Durham Birding (1 Viewer)

[pwduncan]

Seggsys patch, from the past few days.

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Fantastic shots Dave, best of the Shorties by anybody so far.

Paul.

 

[Jeff Turner]

Fantastic shots Dave, best of the Shorties by anybody so far.

Paul.

Ditto
That last one perched with the foot in the air is a belter.

Jeff

 

[bella34]

Those pics of the Short eared Owl reminded me of one of my first trips out with my Staffordshire pup, one late summer evening we were trekking towards a big pond when this shortie stopped quartering the reedbeds to investigate him, it circled us about 10 metres away checking out the tasty looking little black head peering up out of the long grass and a couple of times " coming in " then backing off, obviously keen but put off by my prescence , it even went away in a hestitant fashion turning for a look back occasionally, great memories.

 

[IanF]

Hartlepool Marina - am - BT Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Little Grebe, RB Merganser.

Seaton Common - Snipe x6, Golden Plover x20.

Seaton Snook - Robin, Wren & a Skylark. No sign of any Snow Bunting or Twite today.

Slavonian Grebe video - http://youtu.be/9Z99sZ1XWZ0

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[Ray.Scott]

Ward Jackson Park:
RN parakeets, mistle thrush, gold & greenfinch, nuthatch, tree creeper, blue & great tits, wood pigeons etc + the usual ducks, geese and gulls on the pond.
Bumped into Jim, who told me about the Slav, grebe, so we called at the Marina before going home.
Needles to say, the sun had gone in, but at least the grebe was there, also the BT diver, little grebe and couple of mergansers.

Also short video of the Slavonian Grebe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhKb5x4OU0&feature=youtu.be

 

[DCJ]

Shields

Frenchmans area, Fulmars last week.

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[DCJ]

Shields

Frenchman's and surrounding area.

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[DCJ]

Shields.

Same area.

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[DCJ]

Shields.

Same again.

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[DCJ]

Hartlepool.

Marina/jacksons.

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[IanF]

Hartlepool Marina - am - Slavonian Grebe, BT Diver, Little Grebe, Rock Pipit, RB Merganser, Shag.

The Headland - RT Diver, Great Crested Grebe, Common Scoter c.40, Med. Gull, 1st winter Glaucous Gull, Golden Plover x9, Ringed Plover x2, Purple Sandpiper x14, Curlew, Redshank, Turnstone.

Newburn Bridge - Med. Gull.

RSPB Saltholme - Haverton Scrub - LEO x1 disturbed from privet bushes by birder (binos but no camera!) wandering where he shouldn't. It landed 50m away but unfortunately disturbed again as it landed close to a work party clearing dead wood.

Slavonian Grebe video - http://youtu.be/OHgQcEu8F0M

Black-throated Diver video - http://youtu.be/N-Bjrcnnvac

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[dannyboy]

That's got to be bollocks. It's not an asset of theirs.
Their website states that you should arrange collection. Don't let them get away with it.

Still waiting for the administrators to decide what happens to insurance claims like mine. In the meantime still without my Lens. I can arrange collection but it knacks my Insurance claim. I'm like a turkey waiting for Christmas:C

 

[degsy_safc]

Trip to Hartlepool and Saltholme today, started at Hartlepool and had the BT Diver and Slavonian Grebe straight away but distant.. Hung around for a bit and the Slav Grebe did come a little closer but not as close as i'd have liked - Diver moved into the middle of the big basin.. Also 10 RB Mergansers and a single Shag visible but again quite distant. Weather awful, freezing, snowing, blowing a gale - not good for pictures at all - LOL

Went along to Saltholme, primarily for cup of tea and a warm, had a quick look in the Phil Stead hide which produced nothing at all, not even any Goldfinches in the adjacent trees.. After a nice sandwich in the cafe (and a nice natter with Derek Clayton) we had bonus views of a female Kestrel eating the Weasel it had killed minutes earlier..

Back to Hartlepool but weather was worse and light very poor - so no further opportunities for Slav Grebe shots..

Couple of pics from today

 

[DCJ]

Durham.

Tawny Owl sheltering from the snow.

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[DCJ]

Long Eared Owl.

Record photo's in the Durham area.

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[Michael A]

Home Garden

Garden very busy with all the snow.
Fieldfare x2 fighting blackbirds for apples.
Lesser Redpolls on niger feeders.
Wren, Dunnock, House Sparrows,various Tits, Pigeons and Jackdaws.
http://www.trampsandhawkers.co.uk/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trampsandhawkers/

 

[simmojunior]

A 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull was a huge surprise flying south west over my patch (fields by the Wear north east of Durham city) early afternoon. There were also good numbers of other gulls including several Common and Great Black-backed.

 

[peter ebdon]

today wife bought me a pair of bins for my birthday carnt wait to get to low barns to try them out

 

[Shaggy2070]

My wife saw the first Brambling in the garden since Dec 2010 :t:.

Just wish I wasn't at work at the time:-C.

 

[lazza]

Seggsys patch, from the past few days.

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W.O.W. Fantastic pics! What lens is the close-up? It's a stunning picture