Out to Newbiggin today for our first Mediterranean Gulls of the year, two second-winters & an adult on the south beach opposite the beach cafe. Little else to keep us in cold S/E wind for and little seen off Church Pt. On to Woodhorn and struck lucky with the three Greenland White-fronted Geese as feeding with Greylags opposite the old windmill at the Alcan entrance. On to Snab Pt but little on sea in rough conditions. Cresswell Pond was also quiet but again lucky with the Twite flock with 30 seen at the Bells Dunes near the farm between Cresswell Pond & Druridge. In field with cattle and settled several times. Final stop was Druridge Pools and luck again held with a fine drake Green-winged Teal from the Budge screen. This likely to be the returning drake as opposed to the different drake on Holy Island. Unfortunately the wildfowl were fairly distant from the screen and only record shots obtained (At least you can see what it is!). Also 2 male Pintail & a female there. TRD/JD
