In AND around Sunderland (1 Viewer)

[Lee.S]

Stopped off at the Academy car park yesterday.
no Blue Headed/Channel/Spanish Wagtail there, but still plenty there to photograph.

 

[ian hamilton]

Barmston Pond 0745-1010.
pr Great Crested Grebe, 3 prs Little Grebe, 5 Mute Swan, pr Canada Geese, 6 Teal, 4 Gadwall, 4 Mallard, 3 Pochard, c15 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, 10 Coot, c4 Moorhen, 25 Herring Gull, 5 Lbb Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Common Tern were the first of the spring, 2 Sand Martin, c6 Swallow, 3-4 Willow Warbler, 2-3 Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Jay.

Timber Beach 1130-1220.
Cormorant, 2prs Shelduck, pr Teal, Curlew, Redshank,Turnstone, Herring Gull, Lbb Gull, Woodpigeon, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch.

 

[HabbinAlan]

Hetton Lyons provided my first Willow Warbler of the year (and I saw many more today at Fairburn Ings). The rest of Saturday demonstrated how good Sunderland and its beaches can look on a sunny day and how good the Roker Pie Shop is but the sighting of the day was the Lesser Red-fronted Di Canio lecking at the Stadium of Light with 40,000 happy Mackems (I know that's an oxymoron).

alan

 

[Boldon Buzzard]

Stopped off at the Academy car park yesterday.
no Blue Headed/Channel/Spanish Wagtail there, but still plenty there to photograph.

Cracking photos there including a smart Little Ringed Plover

 

[Adam W]

Nice Ring Ouzel in Marsden Quarry this afteroon also Chiff Chaff there and my first whittethroat of the year in the bushes directly behind Whitburn Obs.

 

[Adam W]

Walking home at lunchtime, a single Crane flying high south west over Newcastle road towards the stadium of light. Seems like there's been several seen in the area the last day or two.

 

[ian hamilton]

Barmston Pond 1040-1300.
pr Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, pr Mute Swan, pr Canada Geese, 3 Teal, pr Gadwall, 7 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, m Kestrel, 10 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Black Headed Gull, 60 Herring Gull, 8 Lbb Gull, 2-3 Willow Warbler, 1-2 Chiffchaff, f Reed Bunting.

 

[Adam W]

Excellent morning locally, Iberian Chiff Chaff showing well on Blue house lane (nice one Andrew) also my first Willow Warbler of the year nearby.
6 Yellow Wagtails including 2 Blue Headed birds ( both different birds pictured and seemingly pretty straight forward classic Flava compared to last weeks bird) also plenty of Swallows and Sand Martins and 2 Whitethroats.

 

[Adam W]

A pair of Little Ringed Plovers dropped into join a Ringed Plover and 2 Redshanks on the flash on Moor lane this afternoon.
Could only find 5 Yellow Wagtails (1 Blue Headed) this afternoon but they were quite flighty.

Also a shot for the Sunderland fans that I couldnt resist.

 

[ian hamilton]

Willow Warbler on the corner of hood close, monkwearmouth this morning.

 

[ian hamilton]

Sparrowhawk flew west over low southwick this morning.

 

[Andy K]

Timber Beach yesterday 12 to 2

Shelduck,Mallard,Redshank,Curlew,Oystercatcher,Common Gull,BH Gull,Herring Gull,Grey Heron,Blackcap,Goldfinch,Reed Bunting,Robin,Blackbird,Great,Blue and Long Tailed Tit,Willow Warbler,Wood Pigeon,Jackdaw,Carrion Crow,Magpie,Pheasant,Wren.

 

[Adam W]

A good morning around Acad Pools/Mere Knolls Cem area. Plenty of Warblers around including Blackcaps,Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Lesser Whitethroats. Sedge and Reed Warbler present but proving difficult to see in the windy conditions.
A Common Sandpiper was on the main pond and a flushed Jack Snipe was a nice suprise.

 

[Adam W]

Acad Pools this morning: 2 Reed Warbler,Sedge Warbler,2 Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Yellow Wagtails.

Whitburn Steel: 1 Common Tern,6 Sandwich Tern on rocks and a pair of Teal.

 

[ian hamilton]

BarmstonPond 0845- 1120.
pr Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, Grey Heron over being mobbed by a crow, pr Mute Swan, 4 Greylag Geese, 7 Gadwall, 5 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck, 6 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 1 Black Headed Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 8 Lbb Gull,juv Kittiwake, 2 Common Tern, Woodpigeon. first Swift of the spring over, Swallow, Wren, Robin, 2-3 Sedge Warbler were the first of the spring, Blackcap, First Whitethroat of the spring, 2-3 Willow Warbler, 1-2 Chiffchaff, Long Tailed Tit, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, 2m Reed Bunting.

Common Buzzard soaring above barmston while i was waiting for the bus on washington road at 1130.

 

[Andy K]

Visited Washington Wildfowl and Wetland Trust on Monday. Good to see the common terns back in numbers and the avocets breeding. A suprise was that an Oystercatcher has chosen to lay her eggs in the stones/pebbles of the old flamingo enclosure.She took a break from incubating and revealed three eggs ! Very close to the public walkway too.

 

[ian hamilton]

Academy Pools this morning.
Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Mute Swan, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Coot, ad Lbb Gull, Skylark, Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, Meadow Pipit, 2-3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, c4 Whitethroat, Linnet, Reed Bunting.

 

[Adam W]

An nice evening walk down Roker area was rather productive, 6 Tufted Ducks and 3 Mallard on the park pond and 3 Swifts circling overhead also had excellent views of a pair of Sparrowhawks.

 

[Adam W]

11 Eider on the north side of the pier, several kittiwakes hanging around and a Common Tern over. A bloke at the end was kind enough to shout me over as he'd spotted this Porpoise/Dolphin lingering just off the pier end.

 

[ohark]

11 Eider on the north side of the pier, several kittiwakes hanging around and a Common Tern over. A bloke at the end was kind enough to shout me over as he'd spotted this Porpoise/Dolphin lingering just off the pier end.

looks like a bottle nosed dolphin or possibly white beak to me mate good sighting what ever but the former is more likely as they often move singly and harbour often has them visit