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  1. R

    Durham Birding

    I was there today as well.Didn't see the Manderin but saw the Scaup and 7 Goosanders two were cracking males they had really bright salmon /pink underparts.
  2. R

    Durham Birding

    It's a Mistle Thrush
  3. R

    Durham Birding

    Most of the Mealy Redpolls i've seen looked slighty bigger than Lesser Redpoll.Typical ones are easy to id but you do get birds that are extremely difficult to id.
  4. R

    Durham Birding

    Yes its a Woodcock lots of them about at the moment.
  5. R

    Durham Birding

    You dont need any fieldcraft for seeing these Bitterns if birders just stayed in the hide and had more patience.They would see the Bitterns.
  6. R

    Durham Birding

    Well you know what foghorn is like.He ticks pink birds and runt Herons
  7. R

    Durham Birding

    Around Langdon Beck and Cow Green reservoir are good areas for seeing Redwings especially Fieldfares some years there are huge flocks of them.
  8. R

    Durham Birding

    I very much doubt the Bramblings will be there tomorrow.This time of year they usually move off quicky.Plenty of time to see Bramblings.
  9. R

    Durham Birding

    Hi Ray those terns in pic 2 adult and juv are Sandwich Terns.Haven't seen any Little Terns for a while .
  10. R

    Durham Birding

    I had other things to do like getting the shopping in.Checked everywhere this afternoon and very few gulls around.To many holidaymakers about.
  11. R

    Durham Birding

    Bonaparte's Gull was reported again at 11 this morning i got down there for 20 past.There were only two birders there Brian U and a Teeside birder and they hadn't seen it.Very few gulls at Whitburn this morning.
  12. R

    Durham Birding

    Gulls look all like Herring gulls to me and the last pic is a Sandwich Tern.
  13. R

    Durham Birding

    Jas i am not the only who is concerned about the flats.
  14. R

    Durham Birding

    I agree Adam the flats could be a first class little nature reserve as you say it's got great potential.I also agree we shouldn't give up on trying to get it sorted out and i know others feel the same as we do
  15. R

    Durham Birding

    A killdeer was found in the Boldon flats area in 1976 by Ian Mill.When i first started birding every spring the flats used to attract passage waders and Yellow Wagtails.When the flats does flood it get good numbers of fresh water waders.The flats is the only place we have in Stynside for those...
  16. R

    Durham Birding

    Whitburn Steel is good for waders but we haven't got a place for fresh water waders in stynside a part from Boldon Flats when its floods.Boldon flats should be partically flooded in September it would excellent for Ruffs,Wood Sands,Green Sands,Greenshanks,Spotted Redshanks, Common Sands,Little...
  17. R

    Durham Birding

    Hi Steve Hurworth Burn used to cracking for waders when the water level was right seen 15 species of wader there in one day.Still think you cannot beat Barmston Pond for waders when the water level is right.But i think we have lost Barmston Pond for waders which is a crying shame.
  18. R

    Durham Birding

    Yes you are right i should have looked at the pic properly silly me.Have to say the juv BH gulls do look a lot smaller than the 2 adults.Might be just the way they situated in the pic making them look smaller.
  19. R

    Durham Birding

    you are right.
  20. R

    Durham Birding

    Hi Noel post as many as you want.
  21. R

    Durham Birding

    I find Roseate Terns stand out well in a tern flock by how white they look.The Roseate Terns i have seen have had very little pink on the underparts or none at all.I have seen a few bright individuals over the years.I think the pink flush to the underparts is a bit of misnomer.
  22. R

    Durham Birding

    Yes i agree the bill of Arctic doesn't always look short but generally i would say the bill is shorter.Another good id feature is the upper wing of Arctic is pale grey lacking the dark wedge of Common and from below outer primaries have a narrower black trailing edge.
  23. R

    Durham Birding

    Yes short bill and short legs are good id features for Arctic Tern.Tail streamers go past the wing tips when at rest.In flight Arctic terns have a short necked appearance and a smaller looking head ,wings are also slighty narrower than Common.Underparts are much greyer than Common Terns.Whitburn...
  24. R

    Durham Birding

    Hi Foghorn some Common Terns can have all red bills.Arctic terns usually have dark blood red bills and normally shorter in length than Common Terns.As i was saying to you before look at the jizz of the birds ,Arctic tern has a different jizz to Common Tern.
  25. R

    Durham Birding

    They are summer plumage Dunlins.
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