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  1. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Any know if there are any decent Crossbill flocks anywhere in county at present? Hamsterley?
  2. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Pelagic off South Shields 6th Sept - two places left A couple of places left on pelagic next Sunday. Trip on 20th September now fully booked. The details are below. Note the change to the distance the boat sails out to sea - a maximum of 12 miles offshore. Booked for Sun 6th Sept leaving from...
  3. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Pelagics The following are details of two pelagics out of South Shields which I hope some of you will be able to attend Two sailings booked for Sun 6th Sept and Sun 20th Sept leaving from Mill Dam, South Shields. Sailing will be 8am-4pm up to 60 miles offshore. Trips weather dependent and...
  4. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Great to meet you Scuzz. Your bird looks like a Sparrowhawk.
  5. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    That's a juv Common Tern you have there. Very late record, as juv terns in early Nov are often Arctics. Compared to bulky Arctic, the bill is too bulky and long, it shows too much orange, the legs are too long are bright, the dark on the wing coverts too extensive and overall it appears quite a...
  6. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I've had a bit of clear out and have some British Birds to give away. Don't need them now as have BBi. Total of 120+ issues from several different volumes across 80s, 90s and 00s (incl some as recent as last year). Anybody takers? I can deliver them.
  7. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Birds in your photo definitely Shags!
  8. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I had two large flocks of 90 and 40 Shags south past Trow on weekend John.
  9. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Had a play about with photo in Picasa, and I would put my money on Black-necked Grebe. There are not many other possibilites, but Shag or a scoter sp spring to mind. The flanks are clearly paler than the upperparts which would rule out both of those species (unless they were tipped on their...
  10. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I've had same problem but deleting cookies seemed to have fixed it.
  11. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I was still coming down from a brilliant few days on the coast when I wrote that post, and couldn't quite understand why others didn't want to share in that. One person's cup of tea, isn't always the others though!
  12. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I mean no kind of offence, but I'm amazed when birders persist at inland sites when there's a fall on the coast. For me, there is little to rival the sight of a recently arrived migrant which you know has just crossed the North Sea. Each to their own however!
  13. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    4 Crossbills N over Hawthorn Quarry this am and more expected species incl Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Red-legged Partridge etc
  14. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    What do people reckon about the populations of our summer warblers this year. The impressions that I have are as follows: Willow Warbler - average Chiffchaff - seemed well up when they first arrived, but seemed to drop down slightly thereafter Wood Warbler - down Lesser Whitethroat - up...
  15. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Is there definitely just one Spoonbill about? I had a sneaky feeling there was two over weekend. Probably more likely it's just the same bird being very mobile.
  16. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Not impossible. Check out this thread: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=5908&highlight=long-legged+buzzard
  17. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Good influx of Black Terns today, mainly in Midlands, but evidence of birds further N incl 2 at Brasside Ponds. Get checking those ponds!
  18. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Hi Neil, As other's have said, there's uncertainty surrounding pale Willow Warblers - nobody seems to know where they originate from. Part of the reason a bird is labelled as a 'sub-species' is to highlight where it originates from, but because we don't where pale Willow Warblers originate...
  19. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Dark-bellied Brent Goose on Boldon Flats this pm plus decent numbers of the regulars incl c60 Teal and 25 Snipe. Drake Goosander at Herrington CP and c60 Tufted Duck. A female of the latter has it's bill held together with a plaster. Spoke to someone who worked there who said they have tried to...
  20. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Had a look at Derwent Reservoir yesterday....cracking sight was 21 Whooper Swans at far western end. Oystercatchers were everywhere - at least 100, with 116 Wigeon still present. Drumming Snipe put in a good display in surrounding fields. Old news from Monday, had a look up mid-Wear - fairly...
  21. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I've seen them in early April on Leas, plus what were probably different birds (migrants) at end of April/early May. Two were still on Leas on 25th March last year - not sure after this.
  22. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    1w Glaucous Gull past Whitburn Obs this am at 9am. Good count of 16 Shelducks at Jarrow Slake.
  23. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    Adult Little Gull seen floating about over the Leas yesterday on my way past - perhaps the bird that was lingering in the autumn?
  24. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    South Tyneside Bird Race South Tyneside Bird Race saw another excellent day. Total for the day was 92 species, but deserved winners were Peter Collins, Peter Hogg and Andrew Donnison with 85 species, who cleaned up on the more difficult species: Willow Tit and Kingfisher at Station Burn...
  25. Ross Ahmed

    Durham Birding

    I was freezing my selection of nuts off down at Whitburn Obs this am. A juv Pom Skua N was highlight and an adult Little Gull also headed in the same direction. Ducks were down on yesterday's mini-fest thought with only two species (Eider and Common Scoter). Frustrating was a 'grey goose' sp...
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