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  1. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Biig Bird with a Looong beak, could possibly be a Godwit ???
  2. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Plenty of rain dropping at the moment, just got soaked walking from the car to the house:eek!:;):-O.
  3. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Aldi getting the cheap scopes in again. Anyone tried one of these as a "keep in the car for emergency"??? www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_17425.htm
  4. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    If you want quite close views & shots of Bullfinch I'd recommend a visit to WWT Washington. The Hawthorn Wood feeding station hide is a great place for close Bullfinch and other common birds:t:.
  5. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Good to meet you and Jason at the "Freezer" today Martin, good to put a face to the name:t:. The Birds certainly did put on a good show;).
  6. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    I cleared four inches of snow from the bird bath and chipped the ice out this morning, within minutes of refilling it with water the Starlings were straight in for a bath:t:. All this snow has really brought the birds into the garden feeders the last couple of days. Goldfinch back into double...
  7. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    That's a Male tufted Duck:t:.
  8. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    If you have Sky tv, you can get BBC1 Wales on channel 972 and BBC2 Wales on channel 991. I often check the local variations in the tv guides and have come across a couple of Iolo's wildlife programmes.:t:
  9. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    You can say that again!!! ....... Oh you did;):-O.
  10. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Cracking Waxwings Steve:t:. I notice these taken with your 350D, is the 40D still buggered???
  11. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Good to see you again Degsy and I finally managed to find Clara Vale ;) :t: . Certainly a nice surprise to see the Osprey flying over and only managed a couple of "record shots";):-O.
  12. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Looks like a couple of Male Eider Ducks to me:t:.
  13. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    No problem Derek, it was on the pond near the car park that's covered in weed.
  14. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    I saw one on Saturday but only a brief glimpse of it getting chased off by a Migrant Hawker.
  15. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Nice shots Degsy:t:. No chance of me getting that way before the weekend, but you can guarantee if I could it wouldn't show ;):-O.
  16. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Don't know how reliable it is but that's the way I tell the difference between BBC and BTS;) .
  17. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    You got a lot better shots than I did on Wednesday Steve:t:. There was also a couple of Comon Terns, a Sandwich Tern and a Med Gull there on Wednesday too.
  18. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Looks very much like a Mink, another of the American invaders that are killing off a lot of our native species:C:C
  19. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Do House Martins always make their nests out of clay under the eves as you usually see or do they on occasion nest somewhere else??? The reason I'm asking is, on Friday at work I noticed a couple of House Martins landing on some house guttering and then hopping under the roofing tiles the way...
  20. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Popped into Washington WWT on Bank Holiday Monday. Got three new year ticks, Blackcap (M & F), 5-6 Swift and 5 Common Tern:t:. Couple of the Terns were having a hard time with one of the Avocets and nice to see a Stoat running around the top meadow, thought about going for a Greylag but...
  21. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Does anyone know if it's legal to have a Hawfinch in an aviary? (No I'm not planning on trying to get one)
  22. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Black Throated Thrush. Popped to Hartlepool Headland to see the Black Throated Thrush and the first thing I saw as I pulled up in the car was Dougy and Seggs having a coffee;). Good to bump into Steve again and to meet Dougy and also Joanne and Mick:t:. The bird was in a garden but soon...
  23. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    While on the subject, do you count sub-species of birds as separate or the same? For example Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) and Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus littoralis). Just curious because there was both at Hartlepool a few weeks ago;)
  24. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Martin you must be a mind reader;). My next question was going to be, do you count Feral Pigeon in your year lists?:t::-O.
  25. Shaggy2070

    in and around south tyneside

    Still stuck on 99 for now then, never mind:-C. Thanks Martin.
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