A Barred Warbler at Druridge Links yesterday, gorging itself of Sloes & Elderberries. Heavily cropped in poor light, got my excuses in first.

Tom Cadwallender

1 Greenshank seen feeding from the pegswood road on the 1st of October, then a Spotted Redshank on the opposite side on the 8th October at 1.30 pm

Neil Cairns

Rather surprised to see a Scaup so far upriver – under the road bridge at Warkworth and heading upstream.  Three Whooper Swans were resting on the beach.

Clive Saunders

A bird glimpsed on a track at St. Mary’s on the morning of 27 th was later identified from a photo as a Nightjar.It was thought to have left the area. I arrived in the afternoon in the hope of finding the bird had perhaps roosted among the trees and bushes surrounding the wetland area. My hunch was right as I located the Nightjar dozing on bare ground under a small bush.

On seeing me it flew and could not be found. I wondered if it might return to it’s chosen roost site and indeed it had when I checked there once more. It did fly however once again, as a lady had unwittingly flushed it. Gladly though, it once again came back to the exact same spot.

I called a few locals and put out the news of what is the third area record of the species in only the past decade. It remained under the bush affording superb views to the small assembled crowd.

The Nightjar was I thought a juvenile or female bird showing no white on the lower throat as in the male and no white in the wings or tail corners when in flight. The bird appeared to depart that evening despite wet conditions.

A.S.Jack

The juv Long-tailed Skua from Goswick this morning.

Graham Sorrie

There are 16 Ruff at Grindon Lough at the moment.

Paul Massey

68 Med Gulls in village bay, Newbiggin this morning and 2 Wheatear in the car park.

Steve Holliday

First 2 Brambling of autumn up here. Breezy SEasterly not helping migrant search.

Chris Knox

There was an outgoing Wheatear on the Carr this morning. Also pairs of Stonechat, Goldcrest and plenty of Skylark movement.

Peter Fletcher

There was a Juv Little Stint at Cresswell Pond today.

Jonathan Farooqi

Two Barnacle Geese, my first of the autumn, at Widdrington Moor Lake today. Also 900 Pink-footed Geese.

Mark Eaton

Two Curlew Sandpipers flew over the Budge Fields this morning.

Jonathan Farooqi 

We watched a juvenile American Golden Plover on Holy Island this morning.

It was with the large Golden Plover flock on the mudflats south of the main car park and we saw it closely for over an hour, allowing us to see all the diagnostic features.

I’ve seen the species before many times in the UK and in North America.

Brin Best

Yellow Wagtail the best on offer at Newbiggin this morning. Also, 2 Shoveler N, 1 Manxie S

Missed 3 LT Skua

Gary Storey 

A Black-necked Grebe was still on East Chevington North Pool  today with over thirty Pintails, 33 Black-tailed Godwits & Swift.

Paul Massey

Quiet WeBS at Castle Island. Water levels are up. C/r Little Egret- a Lincs bird?

Swift 2, White Wagtail, Otter. 5 Swifts at West Hartford

Steve Holliday 

There was a Juv Curlew Sandpiper and  & four juv Little Stint at Beal Point, Lindisfarne today.

Other birds present included  24 Ruff, 12 Greenshank, 3 Whimbrel & 872 PB Brent Geese.

Paul Massey

Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers were at Seaton Point today, which were my first of the autumn.

Clive Saunders

There was a  smart immature Red-necked Grebe showing nicely with the scoters off Druridge Links this afternoon.

Jonathan Farooqi

Another site record count !!! , There were 18 Little Egret at Budle Bay today.  Other birds present included Spotted Redshank,  Greenshank and four  Black tailed Godwits and Med Gulls.  I also noted the first of autumns Wigeon.

Chris Knox

A Great White Egret flew south from the road bridge over the Aln at Alnmouth at 9.00am today.

Ken and Linda Smith,
on holiday here from Chichester.

There were 87 Black-tailed Godwits on the Aln Estuary, Northumberland, this morning.  Unprecedented!  There were also 3 Greenshank, 3 Little Egret and a Kingfisher.

Tom Cadwallender

There was Black Tern and Roseate Tern in the roost at Beacon Point at  10:20 am this morning.

Steve Holliday 

Today I found 2 Juv Pectoral Sandpipers together from the Budge Screen!

Other birds present included a Juv Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff and Greenshank.

Jonathan Farooqi

A Water Rail chick was at Gosforth Park today. Other birds present included Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, and still 1 or 2 Reed Warblers.

M.P.Frankis