Bay Watch 06/02

A Friday night fixture for the Toon, and the resulting 5-1 drubbing of Cardiff, meant a rather late start to Saturday. I vaguely recall some bright spark getting a round of Sailor Jerry in. Thanks Dave!

Anyhow, the light was fading fast when I eventually headed for St Marys from Whitley but managed to pick up a couple of Goldeneye at the north end of the beach and 4 Bar-tailed Godwit. A couple more Rays Bream on the beach.

Would you like chips with that?

Found the remains of this fish on Whitley Bay beach last Tuesday. Anyone know what it is?

Thanks to Davy T it's now been identified as a Rays Bream (Brama Brama).It is a common bream in southern European waters, less common in northern seas. An open sea fish which migrates northward according to water temperature (really?).