JBee
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I think It's because, they can't believe what they are seeing, they've never seen anything that horrible:-O:-O.
I normally try and catch them when they are looking at Ray.
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I normally try and catch them when they are looking at Ray.
rentoncharman
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I'll stand between you two and the birds next time - should be guaranteed good shots!!
IanF
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IanF
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Hartlepool Headland - am - Sandwich Tern still present, Purple Sandpiper x2.
Seaton Common (North Gare) - Black-tailed Godwit x3, Goldfinch c.100, Teal, Wigeon, Grey Heron.
Zinc Works Road - Merlin sat on Common 100m north of last layby, Curlew c.50, Kestrel x2.
Seaton Snook for high tide (12:30) - Grey Plover c.40 (one colour ringed 1999-2001), Knot c.30, Bar-tailed Godwit x3, Dunlin c.40, Ringed Plover x7, Redshank c.30, Red-breasted Merganser x1.
Seaton Common (North Gare) - Black-tailed Godwit x3, Goldfinch c.100, Teal, Wigeon, Grey Heron.
Zinc Works Road - Merlin sat on Common 100m north of last layby, Curlew c.50, Kestrel x2.
Seaton Snook for high tide (12:30) - Grey Plover c.40 (one colour ringed 1999-2001), Knot c.30, Bar-tailed Godwit x3, Dunlin c.40, Ringed Plover x7, Redshank c.30, Red-breasted Merganser x1.
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durham giant
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I've noticed large flocks of twenty-fifty + of Curlews and a whimbrel was tagging along today (Well it was about ten cm smaller)
Seo
Rushed to Hartlypool Northgate Just after finishing my work to catch a glimpse of SEO. Met Scuzz and Jabee who already had their Sigmonsters set up. I was lucky to see my fist SEO and the second the same day. I have some photos to prove it!! :t: It was a very entertaining evening.:-O:-
Rushed to Hartlypool Northgate Just after finishing my work to catch a glimpse of SEO. Met Scuzz and Jabee who already had their Sigmonsters set up. I was lucky to see my fist SEO and the second the same day. I have some photos to prove it!! :t: It was a very entertaining evening.:-O:-
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JBee
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Well done beetlejuice - very nice photos.
It's extremely entertaining just watching scuzz try to take a photo :-O
FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
Birds can fly after they have died! :-O he he Sorry I couldn't resist.
I know it acctualy means it was ringed in between thoose years but I really couldn't resist that little joke. Great that you got the ring number IanF:t:
Hopefully I will meet you tommorow. I am the very good looking 16 year old lad.
Hope I get to chat to you if you are going on the Salthome trip tommorow.:t:
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FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
What do you think we are - magicians?
I think I should be called "kinghorn the slow brain!" I just got the joke from Yesterday. About the connection with merlin and magic.:-O
JBee
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Do you really want to be saying that on a predominantly male forum :-O :-OHopefully I will meet you tommorow. I am the very good looking 16 year old lad.
:smoke:
JBee
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Of course they can - how else could the Chinese make Kentucky flied chicken? :t:
FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
Do you really want to be saying that on a predominantly male forum :-O :-O
ha ha ha ha good point!:-O I didn't mean it in that way though Jbee.
Ray.Scott
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A few from North Gare, taken yesterday afternoon.
Went down again hoping to get different angled shots of the owls, 2 of which eventually showed around 4.30ish, they're getting later, but well worth the wait.
Other birds included curlew, mallards, various gulls, black tailed godwit, kestrel, mute swan, lapwing.
Nice meeting Collin Sev and beetlebug :t:.
Well done with the photo's beetlebug :t:
Went down again hoping to get different angled shots of the owls, 2 of which eventually showed around 4.30ish, they're getting later, but well worth the wait.
Other birds included curlew, mallards, various gulls, black tailed godwit, kestrel, mute swan, lapwing.
Nice meeting Collin Sev and beetlebug :t:.
Well done with the photo's beetlebug :t:
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FoghornKinghorn
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IanF
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Maybe Dunlin? They can vary quite a bit in size and the photos seem to show black spots pattern on the breast.
Definitely not Common Sandpiper.
NeilF
Durham Bird Club Member
Yep, Dunlin for me too.
IanF
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Quite a good turn out for the DBC visit to RSPB Saltholme today. I didn't count heads but I'd say there were around 20 present braving the high winds and low temperatures.
A bit of a shaky start to the day. We met up for a 9:30 start though most were there well before. 30 minutes later we were still stood around in the car park and no RSPB staff. Fortunately I remembered where they're based off site and managed to interrupt their coffee break. To be fair they thought it was a 10:30 start and did arrive within 10 minutes after that. No wonder the reserve is so far behind schedule
The new visitor centre is still very much a building site. The exterior looks just about complete but I think they'll be struggling to keep to the revised opening date of 21st January 2009. The official opening is 5th March.
Access paths and cycleways to the rest of the site have yet to be finished as well. Likewise the new hides which are little more than shells. Paddy's Hole hide with it's metal roof was very noisy in the high winds.
Not too many birds around today either - likely due to the weather conditions. I noted - Northern Pintail, Mute Swan, Teal, Wigeon, Pintail, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Curlew, Kestrel, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Cormorant. I think someone noted a distant Whooper Swan - but through the binos I wouldn't like to say for sure. Apparently a few days ago a female Ruddy Duck with three chicks was in front of the hide at Paddy's Hole. A few Goldfinch and Linnet were by the car park/visitor centre and Shoveler on the pool behind the fire station.
On the bright side bird wise we're not missing much in the mean time. Greater numbers of birds and a greater variety of species and closer views can be had from the existing viewing points along the A178.
I'd hoped to feel a little more upbeat about the new reserve by now but I'm more than a little disappointed by what I saw today.
A bit of a shaky start to the day. We met up for a 9:30 start though most were there well before. 30 minutes later we were still stood around in the car park and no RSPB staff. Fortunately I remembered where they're based off site and managed to interrupt their coffee break. To be fair they thought it was a 10:30 start and did arrive within 10 minutes after that. No wonder the reserve is so far behind schedule
The new visitor centre is still very much a building site. The exterior looks just about complete but I think they'll be struggling to keep to the revised opening date of 21st January 2009. The official opening is 5th March.
Access paths and cycleways to the rest of the site have yet to be finished as well. Likewise the new hides which are little more than shells. Paddy's Hole hide with it's metal roof was very noisy in the high winds.
Not too many birds around today either - likely due to the weather conditions. I noted - Northern Pintail, Mute Swan, Teal, Wigeon, Pintail, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Curlew, Kestrel, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Cormorant. I think someone noted a distant Whooper Swan - but through the binos I wouldn't like to say for sure. Apparently a few days ago a female Ruddy Duck with three chicks was in front of the hide at Paddy's Hole. A few Goldfinch and Linnet were by the car park/visitor centre and Shoveler on the pool behind the fire station.
On the bright side bird wise we're not missing much in the mean time. Greater numbers of birds and a greater variety of species and closer views can be had from the existing viewing points along the A178.
I'd hoped to feel a little more upbeat about the new reserve by now but I'm more than a little disappointed by what I saw today.
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