Note: Goshawk has been removed from this years list

A quality bean bag left in the Clara Vale Hide at, or just after the weekend...
If the owner would like to contact Bill Jackson (01852 300310) so they can arrange to pick it up locally.

Tuesday 15th May 2012

Greenside - Short-eared Owl over at 8pm this evening. Slowly moved west and lost to view over Rockwood Hill

Monday 14th May 2012

Shibdon Pond- A pair of Grey Partridge in the reserve, The recorder says its his first here for over 25 years. Sldo Common Tern & Scorpion Fly

Sunday 13th May 2012

Lamesley Water Meadows - 1 female Goosander, 1 Pied Wagtail 6 Grey Lag Geese with 19 gosling, Swallows and Swifts

Saturday 12th May 2012

Derwent Walk CP - Pair of Common Terns & Tufted Duck and a male Goosander on Clockburn Lake.

Friday 11th May 2012

Lamesley Water Meadows - 1 female Yellow Wagtail.
Burdon Moor - 3 Whinchats

Female Whinchat (1 of 3) at Burdon Moor [Steven Fryer]

Shibdon Pond- Reed warbler and Common Sandpiper

Reed Warbler at Shibdon [Steven Fryer]

Wednesday 9th May 2012

Shibdon Pond- Orange Tip, Peacock ,Small White on the wing today. 10 Common Terns over the pond ,1 Common Sandpiper

Monday 7th May 2012

Ravensworth - 1 Sedge Warbler

Sunday 6th May 2012

Lamesley Water Meadows -1 Wood Sandpiper
Burdon Moor- 1 Whinchat
Bradley Fell- 1 Cuckoo
Stargate - 1 Dingy Skipper butterfly

Saturday 5th May 2012

Birtley Reedbed Pools - 1 Reed Warbler & 1 Sedge Warbler.
Shibdon Pond - 1 Reed Warbler & 1 male Sparrowhawk.
Burdon Moor - 2 Wheatear & 1 Common Whitethroat.
Kibblesworth Brickwork pools - 3 Cuckoo.
Far Pasture NR - 1 Tawny Owl perched opposite hide.

Common Whitethroat at Burdon Moor [Steven Fryer]

Friday 4th May 2012

Clara Vale LNR - 3 Blackcap, Kingfisher, Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk, Jay, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Magpie, Crow, Woodpigeon, Yellowhammer. Great Tit, Nuthatch, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Moorhen, Pheasant, Grey Heron, Dunnock, Robin, Goldcrest, Blackbird

Thursday 3rd May 2012

River View, Blaydon - 5 probable Arctic Tern flew, very high up, heading NW. Also a Common Swift and a pair kites being harassed by Herring Gulls. 1 Chiffchaff in a nearby garden
Greenside - 4 Brown Hare, Little owl, linnet, skylark, meadow pipit, tree sparrow, yellowhammer, grey partridge, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap

Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Watergate Park - 4 Common Tern, Mute Swans with cygnets.
River Tyne at Costco - 1 Whimbrel flying up river calling. Also Common Sandpiper.
Shibdon Pond - 3 Shoveler & 1 Water Rail showing well. 1 singing Common Whitethroat, c200 hirundines - Common Swift, swallow, Smaller numbers of Sand Martin and House Martin
Burdon Moor - 6 Wheatear & 2 Redshank.
Lamesley Water Meadows - 1 Green Sandpiper & 1 Fieldfare.
Sunniside - 1 Fieldfare
Kibblesworth Brick Works - 1 Wheatear
Derwenthaugh Meadow - 1 singing Lesser Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff,
Marley Hill/ Tanfield railway area - Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, lots of Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, red kite, common buzzard, kestrel, linnet, yellowhammer, curlew, mallard, common toad.

Monday 30th April 2012

Lamesley Water Meadows -3 Yellow Wagtail (1m, 2f)
Winlaton Mill - 6 Swift flew over heading N.
Derwent Walk CP - Adult Dippers feeding recently fledged young on R. Derwent at Nine Arches Viaduct.
Derwenthaugh - Goosander with 4 chicks (This bird raised seven young here last year). A Common Tern on the Staithes

Sunday 29th April 2012

Ryton Willow - 1 Redstart
Birtley reedbed pools - 1 Sedge Warbler

Saturday 28th April 2012

Ryton Willow - 1 Redstart
Burdon Moor - 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Cuckoo and a Lesser Whitethroat

Friday 27th April 2012

Clara Vale - 2 Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail. Also the first Large Red Damselfly of the year.

Thursday 26th April 2012

Shibdon Pond - Gadwall pair, Shoveler pair & 1 female Goosander.

Goosander on Shibdon [Rob Stonehouse]

Timber Beach - 1 Kittiwake