Weekly update: Rainbows and Wrens

This week has been interesting, both weather wise and with sightings at Big Waters. The usual suspects were in the feeding area and on the lake but a few less common visitors also made appearances.

After a weekend in Bamburgh which yielded great photographs of treecreepers and great spotted woodpeckers my hopes of more photographs at Big Waters were high.

Rare Winter Visitor

Grey Phalarope

A quiet week for new migrant visitors to the Country Park was broken yesterday by the arrival of a Grey Phalarope.

The Phalarope is the first one seen at Big Waters for well over 10 years and created quite a stir when it arrived yesterday morning. The flighty little bird was seen on various parts of the lake during the day and within an hour of the first sighting twitchers were arriving to see it from all over.

Welcome to wild Big Waters

This blog is a record of the beautiful wildlife and nature in and around the Big Waters Country Park in Newcastle upon Tyne.

I have visited the park for many years, to take walks and to enjoy the relaxing atmosphere it offers. Only in August 2014 did I truly discover the diverse wildlife and nature it has to offer.