NEWCASTLE - STOCKTON SPIT - SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST 2011

[Graham Buchan <>]

Hi all,

Spent yesterday with Robert Griffin at various wet places round Newcastle. Lots 
of waterbirds and birds of prey. We ended up at Stockton in the late afternoon 
and watched the waders come in the hour or so before high tide: 

Caspian Tern            1
Crested Tern            3
Gull-billed Tern                10
Red-Necked Avocet       200-300
Eastern Curlew          >200
Whimbrel                        4
Bar-tailed Godwit       >200
Black-tailed Godwit     5       (very distinctive and associated not with the 
Bar-taileds but with the avocet)
Curlew Sandpipers       14
Red Knot                        2

A great day with Black-tailed Godwit the highlight.

Cheers,

Graham Buchan




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