On yer bike!

Did a bit of birding by bike today, heading down to Holywell Dene, then onwards to Seaton Delaval Hall for an expensive bowl of national trust soup.

A couple of roe deer ran across the track in the dene, nearly resulting in a fatality - the bike rider not the deer!

A kingfisher flashed blue on it's way down the dene, and two dippers were in full song.

Overhead two jays were seen, an unusual record this near the coast.

In the fields towards the obelisk a single wheatear was spotted on a fence post.

But the highlight of the day had to be the Hummingbird Hawk-Moth that returned to the garden again.

Reintroduction of Wolves to save Nightingales

I came across two Roe Deer opposite the Beehive pub in Whitley Bay and it reminded me of a recent article citing deer as a major threat to Nightingales. Bringing back Wolves would make ecological sense. It would certainly bring a new dimension to the British countryside.

Imagine coming across this in Kielder Forest

Oh, and I found this drake Mandarin today.

Okay, so it's a plastic duck, but it's on my patch (flash by the Beehive pub) and it's new for my list.

Stock Dove near Earsdon