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Julie Hogg · Sep 27, 2012

Free to a good home ...

Having a tidy out. The following magazines are available free to a good home, but must collect from Durham area by 20 October (or they go for recycling!). Most are in reasonable condition, although a few are a bit tatty!

Julie Hogg

Birdwatching
2006-2011 (complete)

Birdwatch
2006-2011 (complete)

Please email j.d.hogg at tees.ac.uk (replacing 'at' with @) if you are interested in taking any of the above off my hands!

IanF · Sep 27, 2012

Seaton Common - am - Bar-tailed Godwit x5.

Migrant bushes - RB Flycatcher in south side bushes, Redstart x3, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff x2, Blackcap x3 (2m, 1f), LTT c.15, Whinchat x2, GSW x2, Song Thrush x3, Linnet c.30, Goldfinch c.150, Siskin x5.

Barnacle Geese flocks 28 & 34 flew over heading south & west.

Golf course - Little Stint x4, Pec. Sandpiper, Ruff, Bar-tailed Godwit x5, Sparrowhawk x1, Ringed Plover.

The Sparrowhawk flushed the Pec Sand early afternoon and it flew off towards North Gare but not relocated.

A single colour ringed Curlew was on Seaton Common - ringed Seal Sands 1991.

Ringed Seal Sands on 7th September 1991 as a juvenile bird (BTO ring no. FC48911). The bird remained using Seal Sands & Seaton Common throughout the winter and when over-summering and moulting during 1992 as a first summer.* Sightings would suggest it emigrated in it’s second summer sometime after 22nd March 1993, returning by 5th July.* Thereafter it was generally recorded on Seal Sands during the late summer/autumn (July - August) and then again late winter (January – March, once in April; 11th in 1995).* Since our team was disbanded at the University in late 2001, the few observations made were by the two of us, largely of the bird foraging on Seaton Common in autumn and winter.* You were last to report the bird, on Seaton Common on 22nd March 2008. Then again on 27/02/2012, 13/04/2012 and now 27/09/2012.

IanF · Sep 28, 2012

North Gare road - am - Bar-tailed Godwit x5, Grey Partridge x1, three colour-ringed Curlew, Wheatear x2, Dunlin x4, Snipe c.20.

Zinc Works Road - migrant bushes - Redstart x3, Blackcap x2, Redwing in with Song Thrush x5, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk. Several flights of Linnet, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Sand Martin, Swallow moving south.

Hartlepool Headland - Borough Hall Gdns/Putting Green - Yellow-browed Warbler, Chiffchaff, Garden Wabler, Goldcrest, Lesser Whitethroat, Redstart x3, Song Thrush x2, Blacakcap pair, Sparrowhawk.

Old Cemetery Road - Long-eared Owl x1 being mobbed by Magpie x5 and a Crow.

Seaton golf course driving range - Bar-tailed Godwit x1, Little Stint x2.

Ray.Scott · Sep 28, 2012

South Shields today:
Round the Pier area, eider, cormorant, shag, oyster catcher, turnstone, single rock pipit. Couldn't coninue along the pier as gates locked.
Sandhaven beach: single snow bunting, 2 wheatear, small flock goldfinch and linnets and distant whinchat.
Trow Quarry: little owl seen flying along the quarry wall, a couple of meadow pipits and 2 distant kestrel.
Common seal seen at Frenchmans bay + more eider.

Couple of short videos of the Snow Bunting and Wheatear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s46JRfgkDRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoC3kqCkqWI

Ray.Scott · Sep 28, 2012

Couple more from today, of the snow bunting.

Ray.Scott · Sep 30, 2012

Low Barns

willow, coal, great, blue tit, GS woodpecker, dunnock, chaffinch, goldfinch, siskin, nuthatch, robin, pheasant, which all cleared when the sparrow hawk flew through the main feeding station.
Mute swan, grey heron, cormorant, at least 3 kingfisher, mallards etc, and similar birds as mentioned around the feeders from the West hide.
Not much else of note around the resetve apart from green woodpecker, which was seen flying as I walked round. Was also seen by Hill's from the West hide.
Nice bumping into Hillary and a few others :t:.

Ray.Scott · Sep 30, 2012

Few more from Low Barnes, yesterday.

Ray.Scott · Sep 30, 2012

And a few of the kingfisher from the West hide.

waxyplumer · Sep 30, 2012

Garden First!

As this hastily taken picture ,through the window and rain, shows, Ring Necked Parakeets have arrived in Jarrow! A pair stopped briefly at the feeders at around 7.30am today.

simmojunior · Oct 1, 2012

Common Seal was a huge surprise on a walk by the Wear about 2.5 miles north east of the city centre this morning. Also present was a Kingfisher, Dipper, 3 Goosander, Willow Warbler and Buzzard.

IanF · Oct 1, 2012

Saltholme west pond - Pintail x2, Golden Plover c.50, Dunlin x12.

Phil Stead Hide - 9.00am - Marsh Harrier male, Great Spotted Woodpecker x2. Heron catching voles.

Seaton Snook - am - Brent Goose x1 on beach again.

Power Station field - passage of Lesser Redpoll, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Siskin, Goldfinch. Peregrine over power station.

Seaton Common - Whinchat x3, Stonechat x2, Kestrel x2.

Ray.Scott · Oct 2, 2012

Couple of cold hours in RM's freezer today.
Not much about in terms of waders as water level to high.
single common snipe, flock lapwing, 4 cormorant, 4 little grebe, grey heron, 3 shoveler, kestrel over, quite a few mute swans/signets, loads of coots and the other usual ducks.
Not sure about Image one scaup or tufty !?.

seggs · Oct 3, 2012

waxyplumer said:
As this hastily taken picture ,through the window and rain, shows, Ring Necked Parakeets have arrived in Jarrow! A pair stopped briefly at the feeders at around 7.30am today.

Nice one Waxy in Jarra!:t:

2slo · Oct 3, 2012

Hamsterley moor a.m.

Appalling weather, almost sleet, but plenty of Red Grouse to be seen, I counted fourteen. Male and female seen here:

Ray.Scott · Oct 3, 2012

Hartlepool/Teesside today

The headland: 2 rock pipit, 5 pied wagtails, 3 guillemot, curlew, 1 med, gull and the usual cormorants etc.
Nothing much at North Gare access road other than a few curlew, meadow pipits, goldfinch, teal, wigeon, grey heron and good number of distant gulls.
An hour at the Phil Stead hide. sparrow hawk at far side of pond trying to catch snipe, kestrel, 2 little egret, little grebe, grey heron hunting at the far left of the hide, teal wigeon etc.

IanF · Oct 3, 2012

RSPB Saltholme - am - 200+ Geese flew in from north,east and west - all Greylag and Canadas heading to Saltholme Pools after feeding on marsh/stubble fields overnight.

Phil Stead Hide only visited - very quiet apart from Snipe c.30, Teal, Wigeon, Gadwdall, Shoveler. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Greenfinch x12 and Goldfinch c.20 in trees beside hide. Very brief view of a Water Rail. Little Egret x1.

Best sightings were of a Common Buzzard and a Green Woodpecker. The Buzzard appeared from the north over the Brinefields and soared above pylons and headed towards Seal Sands. The Green Woodpecker appeared to be a juvenile. It flew past the front of hide at around 11.45 from direction of fire station to rear of workshops.

IanF · Oct 4, 2012

Dormans Pool - am - Marsh Harrier.

North Gare Road - Bar-tailed Godwit x2, Curlew x12, Whinchat x2, Stonechat x2.

Zinc Works Road/Power Station Field - vismig continued with small numbers of Redpoll, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Linnet, Greenfinch. Also singles of Siskin & Tree Sparrow. Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel x2 & Merlin. Several skeins of geese way out over the bay seen from over Hartlepool right down to South Gare too high and too distant to ID. Also several Great Tit and Blue Tit.

RSPB Saltholme - Phil Stead Hide - Water Rail, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard sp. x3 very distant views high above Cowpen Marsh/Greenabella.

West pond - Black-tailed Godwit x.10, Dunlin c.10, Golden Plover c.300.

Ray.Scott · Oct 5, 2012

Clara Vale & Far Pastures today:
great, coal, willow, blue and LT tits, blackbird, greenfinch, goldfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch, dunnock, pheasant, nuthatch, robin, wren, siskin, sparrow hawk through and green woodpecker heard at Clara Vale. Also grey squirrel, rabit, and roe deer.
No sign of any kingfisher during my stay.

Little grebe, green sandpiper, snipe, 2 water rail, one seen briefly as it fled into the reeds and the other heard, flock of LT tits passing through.
Also 2 otter reported seen on the 2nd October.

Ray.Scott · Oct 5, 2012

Couple more includind distant shot of the green sandpiper.

Ron Hindhaugh · Oct 6, 2012

Great shots Ray. Nice to see you again yesterday.

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