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  1. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    shelduck is a good find at watergate i have never seen one there:t:
  2. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    as always had some good crack derek:t: Wouldn’t say there was no problems not when you took your kit off and streaked around the pond that was funny but the scissor jumps were a bit OTT :-O
  3. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    common crane at lamesley common as of now
  4. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    wherever a lay my hat and i thought i looked dashing 3:-) anyway found this chap today looks like a very yellow willow warb or is it?? checked to causey arch for the spotted fly but no sign of him yet but it was the 9th may last year so we be back at the weekend..
  5. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    no way it was a pound coin i would have been looking for it as well:-O no we were planting wild flowers. the place is going to be the birding center of durham:t: and with the new carpet in the hide its a shame i had shoes on instead of my slippers;)
  6. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    castle lake yesterday at castle lake
  7. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    Red-rumped Swallow at Far Pasture NR seen today by mouldy:t:
  8. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    having a blast Down blast beach this morning 7 till 10 4 whitethroats, 4 grasshopper warblers reeling 1 ring ouzel on far side of stubble field and 2 more in hawthorn quarry Sparrowhawk and green woodpecker over our heads 3 hares in the quarry I was well pleased with yet another...
  9. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    got this grasshopper warb at marsden quarry this morning
  10. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    sounds too good to miss:t:
  11. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    the police "sending out an SOS" After recent escapades with local gunslingers maybe we should put a few police phone numbers in our mobiles. Pulled these off the web. 01429 221151 Hartlepool 0191 454 7555 Northumbria 0345 60 60 365 Durham You don’t have to square up to them or do any heroics’...
  12. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    naw not deeing the board race man i never git a whole day off:t:
  13. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    blast them to jail At blast beach this morning at 7(had a lie in;)) at lease 8 wheatears and the trees were full of willow warbs was expecting the weather to be wet as per the bbc weather website but no nice and bright all morning. all the usual birds there reed bunts yellowhammer linnet...
  14. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    dont go on them moors Just for a change we were up at the crack of;).. for a look over the moors we were well pleased when we seen that last years ouzels were back in there territory just east of Stanhope we watched the male dog fighting with a lapwing. couple of goosander and grey wag on the...
  15. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    where from? 2 farm yard geese at lamesley tonight along with 5 canadas. one almost all white and the other with white neck and head anyone seen them about..think i seen some like it at saltholme a while back
  16. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    red kite this morning. is that something in its gob?
  17. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    i see one of the gateshead lads at the back:t:
  18. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    fools gold Had a dash around my local patch today as we have been playing away for the last few days :eek!:! so straight up to washingwell woods to top up feeders bullfinch and G/S woody came off the feeders as we got closer still 10 or so siskin’s hanging about the pair of jays were also...
  19. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    it as if you took my camera:-O i had a great morning on sunday around weardale area. i was on my "jack jones" for a change and with not a cloud in the sky and very little wind:t:.got to bollihope at 1st light and i think my 60ft shadow may have been putting the birds off i bit:eek!:best birds...
  20. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    yeah bollihope is just west of hill end. just try in the quarry:t:
  21. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    few pics from today bollihope area:t:
  22. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    waxy snap here is yesterdays merlin eating prey
  23. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    forgot about john just pm`ed him
  24. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    Picked up waxy for a trip over to hamsterley and the moors 1st raptor seen over the A1M at Chester le street nice sparrowhawk next up was a kestrel then a little owl sitting on top of a farm house at hamsterley. We had a ½ hour looking for a goshawk but we deem it too cold and overcastted seen...
  25. will@bill

    Durham Birding

    blue?looks happy to me;)
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