A little blue
A venture out in the rain this morning provides encounters with the immature blue-winged real on the river Wansbeck, less convincing wildfowl at Hauxley and a little stint at Cresswell. We didn't bump...
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Horns and Vire-no's
It's been a while since I last saw Shorelark in Northumberland, and today it prove to be compensatory for a lack of Red-eyed Vireo at Newton.Very dapper.Newton, along with a nice meal at The Ship,...
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... the bikes back tyre, not me.Finally made the effort to head to West Hartford this morning - stonechat secured on the northern edge of the patch. More pleasing were seven tree sparrow flying west...
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Sunny Days
Great weather continues, and a smattering of birds to see too - yellow-browed warbler at the entrance to Druridge, shore lark still on the beach at East Chevington and just inland on newly created...
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Olive-backed Pipit, Sunderland
A long overdue world (!) tick for me...Not the easiest bird to photograph, with a short early morning venture out of the undergrowth and onto the roadside grass, then spending the day in what perhaps...
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The Conspiracy of Ravens...
No large corvids on two consecutive visits to Tynemouth...Compensatory avian treats with a single woodcock at the priory, two Brent geese flying out of the Tyne on Friday, while Saturday's bonus birds...
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A quick late afternoon trip to South Beach, Blyth - 30 mins.21 Little Auk (bolstered by a party of 17)2 Velvet Scoter4 Red-breasted Merganser3 Long-tailed Duck1 Arctic SkuaHods of KittiwakeSeveral...
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Black Red variety. In Cramlington of all places! Nice surprise on a sunny November morning at the Sporting Club.
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Tree Sparrow...
Only the second in the garden, following the first in October - perhaps the same bird. Simple pleasures...It was only a couple of years ago that had my first in Cramlington!
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Pallas's Warbler, Whitley Bay
In the gloom of November on the track behind the Cemetery....
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Little birding this weekend but a couple of highlights -Saturday afternoon saw a last hour of sunlight trip to Briardene for the vocal Hume's Warbler - it had been a while since my last, but...
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Isabelline Wheatear, Seaton Carew
A week of work and a late UK record of Isabelline Wheatear. Convenient as it was "just down the road".Rather confiding, approaching the gathered...
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Cold
Not a great deal at West Hartford at dusk - 3 grey heron, 2 buzzard and 1 (male) stonechat...
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A bonus upon return from a brief Dublin 24hrs trip, with a phone call from Phil: Great Grey Shrike at West Hartford.Jolly good it was too, albeit very distant.My 2nd in Cramlington.
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The egrets have landed
Well, 3 have.Nice to have on our urban doorstep- three frequenting the Horton Burn, with occasional "from the house" and "from the car" views as we go about our turgid business.
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Round the doors.
Potter on the bike this morning was productive:Great Grey Shrike still distant at West Hartford. Plus Stonechat and 60 Lapwing over.On the Horton Burn an incredible 4 Little Egret together on the...
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Usual suspects "round the doors"...Great grey shrike, 4 little egret, kingfisher, 2 moorhen, 7 mallard.
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Little Twitch...
News of the Little Bustard at Fraisthorpe near Bridlington this morning put an end to plans to cycle around the local patch today. By 0910 I was packed up and ready to head south. Some time later,...
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Decent
Potter this morning resulted in a decent melody of species - great grey shrike continues along with little egret near to home, while at North Shields a gull fest with 2 glaucous (1st year birds) a...
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