Stag Rock

I spent the day with the family at Seahouses and Bamburgh today.  Not much to see at Seahouses with no Long-tailed Duck or even Eiders in the harbour.

 

                                                             
                                                              
Stag Rock was much better with Dunlin, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Turnstone and really good numbers of Purple Sandpiper and Knot.  A bit of a surprise was an Arctic Tern on the rocks.

                           
                                               
On the sea were lots of Eiders, a handful of Common Scoter, a single Red-throated Diver and a Juv Velvet Scoter that looked remarkably like a female Harlequin.  I must admit it did get my heart racing for a minute until I got a better view of it. 

 

 

 

Also we saw the Trinity House Ship, Galatea, which was anchored between the Farnes and Holy Island all day.