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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seggs" data-source="post: 1161005" data-attributes="member: 46043">thought i would start a new thread about my local area..not to take any shine off the great durham thread but to be able to put more detailed reports on here for all to see..and hopefully some other local lads or visitors might contribute...of course main reports will still go into the durham thread.here goes...today dull and overcast morning....visited trow and leas mound area first..walked my normal route from the car park around the quarry edges, no little owl showed and only a few wrens sounded.Then i was pleasantly surprised when a goldcrest appeared near the bush area of the quarry.walked over to the bay areas ..a few oystercatchers ,redshanks and turnstones in the bays...1 shag and 2 cormorants fishing near the shore..and 7 eiders off frenchmans bay..a few fulmars soaring along the cliffs here also.the leas mound area only had a few brave meadow pipits flying up and piping and a pair of linnets starting to set up territory..a female kestrel hunted here.walked back down the path and 18 turnstones feeding on the grass beside target rock...and 20+ redshanks resting on the rocks on trow point...3-4 jackdaws along the cliff line..rabbits along the quarry more bold now.</blockquote>