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December 2008
for previous months bird records see bottom of page |
Wednesday 31st December 2008
Sunniside - Redwing visited a garden
Tuesday 30th December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows - Common Buzzard, Bullfinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Robin, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron, Black-headed Gull, Curlew, Lapwing, Redshank, Little Grebe, Teal.
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Sparrowhawk at Clara Vale [Joanne Reavey] |
Thornley Woodland Centre - Red Kite, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Siskin, 2 Sparrowhawk (M&F), Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 Brambling (M&F), Bullfinch Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Wren, Jay, Chaffinch, Robin, Magpie, Crow, Heron, Pheasant.
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Cock Bullfinch at Clara Vale LNR [Derek Bilton] |
Clara Vale LNR -: 9 Siskin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Pheasant, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch (M&F), Goldfinch, Great-spotted Woodpecker and Greenfinch
Monday 29th December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows - Female Peregrine, Kingfisher and a Short or Long-eared Owl seen flying high over the fields behind the Ravensworth Arms. Also Bullfinch, Curlew, Lapwing, Redshank, Little Grebe, Teal
Thornley Woodland Centre -Red Kite, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Siskin, 2 Sparrowhawk (M&F), Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 Brambling (M&F), Bullfinch Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Wren, Jay, Chaffinch, Robin, Magpie, Crow, Heron, Pheasant.
Clara Vale LNR -9 Siskin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Pheasant, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch (M&F), Goldfinch, Great-spotted Woodpecker and Greenfinch
Near Ryton - 1 Barn Owl
Sunday 28th December 2008
Stargate Quarry - Goosander 1 male, Tufted Duck 4, Mute Swan 1, Kingfisher 1, Green woodpecker 3, Lesser Redpoll 1 and Bullfinch 6
Sled lane - Wigeon 4, Tufted Duck 6, Goldeneye 2, Mallard 22, Coot 25, Moorhen 3, Little Grebe 1, Mute Swan 2 and Canada Goose 1
Near Ryton - 1 Barn Owl
Saturday 27th December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 Common Snipe. Common Buzzard behind the Ravensworth Arms.
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Common Snipe at Lamesley Water Meadows [Ray Wilby] |
Friday 26th December 2008
Blaydon Burn- 50 Curlews on the meadows plus 2 Nuthatch and 2 Jays.
Stargate - Mute Swan, 4 Tufted Duck and Green Woodpecker
Wednesday Christmas Eve 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows -Peregrine, Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Shelduck
Tuesday 23rd December 2008
Thornley Woodland Centre - 3 (2 male, 1 female) Brambling outside the centre, four more at the hide (2 male, 2 female) also a willow tit and 3 roe deer (1 Buck, 1 Doe and a Fawn.
Axwell Park Lake -A pair of Moorhen with a very late chick,
Shibdon Pond - Single female Goldeneye
Monday 22nd December 2008
Blaydon - Single Waxwing flew over Blaydon Shopping Centre.
Shibdon Pond - 2 Goldeneye on the pond.
Sunday 21st December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows -Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, 58 Teal, 250 Lapwing, 2 Common Shelduck and 6 Redshank
Shibdon Pond - Report of a Long-tailed Duck yesterday but no sign today. 7 Goldeneye present.
Blaydon - 19 Waxwing present by the Shell Garage near Blaydon Railway Station at 14:50hrs..
Saturday 20th December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows -Male Peregrine again and Kingfisher.
Near Ryton - Barn Owl hunting at 15:30 hrs.
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House Sparrow at Lamesley [Joanne Reavey] |
Friday 19th December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows -Male Peregrine again and Kingfisher. The latter just missed getting hit by a car as it flew onto the meadows from the stream by the Ravensworth Arms.
Birtley reedbeds -2 Fieldfare, 2 Common Shelduck and a Tufted Duck.
Thursday 18th December 2008
Clara Vale - Chiffchaff in one of the gardens
Lamesley Water Meadows -Kingfisher again and a Shelduck
Wednesday 17th December 2008
Clara Vale - Several small groups of Redwing and Fieldfares flew over
Lamesley Water Meadows -Male Peregrine, and a Wigeon. Kingfisher seen on the stream by the RavensworthArms and later on the water meadows.
Tuesday 16th December 2008
Whickham - A Weasel at lunch time today just outside Whickham School gates, entertaining the smokers.
Clara Vale LNR - 9 Siskin amongst the more usual birds.
Lamesley Water Meadows - Short-eared Owl seen behind the Ravensworth Arms
Sunday 14th December 2008
Timber Beach - 70 Dunlin and 500 Golden Plover
Thornley Woodland Centre - Brambling still present
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Brambling at Thornley [Joanne Reavey] |
Lamesley Water Meadows - Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Redshank, Long-tailed Tit, Redwing, Snipe, Grey Heron, Teal and Wigeon .
Clara Vale LNR - Siskin
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Siskin at Clara Vale LNR [Derek Bilton] |
Saturday 13th December 2008
Lintzford - Observers got a surprise at 23:30hrs. A security light was triggered at the back of their house and they expected to see the neighbour's cat which is the usual culprit apart from the occasional Red Fox. However, this time it was an Otter! It peered into the garden pond but it was obviously unimpressed by the lack of fish! It then climbed over the rockery and disappeared.
Friday 12th December 2008
Blaydon - A group of 3 Whooper Swan flew over mid morning, heading east.
Far Pasture NR - Report of a Waxwing at the entrance today.
Thursday 11th December 2008
LamesleyWater Meadows - No sign of any raptors today
Wednesday 10th December 2008
LamesleyWater Meadows - Male Peregrine and the juvenile Common Buzzard both seen again together with the large falcon originally thought to have been a female Peregrine but now thought to be a hybrid. This latter, large brown falcon, not much smaller than a Buzzard, descriped as both longer tailed and longer winged than Peregrine with just a small moustachal stripe, was seen feeding on a dead Grey Lag Goose in a nearby field, as was the Common Buzzard earlier. Later all three raptors were in the air together over the meadows. 6 Red-legged Partridge seen nearby.
Birtley Reedbed Pools - 2 Common Shelduck and 6 Fieldfare.
Tuesday 9th December 2008
LamesleyWater Meadows - Common Buzzard flew over and presumably the same bird seen there from the A1
Monday 8th December 2008
Clara Vale LNR - Stonechat seen
LamesleyWater Meadows - Male Peregrine seen and the juvenile Common Buzzard. A Barn Owl was seen at dusk
Sunday 7th December 2008
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Common Buzzard This young bird performed well for most of the day at Lamesley on 7th.. [Paul Davidson] |
LamesleyWater Meadows -Female Peregrine again, juvenile Common Buzzard, Kingfisher, Lesser Redpoll, 11 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 8 Snipe, 170 Greylag and one of the presumed feral Barnacle Goose. Also 8 Tree Sparrow, 70 Lapwing, 7 Curlew. and single Kestrel and Sparrowhawk
Barnacle Goose at Lamesley [Ray Wilby]
Thornley Woodland Centre - 1-2 Brambling again present as was Chaffinch 5, Coal Tit 10+, Blue Tit 3, Nuthatch 2, Treecreeper 2, Red Kite 1, Magpie 3, Blackbird 3, Dunnock 1, Robin 2, Great Tit 5, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Bullfinch 4, Sparrowhawk 1, Pheasant 1, Willow Tit 1.
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Great Spotted Woodpeckers at Thornley [Ray Wilby] |
Clara Vale - 2 Grey Wagtail in one of the gardens
Far Pasture LNR - A Merlin reported
Shibdon Pond - 4 Goosander (mmmf) flew over.
Birtley sewage works - Fieldfare
Saturday 6th December 2008
Axwell Park -1-2 Tawny Owl calling
Lamesley Water Meadows -Teal 50+,Greylag Geese 80+, Lapwing 70+, Moorhen 12, Mallard 9, Curlew 7, Barnacle Goose 1.
Friday 5th December 2008
Bradley Fell old workings -3-4 Woodcock near dusk
Clara Vale LNR - One Brambling
Thursday 4th December 2008
Rowlands Gill -A male Brambling visited a garden in the village today and may have been the bird seen at Thornley the last few days
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Thornley Woodland centre - The cock Brambling seen again, together with the usual; titmice and seemly ever-present Sparrowhawk
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Cock Brambling at Thornley WC [Derek Bilton] |
Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows - frozen,only Black Headed Gulls 100+, Snipe 3, Teal 8 present
Monday 1st December 2008
Thornley Woodland centre -A cock Brambling and several Roe Deer again
Lamesley Water Meadows - Female Peregrine still present
Derwenthaugh Staithes - 12 Teal, 4 Curlew
River Derwent by B&Q - 1 Goosander (female) , 6-Long tailed Tit and a Sparrowhawk was seen nearby
River Tyne at Costco - 40 Teal and 2 Mute Swan on the river upstream of there.