One consistent star performer on the stage of my garden bird table is the coal tit. He/she, since there appears to be no difference, loves to harvest the numerous black sunflower seeds, always exiting backstage into the trees to consume them.
Recently, one bird made at least a dozen successive visits and you can only wonder if it isn't rather energy-sapping to perform in this energetic fashion. Here's a brief sample:
Coal Tit feeding
Last week I at last achieved an objective when I visited Newbiggin and managed to catch up with some twites towards Beacon Point.
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| Twite |
In fact there was a massive flock of about 50 to 100 birds visiting the seaside as they often do at this time of year. Apparently there were a few shore larks around too but a jackdaw came down and flushed them shortly before I arrived. There have been records of snow buntings at Newbiggin, but I think that was a little further down the coast.
Also in evidence on the day were a couple of meadow pipis and, as so often on the coast in Northumberland, stonechats:
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Down on the beach, there were a large number of birds dozing by the rock pools near the shoreline. I took them to be golden plover. However I was a bit stiff and and didn't fancy going down from the path and took photos at considerable distance. On comparing them with images in my bird book I thought they looked more like dunlin or knot. But it seems that golden plover they are.
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