Late Summer at Whitburn Point

 

Life has been a bit mental the past few months, and adventures few and far between.
However, here is a small collection of photos taken on August 27th at Whitburn Point and Jackie's Beach.

The Birds of 2025 - August

 

At this stage, is there any point in saying much? It's year 6 of keeping count of all the beautiful birds I'm lucky enough to photograph, and I can't stop now! Last year, I surpassed my goal and photographed 101 species all within the North East of England alone. I'm not sure if I'll beat that impressive number in 2025, but I'm happy to try. Here is what I photographed in August.

Taken 1st August - At Home
Collard Dove

Taken 3rd August - At Home 
Wood Pigeon
Rock Dove
Robin
Dunnock
House Sparrow

Taken 4th August - At Home
House Sparrow

Taken 13th August - At Home
Herring Gull

Taken 18th August - At Home
Goldfinch
Dunnock

Taken 21st August - At Home
Blackbird

Taken 25th August - At Home
Blackbird

Taken 27th August - At Whitburn Point
Common Tern
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Turnstone
Ringed Plover
Kestrel
Dunlin
Greater Whitethroat

Grey Heron
Linnet
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting

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August was another difficult month with very few outings, but we were saved by a quick visit to a favourite spot at the end of the month, which helped to add two new species for the year! Better than nothing. We're still only at 71 species, but hopefully, as the cooler seasons draw in, we'll get to meet some more pals.

 Annual Total - 

Blackbird
Black Headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Pochard

Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant

Curlew
Dunlin

Dunnock
Eider
Fulmer
Gadwall
Gannet

Goldeneye

Goldfinch

Great Tit
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Greenfinch
Greylag Goose
Grey Heron

Herring Gull
House Martin

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Kestrel
Kittiewake

Lapwing
Linnet
Little Egret

Long Tailed Tit

Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit

Mute Swan

Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Pink-footed Goose

Phesant
Pied Wagtail
Razorbill

Reed Bunting
Redshank
Ringed Plover

Ring-Necked Parakeet

Robin

Rock Dove
Rook
Sand Martin
Sandwich Tern

Shelduck

Shoveler

Song Thrush

Sparrowhawk

Starling

Stock Dove

Stonechat
Swallow
Swift

Tufted Duck
Turnstone

Whitethroat

Wigeon
Wood Pigeon

Wren

Total - 71


Monthly (New Spotting) Total
January - 29
February - 11
March - 6
April - 7 
May - 4
June - 12
July - 0 
August - 2