Gill Osborne's 2014 List (1 Viewer)

Gill Osborne

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• Aug 28, 2014

• #21

Thursday 8th May
Flying across A1, just past MetroCentre

97: Cuckoo


Sunday 15th June
Boulmer


98: Fulmar

 

Gill Osborne

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• Aug 28, 2014

• #22

July 2014

1st ~ Druridge Pools

99: Black-tailed Godwit
100: Spoonbill


3rd ~ Alwinton

101: Wheatear
102: Common Sandpiper
103: Crossbill
104: Grey Wagtail


6th ~ East Chevington

105: Marsh Harrier - male food passing to female then three young
flew up to join them.
106: Sandwich Tern
107: Arctic Tern
108: Reed Warbler
109: Puffin - offshore in Druridge Bay

Cresswell Pond

110: Little Egret - one flew overhead as I got out of car!
111: Avocet
112: Sedge Warbler
113: Snipe
114: Little Gull
115: Tree Sparrow
116: Whitethroat

 

Gill Osborne

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• Aug 28, 2014

• #23

Thursday 17th July
Low Newton

117: Yellow Wagtail


Friday 18th July
High Newton & Beadnell Tern Colony

118: Greenshank
119: Little Tern

Also...my very first Dark Green Fritillary butterflies.


Thursday 24th July
Low Newton

120: Little Ringed Plover
121: Wood Sandpiper

 

Gill Osborne

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• Aug 28, 2014

• #24

Wednesday 13th August
Amble Harbour

122: CASPIAN GULL*Lifer No. 225*:loveme:


Cresswell Pond

123: Knot
124: Barn Owl


Druridge Pools

125: Spotted Redshank

 

Gill Osborne

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• Sep 8, 2014

• #25

Monday 8th September
Hadston

126: Wryneck *Lifer No. 226*:loveme:

At 1.55pm I heard about this bird and it being something of an almost-mythical bird to me I just HAD to nip down the road to Hadston on the off-chance that it was still around. Forgot all about the roadworks blocking half of Alnwick and then once I did escape I ended up behind a tourist driving at 30mph on a 60mph road!!!! Thankfully they pulled off at Warkworth....only for me to end up behind a tractor!!!!!
But eventually I escaped all the slow folk and arrived at Hadston and my spirits lifted when I saw a fellow birder watching something on the beach. He told me the Wryneck was still showing well (my two favourite words when it's a Lifer involved!) on the patch of waste ground next to the boat yard and there it was....on the ground in full view and I had some amazing views for a good 20 minutes before I had to leave. Fabulous birds with positively sublime markings.....it had me itching to draw it in pastels or conte crayon!

 

Last edited: Sep 8, 2014

Gill Osborne

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #26

Wednesday 10th September
Cresswell Pond

127: Golden Plover

 

Gill Osborne

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• Sep 27, 2014

• #27

Saturday 27th September
Hulne Park, Alnwick

Decided to spend a few hours exploring the red route *4.7 miles* as I've been mulling over the idea of having the park as my local patch.

128: Goldcrest
129: Mistle Thrush
130: Kingfisher
131: Dipper
132: Great Spotted Woodpecker

Butterflies still around = Red Admiral & Speckled Wood and two sightings of an unidentified white.

1 Red Squirrel in oak tree

Yew trees positively dripping in berries, beech with a good crop but oak seem to be a bit thin on the acorn front this year. Very pleasant 4.5hrs walk :t:

 

Gill Osborne

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• Nov 11, 2014

• #28

Friday 23rd October
Boulmer

133: Sanderling

 

Gill Osborne

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• Nov 11, 2014

• #29

Monday 10th November
Amble harbour

134: Rock Pipit


Also...Mediterranean Gull on rock. Not usual bird but another individual with a silver ring on left leg. Female Eider observed diving and coming up with a small Common Starfish which she then proceeded to eat.

 

Gill Osborne

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• Dec 26, 2014

• #30

26th December
Seahouses Harbour

135: Black-necked Grebe
136: Purple Sandpiper


Had a quick peek through my Year List and there's a few very embarrassing omissions!!! :eek!: Brent Goose...Fieldfare AND Redwing...Grey Plover...Stock Dove!!!! Have I been walking around with my eyes closed for most of the year? :smoke: Never mind.....still got five days left to find stuff and three of those are days off work or, as in Sunday, early finishes at 9am

 

Gill Osborne

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• Dec 28, 2014

• #31

Sunday 28th December
Maiden's Hall Lake

137: Pink-footed Goose
138: Taiga Bean Goose

 

Gill Osborne

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• Dec 31, 2014

• #32

Wednesday 31st December
Hedgeley Pools

139: Barnacle Goose


Field just outside Eglingham

140: Fieldfare
141: Redwing


Dark now so that's it for 2014 :king: Not a bad year despite some glaring omissions (redstart anyone? :eek! but at least it means I can make more of an effort to not repeat my mistakes in 2015