Girdleness + St Fittick's Park
Tuesday 18 June 2024
After school, one of my sisters had to go for her highland dancing show so my Mum, my Dad, my other sister and I all went to Girdleness since it was warm and sunny. When we neared Girdleness we had to take St Fittick's Road since the gates had closed for the other road. We parked the carpark nearest the lighthouse. We got out the car and it was very windy! The others were too cold so the stayed in the car while I stayed outside. Many Gannets were quite close to shore (<300m). There was also a huge auk movement with flocks of around 100 Guillemots passing almost constantly. A few dolphins were also around and many Kittiwakes were also flying around. We soon realised it was too windy so we went to the nearby Saint Fittick's Park, a community park with a playground, a wetland and a mixed forest. When we parked, we very quickly found a whitethroat that was flight displaying and singing from a hedge near the old churchyard. We started walking towards the wetlands hearing a Blackcap singing from deep in a tree and a few Mallards on some of the pools. We then walked into the coniferous part of the forest, where we heard two Song Thrushes and another Blackcap. Once we got out of the forest we saw two more Whitethroats and a beautiful summer male Linnet on a fence. We thought it was a nice way to end the outing since we were near the car anyways.
A beautiful rainbow scene over the North Sea
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