Oare Marshes

3 or 4 Ruffs, Philomachus pugnax, some juveniles, 1 poss adult. 500 Black-tailed Godwits and about the same number of wonderful Golden Plover. Dozens of Teal, some Shovellers, a few Redshank, about a hundred Lapwing, all on the main scrape, an amazing place to see birds close-up. No photos unfortunately.

Warmer Cliffe

About 500 Avocets, 500 Black-tailed Godwits, 20 plus Great Crested Grebes, same again of Little Grebes, at least a dozen Little Egrets, a few Redshanks. 

Cooler Cliffe

400 or so Avocet (fantastic site wheeling about), 100+ Redshank, 50+ Lapwing, 20+ Great Crested Grebes, 15+ Little Grebe, 60+ coot, 2 Goldfinch, 20+Black-headed Gull, 3 Black-Tailed Godwits.

Warkworth Sunday

Fantastic walk along the beach. Sandwich and I think Common Tern, Common and Artic Skua, Black-headed Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull, Redshank, Curlew, Turnstone, Curlew, Dunlin, Red-throated Diver, Eider, Cormorant,

There were about a flock of about 50 finches in the dunes inland of the beach - I hoped for Linnets but the could all have been Goldfinches.

After I trudged quickly back down the beach South to the old harbour, little more was seen until I reached the river estuary and followed the muddy offshoot of the Coquet (locally known as the Gut, I think) towards the dune slacks overlooked by the picnic site where I had left the car. On the Gut itself there were Black-headed and Herring Gulls, lots of redshank and a single curlew. I saw one Lapwing overflying, but the walk had now turned into a bit more of a route-march to try to get back to the house at a reasonable time - and to have some breakfast!