North Tyne Sunday 5th June

Spent Sunday up the North Tyne valley, before and during the rain , birds encountered included Blackcap, garden warbler,Spotted Flycatcher,Garden Warbler, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo,Buzzard, Common Sandpiper to name a few ,but no Wood Warbler which was the bird hoped for. Rather dull and dismal for most of the day so no bird Photos ,hence the flowers some of which i still have to check out,Bugle
Woodruff




Ramsons
Violet
Sanicle
Herb Paris



The left over level crossing gates from a disused railway
Several of these boxes presume some sort of Squirrel monitoring device.

A day away from the coast for a change 19-5-10

Wednesday I moved inland it was warm and sunny when I left home but soon became overcast but still warm, had a Redstart singing but took some time to pick it out and only got a poor shot as it moved from branch to branch, Spotted Flycatcher also singing picked the first one up just over my head and followed it as it also moved through the tree it inspected a hole and was chased off by the Redstart, picked it up again on top of a dead tree where it was joined by a second , Treecreeper, Blackcap, lots WW & Chiffs, also Nuthatch, Green & Great Spotted Woodpeckers , and oddly a pair of Tawny Owls calling , as where two Cuckoos one I picked up as it crossed the field , nearby a Tree pipit but to far to get any photos 2 Buzzards over pleasant day.........no Garden warbler

Spotted Flycatcher just overhead
Singing from a dead tree
and joined by its mate inspecting sites for a nest.
The only shot I got of a Redstart