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June 2006
Friday 30th June
River Tyne at Costco- Ringed Plover but no sign of the Common Scoter.
Far Pasture NR - Greenfinches, 3 Goldfinches, 2 Whitethroats, 4 Reed Buntings, 2 Mute Swans and 2 Cygnets, 2 Red Kites, 1 Mistle Thrush, usual amount of tits, 2 Robins and a Dunnock
Red Kite at Far Pasture
Kite with wing tag no. 54
[Steven Fryer]
Derwent Walk CP - Kingfisher
Thursday 29th June
River Tyne at Costco- Drake Common Scoter on the River Tyne
Blaydon Burn - Grasshopper Warbler reeling during the night
Shibdon Pond - Several Sedge Warblers singing again.
Derwent Walk - Kingfisher
Ryton Willows - Green Woodpecker yaffling and calling Tawny Owl at dusk.
Blue Tit [Iain Thompson]
Wednesday 28th June
Clara Vale - Juvenile Tree Sparrow this evening on peanut feeder in a front garden.
Shibdon Pond - Common Terns breeding on the abandoned as well as the other rafts.
Westfield Pasture - Singing Grasshopper Warbler.
Stargate - Mute Swan pair with 5 cygnets, Common Tern, Sand Martins, Lesser Whitethroat, Linnets, Reed Buntings.
[Photo: Ray Wilby]
Path Head Quarry - Green Woodpecker
Barn Owls continuing to be seen in the west of the borough
Tuesday 27th June
Willow Warbler at Far Pasture [Ray Wilby]
River Tyne between Costco and Timber beach - Small numbers of Redshank returning to mudflats, also large numbers of Lapwings gathering (70 +), 14 + Curlew's including young (up river toward Blaydon), 40 + Juvenile Black headed gulls as well as Herring and lesser black backed, several Common terns, a few Grey Herons and Cormorants and a few Shielduck with 9 young. Also a pair of Kestrels circling and using the large electricity pylon as a resting /hunting post.
Common Whitethroat at Far Pasture [Ray Wilby]
Far Pasture NR - Tufted Duck with 9 ducklings and breeding Willow Warblers and Common Whitethroats
Tufted Duck family at Far Pasture [Ray Wilby]
Monday 26th June
Birtley Sewage Works - Swift 500, House Martin 1000, Sand Martin 200-300, Swallow 150-200, Starling 150-200, Grey Partridge 3, Yellow Wagtail 2 juv, Grey Wagtail 1 + 1 juv,
Pied Wagtail 5, Oystercatcher 3, Kestrel 2, Sparrowhawk 2, Greylag 9
Saturday 24th June
Stargate - The Mute Swans here have 4 cygnets.
Sedge Warbler -Stargate
[Steven Fryer]
Lamesley Reedbeds - Water Rail (first for site) and a possible Reed Warbler singing.
Jackdaw - Winlaton Mill
[Steven Fryer]
Friday 23rd June
Common Whitethroat at Far Pasture
Another picture of the most popular pair of Whitethroats in the north-east.
[Steven Fryer]
Thornley / Far Pasture - 2 Red Kites, 1 Sparrow Hawk, 6 Robins, Numerous Sand Martins, Swallows and Swifts.2 Mute Swans with cygnets, 1 Mallard + young, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 1 Heron, 1 Little Grebe and 1 chick, 2 m, 1f Reed Bunting, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Blue Tit, 1 (juvenile) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 young Great Tit, 1 (male) Bullfinch and 2 Magpies.
Great Spotted Woodpecker at Thornley
[Ray Wilby]
River Tyne by Tyne Bridge - Pair of Mute Swan on the river.
Thursday 22nd June
Bradley Fell - Fulmar flew over at 18:30 hrs.
Collared Dove [Steven Fryer]
Tuesday 20th June
Thornley WC - 2 adult Great spotted Woodpecker and 2 young and 2 Jays,
Clara Vale LNR - 2 Great spotted Woodpecker (adult and juvenile).
Derwent Walk CP - c. 40 Swift at viaduct and 10 House Martin
Monday 19th June
A very quiet time of the year and no news
Saturday 17th June
Shibdon Pond -Several Reed Warbler singing the the phragmites reedbed including one mimicking.
Nuthatch at Thornley [Ray Wilby]
Thursday 15th June
Far Pasture NR - A pair Mute Swan and 2 cygnets, 5 reed buntings, 1 Grey Heron, 1 male Tufted duck, 1 Jay,
1 moorhen, 2 dabchicks, female Mallard and 7 ducklings, 1 Common Whitethroat.
Thornley WC - 2 Jays, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckr and a bald Great Tit - see photo.
Jay at Thornley [Ray Wilby]
River Derwent - Goosander breeding - An observer reports - a female goosander fell
out of a tree alongthe river. Ii am sure that it is nesting in one of the old ash trees along there.
I was walking along there and saw the bird fall out of the tree thinking it would be injuredI went and found it on the floor quite dazed as I went for a closer look it ran out of the grass and flew away over the field and up the river I presume.
Female Goosander
This female was on the Tyne near Clara Vale
[Steven Fryer]
Goosander and chick
Another female on the Tyne near Clara Vale, with its chick.
[Steven Fryer]
Wednesday 14th June
Shibdon Pond - A CETTI'S WARBLER was reportedly heard by a visitor from Devon but no sign since despite many observers looking. Also another observer" Saw an osprey, just before dinner time, as I was traveling south bound on the A1, just before the Consett / Rowlands Gill exit. It flew from the Shibdon pond side to the Metrocentre side. I've been to Loch Garten many times, so I know my sighting is definitely 100%, even though i was shocked and nearly lost control of my car".
This is Gateshead's 4th Osprey of the year
Blackbird and worms [Ray Wilby]
Tuesday 13th June
Thornley feeding station - 2 Great Spotted woodpecker, Sparrowhawk chasing 1 of the woodpeckers Greenfinch and Yellowhammer.
Monday 12th June
Far Pasture NR - Sedge Warbler, a female-type Goldeneye, Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Mute Swans with 4 cygnets Coot with 1 chick and a Mallards with 2 well grown juveniles.
Little Grebe and chick at Far Pasture
[Ray Wilby]
Sunday 11th June
Shibdon Pond - A pair of Teal on the pond with 2 Ruddy Duck. 2 Shelduck flushed from the marsh
Chopwell Woods - A Tree Pipit, seen with a bill food of food, presumably feeding chicks.
Saturday 10th June
Clara Vale - Tree Sparrows still being seen daily around the village.
Lockhaugh Farm Bank - An adult Hobby over the area of the Derwent Walk Country Park at tea time.
Friday 9th June
Shibdon Pond - Pair of Shoveler
Thursday 8th June
Shibdon Pond - Green Woodpecker and a Little Grebe with 1 chick
Bradley Fell - Also Tawny Owl - no sign of any young yet from the resident pair.
House Martin building its nest
[Ray Wilby]
Wednesday 7th June
Kibblesworth - Common Bird Census revealed - 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Red Leg Partridge, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Little Owl, 1 Marsh Tit (only 3rd record for site), House Martin (possibly breeding - if so first record) and 7 Common Whitethroat.
Common Whitethroat at Far Pasture
This pair are sucessfully rearing their brood
[Ray Wilby]
Kibblesworth Village - 1 Lesser Whitethroat
Late News - Female goosander with 8 newly hatched young on the river Derwent at Swalwell (near where the Derwent meets the Tyne) on the 30th May when a. Grey wagtail on the Derwent at Swalwell was collecting food.
Tuesday 6th June
Saltwell - Osprey over nr Saltwell Park
Bradley Fell - Cuckoo again in old workings area. Also excellent views of a ground feeding male Green Woodpecker plus Great Spotted Woodpecker nearby.
Monday 5th June
Stargate - 2 Sedge Warbler
Headley Hall Woods/Burdon Moor - 2 grasshopper warblers reeling 1 just west of the wildflower meadow and 1 on the path linking the car park to Burdon Moor. Also hundreds of juvenile starlings with adults collecting on the recently cut hay fields by Burdon Moor.
Bradley Fell -A large rufous hawk with a lot of white on the tail - possibly a Harris Hawk. Uncertain if it was an escaped bird or if some unseen person was flying it.
Sunday 4th June
Derwent Valley CP - Cuckoo singing
Far Pasture - Cuckoo singing.
Ravensworth Fell - Spotted Flycatcher in oak wood
Bradley Fell - Cuckoo at the old workings E of the fell
Ryton GC - Green Woopecker
Cuckoo in flight at Stargate
This is the best year for this species for quite some time.
[Steven Fryer]
Saturday 3rd June
Derwent Vallley CP - Cuckoo singing, Kingfisher, Garden Warbler
Clockburn Lake - 2 Common Tern, pr Mute Swan with 5 cygnets & Tufted Duck
Far Pasture - Pair mute Swans with 2 cygnets, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Grey Heron,
Cormorant,Little Grebe, Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Wren, Jay.
Wren
[Photo: Steven Fryer]
Common Whitethroat at Far Pasture.
[Photo: Rick Thornton]
Kibblesworth - 3 pairs of Grey Partridge
W Gateshead - 3 pairs of Little Owl with recently hatched pulli
Friday 2nd June
Western Gateshead - The first two Oyster-catcher chicks hatched - Also a singing male reed bunting.
Oyster-catcher chick
The first confirmed breeding this year
[Gordon Pollinger]
Thursday 1st June
Far Pasture NR - Unfortunately, there are only 2 Mute Swan cygnets left, also 3 pairs of Tufted Ducks and 3 Red Kites.
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