It was my birthday yesterday and I dipped on this White-billed Diver which was only 15 minutes away from from me at Cresswell Pond in Northumberland. As I was ready to go to see it for a nice birthday present lifer, I got a message that it had flown north - dagnabbit! Whilst I was out about later I asked a birder if he'd seen it on the sea, but he didn't seem to even know it was here.
So I was really pleased when I discovered that it had been relocated the next day, this time on Ladyburn Lake at Druridge Bay Country Park in Northumberland. I hurried over there, but I needn't have bothered as it hung around for several days, giving excellent views to the many birders who turned up to see it.
