Windy last morning walk along the cliffs in Berwick-upon-Tweed with Stonechats, Meadow Pipit and Linnets - 15th May 2026

Lighthouse in the distance in front of a rough sea

Stonechat perching on a log at the edge of Little Beach

Meadow Pipit singing while standing on a log

Linnet gathering nesting material

Male Stonechat on the move while Meadow Pipit perching at the other end of the log

Male Stonechat perching on diagonal piece of wood

Young Stonechat flying towards a large log on the beach

Young Stonechat perching on the log

Pied Wagtail strolling on the beach

Female Stonechat perching at the end of a very thin stem

Male Stonechat perching on a twig on the left with the lighthouse in the distance

Male Linnet in daisy-covered grass

Goldfinch collecting nesting material from wildflowers in the grass

The male Linnet decided to come closer and perched on the top of a wooden post

then went back to collecting nesting material

Female Linnet collecting nesting material

Both Linnets collecting nesting material

Large waves were washing over the lighthouse wall

Time to go back to the holiday park, collect my luggage and walk back to the station - I had a lovely week in Berwick-upon-Tweed, visiting Seahouses, the Farnes and Holy Island and hope to be back soon

Birds and bluebells seen during a walk along the cliffs at Berwick-upon-Tweed on 8th May 2026

I arrived in Berwick-upon-Tweed at lunchtime, before my holiday mobile home was ready, so I left my luggage with security and wandered along the path on the cliffs

Two Linnets were sitting on the fence at the edge of the holiday park

Crow helpfully pointing out which direction I should take

Male Chaffinch with food for his babies

Berwick lighthouse in the distance at the end of a long promenade

Patch of pretty Bluebells on the road down towards the lighthouse

Someone must like birds!

Pied Wagtail on a wall

House Sparrow amongst foliage

Herring Gull with nesting material on a roof

Two young Stonechats on each side of a shrub with brambles

The young Stonechats then sat together on the side of the shrub

until one flew away!

I think this may be mum Stonechat

and dad Stonechat!

 What a lovely start to my week long stay in Berwick-upon-Tweed

Flowers and wooden sculptures in Coronation Park and birds along the cliffs in Berwick-upon-Tweed - 14th June 2025

It was a very wet morning so I had to cancel my planned second visit to Holy Island

Instead, after the rain had stopped in the early afternoon, I went to Coronation Park, which had a lovely view down to the river Tweed

There were some lovely flowers in the park

Wet Iris

Red Hot Poker

and a group of wooden bird and animal sculptures

Robin

Bat

Cricket

Owl

Otter

I walked down through the park to the path along the river Tweed where I had a good view of the Royal Borders Bridge

I walked along the edge of the river and then to the area near the lighthouse, where it was very misty

Up on the cliffs, I saw a Linnet on a wire fence

and Reed Buntings - female and or juveniles

and a Male Reed Bunting

Swallow flying along at almost ground level

Fantastic cloud-filled sky with the lighthouse in the far distance

 It was getting late by now, so I headed back to my mobile home accommodation