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Far Pastures & Blackburn Fell

Started my new summer contract last week. Have just had two days off so made the most of them. The Blackcaps & Willow Warbler were taken at Far Pastures the Wheatears where at Blackburn Fell.
 

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good day for photography!

Only thing to report today was a movement of 100+ wheatears threw ravensworth fell, decided to have a day of photography instead? little bit of a warm up as i had a photo shoot this afternoon at the farm (horses).
cheers
steve :t:
 

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Quality not numbers!

Quality not numbers is a way of describing todays outing! was joined by Mouldy today as we headed off to burdon moor, power of suggestion struck again as i asked alan (mouldy) ''have you had ring ouzel in gateshead yet'' to which he replied ''no'' but 30 seconds later alan said ''ring ouzel in top field'' i got my bins onto a striking male ring ouzel ''get in matey well spotted'' i replied. The power of suggestion strikes again!!! more wheatears in area aswell and had my first house martin of the year at lamsley, next we went to see how the tawny nest was doing only to discover that there is 2 chicks in the nest now! also some good red kite action in the woods as we watched 2 birds possibly looking for suitable nest site? 62 species seen today.
cheers
steve :t:
 

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Aye, a canny little outing Steve, cheers.
Lovely shot of the tawny chick, mine came out ok (for me) but obviously my zoom being a tad less expensive than yours (ie being built into the camera) it's a no contest in comparison. The ouzel was a beaut, best view I've had of one in quite some time, and like you said, a borough first for me. Was great to see all those blackcaps around, 3 in one bush was a record I think, and the willowy song of the willow warbler everywhere, great stuff.
Nowt further to add except to say the brambling was back on the feeder again this afternoon, otherwise too windy/overcast for any decent skywatching.
See ya later

A.
 
low barns on sunday.........got my first brambling, first chiffchaff & first black cap,could only manage to get a half decent pic of the brambling, the others were way up in the tree tops.......
was well pleased............
 

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One Man and His Dog said:
Quality not numbers is a way of describing todays outing! was joined by Mouldy today as we headed off to burdon moor, power of suggestion struck again as i asked alan (mouldy) ''have you had ring ouzel in gateshead yet'' to which he replied ''no'' but 30 seconds later alan said ''ring ouzel in top field'' i got my bins onto a striking male ring ouzel ''get in matey well spotted'' i replied. The power of suggestion strikes again!!! more wheatears in area aswell and had my first house martin of the year at lamsley, next we went to see how the tawny nest was doing only to discover that there is 2 chicks in the nest now! also some good red kite action in the woods as we watched 2 birds possibly looking for suitable nest site? 62 species seen today.
cheers
steve :t:
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Great shots of the ring ouzel Steve were they on the fell? Would you send me a pm of the location of the tawny's as I am off one day this week and would love to get some shots.

Cheers Ron
 
drexyl said:
low barns on sunday.........got my first brambling, first chiffchaff & first black cap,could only manage to get a half decent pic of the brambling, the others were way up in the tree tops.......
was well pleased............
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That list must be grown now! nice shots, been a while since my last visit to low barns? great place.
cheers
steve :t:
 
Ron Hindhaugh said:
Great shots of the ring ouzel Steve were they on the fell? Would you send me a pm of the location of the tawny's as I am off one day this week and would love to get some shots.

Cheers Ron
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hi ron
yes ring ouzel was on the fell, but they dont hang around? they just usually pass threw the tops feeding on the way, heading to the breeding grounds. Best bet is to check the gorse bushes on top road? as for the tawny, unfortunatley its in a private wood on farmland with no public access and the owner isnt the most pleasant fellow!
cheers
steve :t:
 
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river derwent

short walk along the derwent this afternoon produced a few blackcaps/willow warblers/chiffchaffs/grey wagtails/dippers and a couple of gooseanders, no kingfishers though.
cheers
steve :t:
 

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Tawny nest update!

One chick has started branching! i eventually found the adult bird keeping a close eye on me, boardwalk closed at shibdon pond until further notice? pitty, was hoping for a sedge/reed warbler soon?
cheers
steve :t:
 

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One Man and His Dog said:
That list must be grown now! nice shots, been a while since my last visit to low barns? great place.
cheers
steve :t:
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Aye steve, my list is slowly growing...it still wouldn't even put a dent in yours though...
will be out all weekend again looking for a few more, not sure where yet....
 
New year tick!

new year tick today thanks to a text from george (derwent7) B :)
cheers
george :t:
common sandpiper at shibdon pond this am, then at 7:30am the bird flew high and north not to be seen again :-C
Bumped in to ron at burdon moor :t: still a few wheatears about and thats about it? full morning out tomorrow! theres hope for something good? maybe a couple of new warblers for me over weekend, would be nice :eek!:
cheers
steve :t:
 

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There's hope for something good?

There's hope for something good, i think i said? well something good has appeared! Black scoter at bamburgh will do fine, thats where im off to in morning, providing the fellow hangs around til then? fingers crossed :eek!: let you know how i get on? finally a twitch is on!!!
cheers
steve :t:
 
A day out of gateshead?

went for the black scoter this morning, ''ticked'' new lifer for me.
worked my way back down the coast stopping of at a few of northumberlands best sites, finished the day at 12:30pm and managed to tick off 80 species (not bad). Birds of interest were ie: birds not easy for gateshead!
Black scoter
common scoter
shag
eider
turnstone
purple sandpiper
long tailed duck
red breasted merganser
guillemot
razorbill
puffin
red throated diver
sandwich tern
stonechat
gadwall
marsh harrier
great crested grebe
grasshopper warbler
avocet
cheers
steve :t:

photo 1,2,3 - grasshopper warbler at druridge pools
 

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Heres a digiscoped shot of black scoter taken in very poor light at distance.
cheers
steve :t:

photo 1:black scoter digiscoped - photo 2:shot taken with a 400mm lens
 

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2 new year ticks

2 new warblers today - 4 x whitethroats and a single sedge warbler, sedge was at birtley reed beds and 2 x whitethroats were at burdon moor, whilst the other 2 were at birtley reed beds. Had 2 x roe deer at shibdon and 2 x ringed plover at derwenthaugh staithes, cuckoo was seen at bradley fell taken the gateshead list to 114. Back out in morning to do the rounds, what could be next on the list?
cheers
steve :t:
 

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