@budlebirder.bsky.socialChris Knox
@budlebirder.bsky.social
Birder with over 45 years patch watching #BudleBay in NE #Northumberland. Opinions are own.
@budlebirder.bsky.social@budlebirder.bsky.social@budlebirder.bsky.social@budlebirder.bsky.socialAlso present were last saturdays( or another) presumed Todd’s Canada Goose (Branta canadensis interior) and a briefly seen small-billed /dinky Canada Goose, possibly Richardson’s Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialAn obvious arrival of Barnacle Geese today, with birds flying in off the sea into a fresh westerly, bringing numbers around the bay to at least 4,500 by late afternoon inc three leucistic birds #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialAt least three in #BudleBay by late afternoon
@budlebirder.bsky.socialAt least 100 Little Gull offshore Annstead Point (Seahouses) this afternoon. Also four Sooties N #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialRegular counts suggest that the number of roosting Pink-footed Geese in the bay is much reduced so far this autumn. Most are arriving high from the north and continue straight through, rather than settling in the area #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialThirty-five Whoopers through today, always a pleasure #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialThis young Peregrine was causing mayhem among the wildfowl and waders this am #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialA locustella in early-October, bet that got the heart racing !
@budlebirder.bsky.socialRed-breasted Merganser & Goosander #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialJust a single Knot in bay this am, how times have changed ! #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialThe Stag Rocks, Bamburgh Bonaparte's gull showed very well early evening @ntbirdclub.bsky.social
@budlebirder.bsky.socialThe above show size compared to a feral Canada present all week. A few more show size relative to Barnies #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialToday saw a slightly belated Barnacle movement, with 1,300 by late afternoon. As ever, the flock was worth scrutinising for North Atlantic Canada and that proved worthwhile, with this presumed Todd's arriving mid-afternoon #BudleBay #NEbirding
@budlebirder.bsky.socialThey’re pretty much annual at Budle — we had one on 26th September. Most are probably local birds, but occasionally we get them flying over the point and across the bay towards Ross, so they’re clearly heading somewhere!
@budlebirder.bsky.socialBrilliant images Dennis
@budlebirder.bsky.socialThis year has seen a marked decline in the usual late-summer Goosander moult gatherings. Numbers, which can often reach around 100 birds, have remained unusually low, with groups of fewer than 10 recorded to date #BudleBay #NEbirding @rossahmed.bsky.social
@budlebirder.bsky.socialPlenty of Stonechats today #BudleBay #NEbirding
