Saturday and Sunday

Typing this before i start work and dont have my notebook, so i hope i dont miss out too much....
Saturday
Started off the day at coldgate mill ford for a walk, headed off into the woods which runs alongside the river, thought we might see a dipper or two...but no, nothing much around the woods except 4 long-tailed tits, so we did an about turn back to where we had parked the car next to coldgate mill cottage...which i thought might be a holiday let, but on checking it isnt..which is a shame, as there was plenty of birlife in there, but without actually going into their garden we couldnt see all of them except for bluetits and chaffinches. There is converted barns on the other side of the ford which we wouldnt mind spending few days in as its a lovely spot and the whole area seems to have plenty of birdlife. Flying from treetop to treetop was a flock of about 30+ birds including chaffinches, bluetits, greenfinches and goldfinches, and on the other side of the path there were 2 goldcrests hovering catching insects and flies, they're beautiful little birds, lovely colours. Just as you drive away from the ford where the main house and holiday lets are the path there had chaffinches and a bullfinch flying around with a wren sitting under the hedge. We had a leisurely drive along into lilburn where we sat and had lunch just alongside rose cottage, and the hedge there was alive with bluetits, greenfinches and a robin. Behind bothy cottage theres a flock of 20+ fieldfares. There must have been a burst of blackbirds this year as everytime we see them there seems to be at least 3 or 4 othem together ...which is great. 2 mistlethrushes at lilburn farm. Cresswell pond had quite a number of teal and widgeon, with also 10 mute swans which is not always the norm as the resident pair of mutes are usually very teritorial over their pond.
Sunday
Must thank boulmer birder so much as he let us know about the firecrest in morpeth. Yes...we were lucky enough to see it for a few minutes, but we made a quick exit after a little while as the place was becoming swamped with birders, which i would imagine would scare it away before much longer anyway. Cheers bb.
We drove home after that as the hubby was feeling a little under the weather, but it did make his day seeing the firecrest..thanks