
Great Northern Diver 1N
Guillemot 20N
Common Scoter 3S
Eider 1 N 2 S
plus a scatter of Fulmar, Shag and gulls but little else.
A huge Raven sat in the field just behind me and some Twite flew N overhead as I was watching the Great Northern so I only heard them.
Had a nice chat with a couple from Teddington ( London) who were here on holiday this week. They asked what the black and white birds with long red beaks were and they looked even colder than me...
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| Red throat in typical pose. |
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