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Thursday - 29th December

Thornley Hide- Male Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Pheasants, Bullfinch, Nuthatch, Robin, Coal, Great and Blue Tits, Chaffinch.

Far Pasture - 1 Mute Swan Cygnet, 1 Red Kite flew low over car park from Gibside.

River Derwent 3pm - (Opposite Blaydon rugby pitches)
2 Grey Heron, pair of Mallard, Dipper (it had no rings on), Kingfisher.

River Derwent 4pm - (Weir behind tennis courts)
1 Redshank, 1 Mallard, 2 Coots, 1 Sparrowhawk, flock of 20+ Long-tailed, Blue and Coal Tits.

Fieldfare - Gordon Pollinger

Redwing - Ray Wilby

Tuesday - 27th December

Shibdon Pond - c95 Pink Footed Geese W at 8.20am

Monday - 26th December

Lamesley -Green Sandpiper still on new reedbed pools
Thornley Lane -4 Waxwings over
Thornley Nurseries - Peregrine seen 3x in a field
Sled Lane -Whooper Swan still, 7 Wigeon & Goosander
W Gateshead -again no sign of any Long Eared Owls this morning

Sunday - 25th December

W Gateshead - no sign of any Long Eared Owls this morning. They were apparently flushed by a photographer yesterday afternoon.

Goldcrest Far Pasture - Steven Fryer

Kestrel - Axwell - Ray Wilby

Saturday - 24th December

W Gateshead - Still 4 Long Eared Owls roosting
Shibdon Pond - Mediterranean Gull adult, again this morning
ThornleyWC - Crossbills overhead calling at midday
Clara Vale - 27 Goosander on the Tyne

Friday - 23rd December

W Gateshead - 4 Long Eared Owls roosting
Lameley Sewage Farm - Green Sandpiper on the new phragmites pools
Sled lane - Whooper Swan still present + 9 Wigeon & 10 Goosander
ThornleyWC - Marsh & Willow Tits
Shibdon Pond 2 Water Rail calling late afternoon

Long Eared Owl - Alan Mould

Thursday - 22nd December

Lockhaugh -Waxwing at 2pm
Thornley Hide - Kestrel and Sparrowhawk both showing regularly.
4 Jays. A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers regularly feed from the peanut feeders.

Far Pasture
30+ Teal, Mute Swan Cygnet, Grey Heron, Mallard, 4 Pheasant (1 male, 3 female) in the car park, Kestrel, 4 Snipe

Tuesday - 20th December

Shibdon Pond - Iceland Gull , ad early morning then flew towards R Tyne
Blaydon - Waxwings still in shopping centre carpark early morning
Lamesley 7 Tree Sparrow & Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker - TWC - Ray Wilby

Sunday - 18th December

Blaydon -10 Waxwing in shopping centre carpark early morning, 23 present in afternoon
Clara Vale 5 Whooper Swan W early morning
Timber Beach 14 Dunlin & 8 Golden Plover

Waxwing - Blaydon - Paul Davidson

Saturday - 17th December

Shibdon Pond - Mediterranean Gull (adW) present from mid morning til early afternoon at least

Friday - 16th December

Sled Lane - Whooper Swan still present and now 2 Wigeon and 6 Goosander

Wednesday - 14th December

Sled Lane - Whooper Swan still present and 5m + 3f Wigeon, Goosander & 7 Tufted Duck

Tuesday - 13th December

Whickham - 14 Waxwings on Oakfield Road 9am

Sunday - 11th December

Far Pasture - Chiffchaff

Saturday -10th December

Stargate - Green Woodpecker

Yellowhammer - Clara Vale - Stephen Wales

Thursday - 8th December

Silverhills - Common Buzzard over

Wednesday - 7th December

Blaydon Burn Meadows - c.60 Curlews and 2 Willow Tits
Blaydon Burn Meadows- Green Woodpecker

Monday 5th December

Shibdon Pond - No sign of the Laughing Gull all day. Kingfisher, Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck and 72 Cormorants

Sunday 4th December

Shibdon Pond - LAUGHING GULL 2W 1.30 -2pm then flew off SE and no futher sign by dusk. Kingfisher in morning
Blaydon- 30+ Waxwing flew over the shopping precinct mid morning
Sled Lane - Whooper Swan still present with 5 Mute Swans
Stargate - Green Woodpecker
Far Pasture - Kingfisher

Whooper &Mute Swans - Sled Lane- Ray Wilby

Roe Deer - Ray Wilby

Friday 2nd December

Far Pasture- 5 Red Kites (low over the car park - excellent views)1 Kestrel 1 Grey Heron1 Cygnet 10 Teal 10+ Long-tailed Tit 2 Moorhen

Thornley Woods - (the new hide is now open)

20+ Great Tit 20+Blue Tit 2 Dunnock 2 Robin 3 Pheasant 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 10+ Blackbirds 3 Nuthatch1 Coal Tit 20+ Chaffinch 10+ Bullfinch 2 Jay 2 Stock Dove 16 Woodpigeons 1 Jackdaw 6 Grey Squirrels

Kestrel- Far Pasture - Ray Wilby

Thursday 1st December

Sled Lane-Whooper Swan, presumably last winter's bird returning, also 5 Mute Swan, 2 drake Goosander, Little Grebe and Tufted Ducks

Mute Swan - Sled Lane - Steven Fryer