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June 2008
for previous months bird records see bottom of page |
Blue and Coal Tit [Ray Wilby]
Monday 30th June 2008
Kibblesworth Brickwork pools A party of 15 Crossbills arrived to drink from the pool.
Sunday 29th June 2008
Kibblesworth Brickwork pools - , 2 Oyster-catcher, singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff and a Green Woodpecker flew over.
Birtley Reedbeds - 150 Common Swift and a brood of 2 Tufted Duck. Singing Lesser Whitethroat near the sewage works
Common Whitethroat [Ray Wilby]
Burdon Moor - , 3 singing Common Whitethroat and a Red Kite seen
4 pair of Little Ringed Plover breeding in the Team valley area
Friday 27th June 2008
Shibdon Pond - Shoveler and a pair of Common Pochard
Thursday 26th June 2008
Shibdon Pond - Shoveler present on the pond and 3 Reed Warbler still singing.
Thursday 26th June 2008
Shibdon Pond - . An observer reports that he is 99% sure he had a male Brambling here today. 1
Sunday 22nd June 2008
Shibdon Pond - Pair of Pochard still present.
Wardley Country Park - Singing Grasshopper Warbler and a pair of Grey Partridge.
Kibblesworth Brickwork pools - Single pairs of Little Ringed Plover and Oyster-catcher. Broods of Wren and Great Tit seen.
Lamesley Water Meadows - Kinfisher and Common Tern both spent a little while here feeding. Sparrowhawk over and 7 Redshank on the nearby church pool
Clara Vale - A flock of 15 Crossbill flew over from the direction of Close Hose early morning.
Saturday 21th June 2008
Shibdon Pond - Pair of Pochard. n
Friday 20th June 2008
Thornley Lane, Rowlands Gill - A Hobby flew over. Later whan may have been a different bird was seen just inside of Gateshead flying towards Ouston.
East Bradley Fell - Cuckoo showing well this morning plus 3 Greylag Goose over
Young Long-tailed Tit [Ray Wilby]
Monday 16th June 2008
Sunday 15th June 2008
Shibdon Pond - 5 Reed Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler singing and 4, possibly 5 broods of Canadaa Goose. 1 brood of Mute Swan
Chopwell Woods - 3-4 Crossbill heard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, single singing Blackcap and Garden Warbler, 1 Common Buzzard and 1 Red Kite.
Juvenile Grat Spotted Woodpecker at Thornley
[Ray Wilby]
Lamesley - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Redshank, 2 Tufted Duck and fledged Lapwing and a brood of Pied Wagtail.
Pennyfine Road, Sunniside - Nuthatch, Chiffchaff and 5 Curlew.
Saturday 14th June 2008
Birtley sewage works - 1 Little Ringed Plover.
Thornley Woodland Centre - A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers were watched feeding a recently fledged youngster
The Great Spotted Woodpeckers at Thornley [Ray Wilby]
East Bradley Fell - Common Buzzard this morning
Friday 13th June 2008
Blaydon - Blackcap
visited a garden
Thursday 12th June 2008
Lamesley Water Meadows - Cuckoo present this evening and a Kinfisher present.
Meadow Pipit [Ray Wilby]
Tuesday 10th June 2008
Shibdon Pond - 5 singing Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler and a Garden Warbler.
Reed Bunting [Ray Wilby]
East Bradley Fell - Cuckoo calling plus Curlew and singing Reed Bunting (perhaps 3 territories above the old workings area this year in the meadow and oilseed rape fields). Yellowhammer still widespread with a good number of singing males although Linnet numbers down on previous years
Lintzford - Two young Tawny Owls in an observer's garden last night - see photo.
Tawny Owl
This was one of two young birds that visited a garden in Lintzford
[ Richard & Michelle Ormerod ]
Sunday 8th June 2008
Birtley sewage works - Reed Warbler singing, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Little Ringed Plover.
Great Spotted Woodpecker [Derek Bilton]
Grey Heron [Ray Wilby]
Far Pasture NR - Grey Heron 1, Canada Geese 4, Mallard 25+, Coot 8, Little Grebe 4, Willow Warbler 1, Chiffchaff 3, Mute Swan 2, Robin 2, Reed Bunting 1, Kestrel 1, Goldfinch 4, Common Whitethroat 3.
Saturday 7th June 2008
Birtley sewage works - Lesser Whitethroat singing, plus Reed Warbler.
Shibdon Pond - . Oystercatcher chick in the field behind Derwent Crossing pub
Juvenile Oyster-catcher by the Derwent Crossing [George Simpson]
Bowes Incline - Woodcock flew over the A1 at 22:10 hrs
Thursday 5th June 2008
Blaydon - Long-tailed tits with their recently fledged young.
Birtley sewage works - Yellow Wagtail seen
Monday 2nd June 2008
Burdon Moor - Male Mandarin again present as was a singing Sedge Warbler
Canada Goose and chicks [Ray Wilby]