After checking out from the hotel we drove home via Seaton Carew. An area of the beach has been cordoned off so that the little terns can nest without disturbance. There were several terns about. They were on the beach at the waters edge and kept flying over the cordoned off area and settle for a while before taking off again.
Greatham Creek was our next stop where we saw several dunlin and ringed plover.
RSPB Saltholme was our last stop. We visited the wildlife watchpoint first but it was very quiet
We walked down to Saltholme Pools where we were able to add lots of birds to our list including pintail, little ringed plover
black headed gulls had young
tufted ducks looked smart
as did this male shoveler
We then walked to Paddys Pool from where we were able to see some barnacle geese and a red breasted goose was with them. An excellent end to our trip, with 101 birds on our list.
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