Around the Cheviots

Saturday 17th May.
Brilliant day in the cheviots...apart from the odd shower of fine rain it was a bumper day of birds. Started at Langleeford - grey heron - mallard - goosander - buzzard - peregrine falcon - red grouse - pheasant - oystercatcher - lapwing - common sandpiper - common snipe - curlew - black-headed gull - wood-pidgeon - ferrol rock dove - cuckoo - green-woodpecker - skylark - meadow pipit - tree pipit - grey wagtail - pied wagtail - wren - dipper - robin - stonechat - whinchat - ring-ouzel - blackbird - song thrush - mistle thrush - garden warbler - 4 blackcaps - willow warbler - 4 wrens - goldcrest - longtailed tit - coal tit - blue tit - great tit - jay - carrion crow - chaffinch - linnet - yellowhammer.
Some where firsts like the ring-ouzel and whinchat but the cuckoo was just amazing. Was a real pity didnt have the camera...but such is life. Off to wooler for tea..