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July 2011 |
Sunday 31st July 2011
Bradley Hall Pond - 2 Green Sandpiper
Saturday 30th July 2011
Thornley Woodland Centre - 5 Common Crossbill
Lamesley - Common Buzzard, Tufted Duck, Pink Footed Goose ( in with large nos of Grey Lags and Canadas) and 5 Teal
Dunston - 1 Golden Plover
Shibdon Pond - 2 Green Sandpiper
Ravensworth Fell - 2 Red Kite
27th July 2011
Timber Beach - 2 drake Common Scoter present on the river
Derwent Walk Country Park -7 Curlews flying NE over valley. Flock of 50 Siskins by Old Hollinside & Kingfisher on river below new bridge.
21st July 2011
Shibdon Pond- A Dipper in front of the hide - a rare occurence
20th July 2011
Cowen Road, Blaydon - 1juvenile Blackcap
19th July 2011
Derwent Walk Country Park - Family party of a female + 6 juvenile Goosanders on river Derwent below Nine Arches Viaduct this am. Grasshopper Warbler still on Kite Hill.
18th July 2011
Lamesley Water Meadows- 4 Green Sandpiper and a Dunlin
Bradley Hall pond - 3 Green Sandpiper
Shibdon Pond - 3 Green Sandpiper
15th July 2011
Shibdon Pond- 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank, 1 Snipe & 1 Oystercatcher. Also 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler & 1 Chiffchaff all singing
14th July 2011
Shibdon Pond- 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcherand 1 Jay. Also a female Tufted Duck with 2 very small young. Also Sedge & Reed Warbler singing briefly.
12th July 2011
Far Pasture NR 1 juvenile Green Woodpecker
Sunday 10th July 2011
Clara Vale LNR- 1 WRYNECK this morning
Bradley Hall pond - 3 Green Sandpiper
Cowen Road, Blaydon -No sign of the Common Redstart today.
Lamesley Water Meadows- No sign of any Green Sandpiper but 170 Lapwing
Saturday 9th July 2011
Lamesley Water Meadows - Now 3 Green Sandpiper
Cowen Road, Blaydon - Juvenile Redstart seen again
Friday 8th July 2011
Lamesley Water Meadows - Still 2 Green Sandpiper
Cowen Road, Blaydon - Juvenile Redstart again present
Thursday 7th July 2011
Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 Green Sandpiper
Derwent walk CP - Grasshopper warbler still reeling at Kite Hill.
Wednesday 6th July 2011
Derwent walk CP - 1 Common Crossbill anded briefly at mill lane entrance to Thornley Woods, also 2 singing Lesser Whitethroats at Hagghill farm and a Grey Wagtai, l Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Kite Hill.
Lamesley Water Meadows - 1 Green Sandpiper
Cowen Road, Blaydon - 3 juvenile Bullfinches, juvenile Blackcap and a possible Common Redstart.
Monday 4th July 2011
Swalwell / Blaydon- A possible Osprey flew over
Sunday 3rd July 2011
Derwent Walk CP - 1 Grey Wagtail.
Chopwell Woods - Tree Sparrow
Shibdon Pond - 1 Black-tailed Godwit
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Black-tailed Godwit at Shibdon [Steven Fryer] |
Far Pastures NR - 6 Willow Warbler, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe (onea chick almost fully grown), 4 Mallard, 2 Coot & 1 Reed Bunting.
Friday 1st July 2011
Thornley Woodland Centre - Crossbill flew over
Derwenthaugh -1 Ringed Plover , 1 Common Sandpiper , Curlew , Redshank and Lapwing
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Common Sandpiper at Kibblesworth Note this bird has some spots [Michael Eccles] |
for previous months bird records see bottom of page