Well, what a queer old day!
BirdMap has the British Isles a veritable ornithofest with 284 sightings (those with access to Birdguides, note that Lough Beg in Antrim is in the Irish Sea due north of Rhyl!), but from the Tyne north to the Border, zilch!
I thought N-b-t-S might have something of interest but after parking off Woodhorn Road behind the war memorial, and with a spring in my size 11s, I bumped into a renowned birder, let's call him JS (Quiz Question: his surname is a type of alloy) and my asking,' Much about?' was met with one of two answers. Was it;
A - The Barred Warbler's showing well on the Ash Lagoons, the Greenish Warbler's in the sycamores and there's Lapland Buntings on the golf course.
OR
B - I've seen a few Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers about and not much else.
If you said A, get real. If you opted for B, give yourself a gold star.
Nonetheless, a trip around the course yielded little, and 45 minutes on a warm and sunny Mound had Swallows and House Martins overhead, and Great and Blue Tits in the trees as well as the aforementioned WWs and Chiffies.
In the words of D-ream, things can only get better!
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