International Dawn Chorus Day 4th May

I woke at 4am on a rather damp and grey morning and by 4:30 was on my way to Hauxley Nature Reserve in Northumberland to help with International Dawn Chorus Day. The drive was uneventful until I spotted a barn owl just before the entrance to Druridge Bay Country Park and then another less that a quarter of a mile further on. I slowed my car and drove parallel with the owl as it skimmed the hedgerow looking for breakfast. Amazing! About 20 people turned up and were lucky enough to hear a variety of birds from blackbirds to whitethroats followed by a rather nice breakfast supplied and cooked fresh by The Fenton Centre. Expert in bird song Geoff Sample rounded off the day with a short talk. Two firsts for me that day on the lake was a Scaup and a Pink Footed Goose. Mmh no camera!