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Durham Birding
Decent numbers of sand martin and swallows along Durham coastline this afternoon -
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Durham Birding
Great images DCJ - easily the best of the species that I have ever seen from that location. Your level of fieldcraft must be incredible to be able to get close enough to capture such fantastic detail. Even though your tadger was frozen solid you still managed to keep the camera steady. I'm... -
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Durham Birding
Purple heron Luckily I got to the Phil Stead hide for it opening on Thursday. Within minutes of opening the shutters Adam had spotted the bird on the far left of the ponds. Unfortunately light levels were pretty dire at 8.20am (and remained that way most of the day) (For the photographers) -... -
Durham Birding
Picked the bird up flying past pylon and low across pond in front of Phil stead hide. Bird then flew low down entrance road mobbed by a crow. Looked certain to cross over to Dormans again but no show up until 4pm ish. -
Durham Birding
About the same number of times you have been to RM this year then :) In fact that's about the same number of times you've actually been anywhere local :) :) -
Durham Birding
Perhaps if I had let the Rainton Meadows anaconda loose on the guys above they would have made a quick exit. Eel caught by (and finally released by) the cormorant yesterday afternoon on pond 2 -
Durham Birding
Coming to a pond near you. Now those people who visit the freezer at Rainton Meadows will agree it isn't the best of hides. Not only is it cold and windy but it is also the hang out for yobs on a night time. Even though the yobs are a pain in the neck and a constant nuisance to the birds they... -
Durham Birding
Bird forum doesn't run a "Ban one get two more free" scheme you know Andrew. 3:-) -
Durham Birding
Of course a half decent photo would have made ID easier especially as I didn't see the bird. ;) I knew the bird began with the letter r but the the jizz in the photo had me baffled. -
Durham Birding
It visited the hide two days running (Sunday & Monday) - actually coming into and walking around the walls of the hide. -
Durham Birding
RM Freezer today. For a fraction of a split second (not even long enough to frame the shot) this cuckoo landed on a post in front of the hide before flying into the trees on the opposite bank. -
Durham Birding
Still there this afternoon. It appeared to be having a "fair ole" time with the greylags. -
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Durham Birding
We'll let you know when we find anything Klingon - after all, as a full blooded ticker we know your time is precious and you can't affort to waste any actually looking for birds ;) ;) ;) ;) -
Durham Birding
I was in from 9am to 11.15am with nothing of note other than what you listed above. -
Durham Birding
Nice to see you putting another stint in (what was) the blast freezer today Andy ;) -
Durham Birding
Close on 20 people visiting the freezer today for the temminck's went away happy. -
Durham Birding
Yes - 2 stints at RM from around 11.30am. One frequently straight in front of the hide giving people good opportunities for views and photos. Both still present at 4pm when I left. -
Durham Birding
Both re-appeared around 11am and still there at 4.30pm -
Durham Birding
Anything that helps warm you up in the freezer works for me ;) -
Durham Birding
And why did we even bother with the bittern, common sandpiper, dunlin, egyptian goose or golden plover. It's so sh!te I'll not even mention the ruff, little stint, little ringed plover, ringed plover, buzzard, various warblers, white and yellow wagtail, leucistic herring gull, wood sandpiper or... -
Durham Birding
And it was hardly worth the walk to the hide for the green sandpiper, iceland gull, med gull, yellow legged gull or scaup.