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  1. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Friday 18th December Druridge Bay 131: Pink-footed Goose *not sure HOW I have managed to miss this species from the list until now but I have!* :smoke:
  2. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    :-O This year has been one of my WORST yet for birding as work and allotment commitments ate into my time Big Style!!! Hopefully 2016 will be a lot better as we are planning to move house, change jobs and I'll have to give up the allotment so that will free up a bit of my spare time :smoke:
  3. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Sunday 13th December East Chevington 130: Short-eared Owl
  4. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Sunday 15th November Cresswell Pond 129: Long-billed Dowitcher*Lifer No. 227*:loveme:
  5. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Tuesday 22nd September St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay 128: Golden Plover
  6. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Saturday 19th September Warkworth Gut 126: Black-tailed Godwit Druridge Pools 127: Greenshank Also an Otter seen feeding briefly on the far left side of the main pool and, later on, on the beach a Common Seal was resting on the sands.
  7. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Tuesday 14th July Howdiemont Sands 125: Whimbrel ~ four flew overhead, calling, as the yellow RAF helicopter from Boulmer passed nearby.
  8. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Thursday 11th June Craster & Dunstanburgh Castle A very warm day was promised so after finishing work at 8.30am I decided to head to the cooler coast rather than spend umpteen hours in my suntrap of an allotment doing some weeding! As it turned out I am VERY glad I did!!! An hour spent in...
  9. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Thursday 11th June Alnwick Moor 118: Red-legged Partridge ~ single adult bird feeding next to field gate 119: Yellowhammer ~ male singing near Snipe House Farm Later on as I watered the allotment I saw a Wren inside my polytunnel and as I watched from the door at the opposite end I...
  10. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Forgot to add.....I saw an OTTER on the main pool at Druridge Pools and just before I left the hide two Black-headed Gulls landed on the ground outside and proceeded to eat Three-spined Sticklebacks which they had caught - the fish were still alive!!! Through the bins I was able to see the fish...
  11. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Monday 8th June Druridge Pools 110: Sedge Warbler 111: Snipe ~ continually flying & drumming over walkway & Oddie Hide :t: Cresswell Pond 112: Spoonbill ~ two sleeping (as per norm!) on far side of reserve 113: Yellow Wagtail ~ male on telegraph wires; flew off as I passed and...
  12. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Tuesday 2nd June Bailiffgate, Alnwick 109: Treecreeper ~ single bird searching on wall of No: 11 Bailiffgate!
  13. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Monday 11th May Budge Fields 95: Swift 96: Avocet 97: Shoveler 98: Tufted Duck 99: Canada Goose 100: Skylark 101: Garganey ~ male to right of Budge screen. 102: Barn Owl ~ on fence post next to trees...sunbathing? Main Pool 103: Great Crested Grebe Cresswell Pond 104...
  14. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Sunday 5th April Ratten Row, Alnwick 85: Chiffchaff Tuesday 14th April Alnwick 86: Willow Warbler ~ a male singing at 9.45am in sycamore outside flat: first time I've had one here! An hour later he fell quiet so I assume he was just passing through. Boulmer 87: Sand Martin 88...
  15. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Whoops....I've fell a bit behind this year |:$| I normally keep a Year List in the back of my diary so when I realised I hadn't updated this I've had to work out various dates from scribbled notes on the day to day pages (thank heavens I write everything down!!!) :smoke: Monday 16th February...
  16. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Saturday 7th February Hulne Park, Alnwick Just had an hour or so to spare today so rather than go stir crazy stuck indoors I had a quick walk up Ratten Row and a short distance into Hulne Park. 76: Coal Tit 77: Nuthatch 78: Goldcrest
  17. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Tuesday 27th January Short shift today *6am - 9am* so after a quick bite to eat I made my escape to get in a few hours' birding just in case the weathermen DID get it right and heavy snow arrived on Wednesday! My original idea was to pop along to Craster and do the Arnold Memorial Reserve...
  18. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Monday 26th January Alnwick Heard my first Blackbird singing this morning as I walked to work at the unearthly hour of 5.30am :t: I am ignoring all the Blizzard Armageddon that they say is going to hit us in 48hrs....Spring is on it's way o:)
  19. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Tuesday 20th January Alnmouth 64: Song Thrush Hard frost overnight and pond 95% frozen which had me hoping for a Water Rail. One WAS seen as it dashed into cover :t: Typical eh,...no water rails for years and already, in the first 20 days of the year, I've seen TWO!!! Also saw my...
  20. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Saturday 17th January Alnwick Moor 62: Red Grouse 63: Great Tit Bit of a quiet week for me as I've been stuck doing extra hours at work but not in until my usual lunchtime today so took the opportunity to nip up onto Alnwick Moor in search of grouse and any raptors. Got two Red Grouse...
  21. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Thursday 8th January Low Newton Today's trip was an afternoon walk with the Alnwick & District Natural History Society to look for wintering wildfowl and waders. Lovely sunny day but a fairly strong wind which perhaps had a lot of stuff staying hidden in cover. Still a very pleasant couple of...
  22. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Sunday 4th January Alnwick 39: Dunnock West Hartford 40: Great Grey Shrike 41: Lapwing clifftop parking area opposite Golden Sands Caravan Park 42: Fulmar ~ 4 on sea & flying around cliffs Cresswell Pond 43: Moorhen 44: Teal 45: Water Rail ~ flushed by passing...
  23. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Saturday 3rd January Alnwick Another day taken up as a wage slave so the only birding I got the chance to do was on my walk into work which I took a detour on and went through Swansfield Park instead of straight up past Barter Books and the vets. 33: Chaffinch 34: Blue Tit 35: Robin...
  24. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    2nd January Alnwick Funny how on 31st December there are birds EVERYWHERE yet come January 1st they all disappear! It's like they know I've got my beady eye aimed at them :smoke: At work most of today (and tomorrow!) so restricted to what I could see on way to work. Roll on Sunday when...
  25. Gill Osborne

    Gill Osborne's 2015 List

    Not a bad day despite the increasingly bad weather - by 1pm that wind was getting seriously strong and making the scope hard to use :smoke: A possibly Slavonian Grebe at Stag Rocks has not been included as I didn't get a good enough view due to the buffeting I was getting....not a rare species...
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