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[Boldon Buzzard]

Very interseting Peter, Doesnt the blue leg ring tie in with foreign ringed birds too? Makes you wonder.

Yes it does Adam, and there are a lot more blue ringed birds than satellite tagged birds. The bird spent its sojourn here feeding on small mammals from pylons as they do in the wild. The juvenile bird was dismissed by many as an escape, as did the county recorder who rubbished it within an hour of the original sighting. As always with birds we need to keep an open mind.

 

[Mark Newsome]

Yes it does Adam, and there are a lot more blue ringed birds than satellite tagged birds. The bird spent its sojourn here feeding on small mammals from pylons as they do in the wild. The juvenile bird was dismissed by many as an escape, as did the county recorder who rubbished it within an hour of the original sighting. As always with birds we need to keep an open mind.

Odds on a long staying late summer colour ringed bird being an escape far outweigh the chance of it being an extremely early migrant of a species that isn't on the british list. Just my personal opinion. Nothing to do with me anyway, people can count whatever they want for their own lists. Or indeed submit the record to BBRC for possible addition to the british list.

Mark

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

The Birds of Durham does not mention pure bred Saker as an escape or anything else so if one turned up within the county you would think some interest may have been drawn. The fact is some birders were not interested and didn't go to see the bird. In other words they had made their mind up. That's the point i was making. As i said we need to keep an open mind. And so does any committee or objective view could be compromised and prejudiced.
For the record i'm not a lister myself and never have been.

 

[Adam W]

Always best to keep an open mind, The odds on it being genuine must be slim to say the least but I'm sure that'll have been said before about birds that end up being genuine.

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

Two pair of Gadwall at West Pastures Pool otherwise very quiet.

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

Adult Iceland Gull at Boldon Flats this morning.

 

[Rob67]

Male Pheasant wandering around Harton Cemetery at lunchtime, first for me there!

 

[IanMc]

Four snow bunting still hanging about frenchmans bay on the leas coastal path today.
Pair of little owl sitting together near second bay of trow

 

[IanMc]

Shortie from the leas last night

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

6 Gadwall West Pastures Pool. Also 6 Mallard and pair Shelduck. Nearby 2 Buzzard, Short- eared Owl. Report of Barn Owl.

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

Drake Goosander at Boldon Flats this evening. Also 12 Greylag, 2 Canada Geese, c130 Teal. Eagle Owl this evening at Cleadon Meadows at 1900.

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

West Pastures: Female Peregrine, c90 Fieldfare and two Shelduck on pool. Nearby c1700 Golden Plover and good number of Lapwing in large bare field.

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

9 Whooper Swan at Boldon Flats.

 

[dampflippers]

There was a cormorant? on Boldon Quadrus Lake on Wednesday morning. I didn't realise they went inland.

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

There was a cormorant? on Boldon Quad rus Lake on Wednesday morning. I didn't realise they went inland.

Cormorants are regular visitors to the lake outside of the breeding season. This winter has seen two birds visiting, an adult and a bird from last year. They often perch on the high overhead wires.

 

[Adam W]

I saw the young bird stood on the bank of the lake when i passed one day last week.

 

[Rob67]

There was a cormorant? on Boldon Quadrus Lake on Wednesday morning. I didn't realise they went inland.

I've had a cormorant on the pond at Primrose NR a couple of times

 

[Mark Newsome]

...I didn't realise they went inland.

Almost anywhere with water (and fish) will attract Cormorants. Herrington CP, WWT Washington, Chester-le-Street, even Durham City centre, right through to Low Barns and the upland reservoirs in the west. Although some stay in the river mouths in winter, most disperse away from the Marsden colony. They're just starting to come back to the breeding stacks at Marsden, but I dare say this weather will put them off a bit longer.

Mark

 

[ian hamilton]

Boldon Flats 0945-1045.
2 Mute Swan, 9 Whooper Swan, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Canada Geese, c50+ Wigeon, c100+ Teal, c10 Mallard, 2 Coot, 2-3 Moorhen, c150+ Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, 10 Redshank, 60 Woodpigeon.

 

[ian hamilton]

Boldon Flats 1010-1140.
2 Grey Heron, 2 Canada Geese, drake Shelduck, 52 Wigeon, c100 Teal, 16 Mallard, 3 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 1 Ringed Plover, 123 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 2 Curlew, 3 Redshank, 2ad Lbb Gull.