Nobbys Point is a notable Newcastle landmark – a lighthouse and breakwater which guards the southern approach to the Hunter. In the right conditions it can be a good place for birding. Unfortunately on our first visit this trip, last Sunday, it poured with rain and we had to retreat. Yesterday the weather was better and we made it to the end of the breakwater before the high tide washed over us. Birding was quiet with only one shore bird – Sooty Oystercatcher – a handful of ‘Wedgies’ (Wedge-tailed Shearwater) and three tern species: Little, Crested and Common. The latter of course looks nothing like the Common Tern we are familiar with in Norfolk, with black bill and dark legs. I did see a presumed ‘Eastern Common Tern’ at Cley back in August 2014. The only other bird of note was a singing Blue-faced Honeyeater in the garden in Wallsend.