Avocets seem to have had a good year at Saltholme. Lots of new predator fencing probably helped, so only the avian predators to worry about.
This is flower and bug season.
Great to see large areas of the South Shields and Whitburn coast with a wide variety of plants. As always, very disappointing to see some areas decimated by the mower brigade. I wonder how many Pipit and Skylark nests were destroyed by mowing sections of the Leas (S/S) and the Clifftops at Whitburn steel.
Bladder Campion
Young Guillemot
Southern Hawker
Young Razorbill
The colony of auks at Whitburn is quite sizeable but few chicks are recorded. The Kittiwake colony seems to be expanding around the Souter cliffs this year. However I suspect these are birds displaced from the grotto area. This seems to have more activity from the fire brigade doing important safety drills and practice rescues.
Roe Deers
Scorpion Fly
Sedge Warbler
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