Durham Birding (5 Viewers)

Ray.Scott · Sep 23, 2008

Spent a few hours at RM's hide today:
Plenty of the regular geese, mallards etc + 5 snipe, 1 grey heron, 1 kestrel, 4 little grebe, 7 wigeon, 1 LBB gull, 2 cormorant, 1 kingfisher, 1 water rail and small flock of golden plover flew over the pond. Also 1 wren just outside the hide.
Loads of lapwings, some of which kept flushing the snipe.
Not sure about the white goose, It flew in with a large flock of greylags.

Ray.Scott · Sep 23, 2008

RM's Continued

And a few that were grounded.

FoghornKinghorn · Sep 23, 2008

Scuzz said:
Spent a few hours at RM's hide today:
Plenty of the regular geese, mallards etc + 5 snipe, 1 grey heron, 1 kestrel, 4 little grebe, 7 wigeon, 1 LBB gull, 2 cormorant, 1 kingfisher, 1 water rail and small flock of golden plover flew over the pond. Also 1 wren just outside the hide.
Loads of lapwings, some of which kept flushing the snipe.
Not sure about the white goose, It flew in with a large flock of greylags.

Yeah, it's a domesticated goose apparantly.:t:

degsy_safc · Sep 23, 2008

Kinghorn the bird brain. said:
Yeah, it's a domesticated goose apparantly.:t:

Does that mean it can do the washing up and ironing

FoghornKinghorn · Sep 23, 2008

degsy_safc said:
Does that mean it can do the washing up and ironing

:-O Yeah, that's why I keep finding ironed material on the water, it's been nothing but bother since it came, It could at least clean out the hide for me!:-O Thanks:t::-O

degsy_safc · Sep 23, 2008

Kinghorn the bird brain. said:
:-O Yeah, that's why I keep finding ironed material on the water, it's been nothing but bother since it came, It could at least clean out the hide for me!:-O Thanks:t::-O

hehe- just leave a brush and dustpan in the corner - it'll be spick and span next time you visit :-O

FoghornKinghorn · Sep 23, 2008

degsy_safc said:
hehe- just leave a brush and dustpan in the corner - it'll be spick and span next time you visit :-O

Hmmmmmm or would some of the local chiff chav's destroy it.:-O

StevieEvans · Sep 23, 2008

Scuzz said:
Spent a few hours at RM's hide today:
Plenty of the regular geese, mallards etc + 5 snipe, 1 grey heron, 1 kestrel, 4 little grebe, 7 wigeon, 1 LBB gull, 2 cormorant, 1 kingfisher, 1 water rail and small flock of golden plover flew over the pond. Also 1 wren just outside the hide.
Loads of lapwings, some of which kept flushing the snipe.
Not sure about the white goose, It flew in with a large flock of greylags.

goose in pic IV is interesting too.....
nice to see the water finally dropping.... good chance of getting a Jack Snipe out & about around the waters edge over next few weeks

Ray.Scott · Sep 24, 2008

StevieEvans said:
goose in pic IV is interesting too..

I thought that was a Canada goose, am I wrong ?.

StevieEvans · Sep 24, 2008

Scuzz said:
StevieEvans said:

goose in pic IV is interesting too..

I thought that was a Canada goose, am I wrong ?.

Click to expand...

Your not entirely wrong Ray........ but not entirely right either.....:h?:

Ray.Scott · Sep 24, 2008

StevieEvans said:
Scuzz said:

Your not entirely wrong Ray........ but not entirely right either.....:h?:

Click to expand...

Thanks Steve :t:, that's made things perfectly clear .
It's hard work trying to get the straight species right, let alone the varied cross breeds etc, :eek!:
It's just mind boggling at times :-O.

JWTodd · Sep 24, 2008

Warning

Change to pick up arrangements for the Northumberland field trip
(Sunday 5th September 2008)

The coach will leave Sherburn at 08:00 sharp and Durham at 08:10 sharp.

We will not be able to wait for any latecomers.

Heworth pick up will now be at 08:40

This is due to the Great North Run being on the same day as the Northumberland trip.

Please contact the Field Secretary if you have a problem

IanF · Sep 24, 2008

JWTodd said:
Change to pick up arrangements for the Northumberland field trip

(Sunday 5th September 2008)

The coach will leave Sherburn at 08:00 sharp and Durham at 08:10 sharp.

We will not be able to wait for any latecomers.

Heworth pick up will now be at 08:40

This is due to the Great North Run being on the same day as the Northumberland trip.

Please contact the Field Secretary if you have a problem

May have missed the bus there John 8-P

Is it not 5th October instead?

StevieEvans · Sep 24, 2008

Houghton area Local Patch.. & beyond....

Some very good local patch birding today in NZ34/35, mostly Houghton/Hetton Study areas, but also forays into Ch-le-Street, South Hetton & deepest darkest Haswell.......:eek!:

Highlights from a couple of observers being:-

Hen Harrier, Common Buzzard, Peregrine, Short-eared Owl, Ring necked Parakeet
Ruff, Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Pink footed Goose, Ruddy Duck
Redwing, Twite, Redstart, Whitethroat, Stonechat, Kingfisher etc

Further details on DBC Forum later.

JWTodd · Sep 24, 2008

You got mr there Ian.
Yes, it's the 5th October 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by JWTodd

Change to pick up arrangements for the Northumberland field trip

(Sunday 5th September 2008)

The coach will leave Sherburn at 08:00 sharp and Durham at 08:10 sharp.

We will not be able to wait for any latecomers.

Heworth pick up will now be at 08:40

This is due to the Great North Run being on the same day as the Northumberland trip.

Please contact the Field Secretary if you have a problem

May have missed the bus there John 8-P

Is it not 5th October instead?

IanF · Sep 24, 2008

Zinc Works Road - pm - migrant bushes behind dunes Pied Flycatcher and Goldcrest on north side.

On south side - Goldcrest x2, Redwing x1. Apparently a pair of Sparrowhawks had taken two further Goldcrest just prior to my arrival.

Quite a few dragonflies there as well - Common Hawker, Mirgant Hawker and Common Darter.

Seaton Channel - Red-breasted Merganser x9, Eider Duck x2, Oystercatcher c.20, Redshank c.12, Wigeon x1.

Power station field - Grey Partidge x4

Seaton Common - Curlew c.15 & Kestrel x1.

A Yellow-browed Warbler reported at Hartlepool Headland this morning.

Ray.Scott · Sep 24, 2008

A few from Hartlepool headland today:
The main bird life was seen at the bridge leading to Seaton Carew.
Ringed plover, oyster catchers, sanderling, turnstones, red shank, purple sandpiper and the odd LBB and herring gull.

Not a good day, bird or weather wise :C.

Jumpin 4 Joy · Sep 25, 2008

Haven't been on here for a while so didn't mention the pair of very late yellow wagtails I saw at my local patch last week.

IanF · Sep 25, 2008

Zinc Works Road migrant bushes this morning - Goldcrest x4, Garden Warbler and Merlin sat on fence posts above. Grey Partridge x4 again on power station field.

Greatham Creek - Black-tailed Godwit x9, Ruff x1.

Still plenty of dragonflies at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park - Common Hawker, loads of Migrant Hawker and Common Darter. Quite a few Ruddy Darter and Black Darter as well plus a few damselfly.

Ray.Scott · Sep 25, 2008

Rainton Meadows

Spent a few hours today:

more or less the same as the other day with a few ruff flying about, one of which came near the hide, that is until a lapwing chased it. Still a few snipe about + wigeon, also the kingfisher flew accross the pond.

Called at Joe's pond: Apart from the regular tufties etc, 1 Pochard.

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