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Gateshead Birders is a group of very keen birders who study and record the natural history throughout the borough. Gateshead has several countryside sites owned and managed by the Council and these are freely open for visitors to enjoy a wide range of woodlands, meadows, ponds and riverside walks and bridleways. For more information about Gateshead's Council's countryside sites telephone Thornley Woodlands Centre, 01207 545212 or better still click Sites for details of all good places for Wildlife in the area.

If for some reason you want to go birding outside of Gateshead - check out http://www.birding.uk.com/ A directory of birding links for the UK and Ireland

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So how did we do in previous years?

	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	Total species seen in Gateshead	Total species photographed on website
Birds seen	102	151	147	141	148	159	152	149	144	n/c	n/c
Birds photographed		123	121	114	116	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c
Subspecies + escapes		2+0	3+2	4+1	3+2	4+3	4+2	0+5	0+3	n/c	n/c
Dragonflies seen		16	17	15	16	14	17	14	14	20	19
Butterflies seen		24	25	23	23	23	24	22	23	28	23
Moths seen/caught		74	163	215	246	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c
Hoverflies seen		9	5	7	18	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	98	19
Bumblebees seen		7	4	5	6	5	4	1	n/c	9	n/c
Other insects seen		20	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c
Plants in Flower seen	34	389	347	351	382	341	382	340	435	1,208	239
Fungi seen		42	68	13	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	252	30
Mosses/ Lichens seen		4	1	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	3
Mammals seen	6	24	16	22	17	14	11	10	12	34	n/c
Amphibians seen		5	5	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c
Reptiles seen		1	1	2	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c
Fish		5	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c	n/c

Lets see how we can do this year - Good luck to everybody in 2012

Little Owl on Ravensworth Fell [Rob Stonehouse]

BIRDS

The Birds of Gateshead

Birders Lists

2008 List in Pictures

2009 List in Pictures

2010 List in Pictures

2011 List in Pictures

2012 List in Pictures

ANIMALS

Records 2003/2004/2005

INSECTS

Dragonfly Photo Guide

FLORA

Gateshead Flora List
including Historical, 2004-07 and 2008 records

SITES

Sites Index

Bill Quay Community Farm

OTHER STUFF

Welcome to the Gateshead Birders website

The site is updated very regularly, often several times per day. So please send in your sightings, news and gossip to Burt and visit often to see all the recent sightings and news of natural history in the Borough of Gateshead, County Durham, UK.

Please send in all your records, news and gossip

This site is run independently of Gateshead Council but information of their work and their countryside strategy can be viewed at http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/countryside/.

Recent photographs

Great-crested Grebe at Derwenthaugh

[George Simpson]

Firecrest

Still shows well at Far Pasture NR on occassions

[Steven Fryer]

Water Rail

One of 3 birds currently showing at Watergate

[Rob Stonehouse]

Jack Snipe

Showing well at Shibdon

[Paul Davidson]

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Recent records

Photographs - To avoid filling up the old mailbox, if possible could you please submit any photographs at 500 pixels wide (height as appropriate keeping it in proportion) and 300dpi. This should make the file size around 400-500kb. Many thanks.

Last updated 12:51 5th February 2012

Recent Updates

2nd February Bird records moved to Archive Bird News
Animals updated [last updated 21st January]
Gateshead 2012 bird list in photographs [last updated 2nd January]
Fungi page updated [last updated 15th October 2011]
Flora page updated [last updated 2nd January & Full list [last updated 3rd August 2011]
Flora Photo list [last updated 6th January 2011]
Insects page updated [last updated 2nd January
Dragonflies page updated [last updated 27th June 2011]
Hoverflies page updated [last updated 19th September 2011]
Mosses & Lichens page updated [last updated 2nd March]

Birds, birds (new for year), mammals etc., insects & flora

PLEASE, PLEASE SIGN THE E-PETITION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

The continued management of countryside sites by Gateshead Council’s Countryside Management Team is under serious threat of being axed in next year’s budget spending plan.

If the proposal is accepted it will have a catastrophic effect on Gateshead’s countryside and the wildlife. The country parks and nature reserves will fall into decline and degradation, litter and vandalism will grow quickly. Sites will become insecure.

We would urge you to go to Gateshead Council’s website and sign the e-petition “Save the Countryside Management Team” using the following link:

https://consultation.gateshead.gov.uk/KMS/EpetitionHome.aspx?loggingIn=tempVar&strTab=EPetitions&noIP=1&SessionId=RBN3WKB57P

Sunday 5th February 2012

Costco - 1 Great-crested Grebe on the Tyne at first light, plus 7 Goldeneye
Sled Pond - 20 wigeon this morning.
Clara Vale LNR - 30+ Yellowhammers

Saturday 4th February 2012

Derwenthaugh - 1 Great-crested Grebe still on the Tyne
Birtley - 1 garden held 3 Mistle Thrush count,. Reed Buntings are up to, 6. Blackbirds, 12. Starlings, 8. Chaffinch, 14. Blue Tits and Great Tits too numerous to get an accurate count. Only one Long Tail Tit. Dunnocks, 6. Goldfinch, 8. Wren 1, Greenfinch, 6. Collaedr Doves, 6. Wood Pigeons, 6. Robins, 2 and Jackdaw, 6.

Friday 3rd February 2012

Derwenthaugh - 1 Great-crested Grebe on the Tyne

Great crested Grebe at Derwenthaugh [Steven Fryer]

Thursday 2nd February 2012

Stella - 1 Scandinavian Herring Gull
Low Thornley - 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Willow Tit, 2 Kestrel & Red Kite.
Far Pasture - 1 Firecrest
Pennyfine Road, Sunniside - 1 Common Buzzard
Watergate - 1 female Pochard, 1 female Wigeon, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull & 2 Little Grebe.
Birtley Reedbeds - 1 Kingfishe

Wednesday 1st February 2012

Timber Beach - 2 Ruff feeding on the mud with a small group of Redshanks. Also a high count of 94 Dunlins there plus 13 Golden Plovers and three Goldeneye on the river.

Tuesday 31st January 2012

Stella - 1 juvenile Glaucous Gull and a leucistic Herring Gull

Monday 30th January 2012

Chopwell Woods - 15 Crossbill
Stella - 1 leucistic Herring Gull

Sunday 29th January 2012

Stella - 1 adult Iceland Gull on the Tyne then flew down river
River Tyne at the Millenium Bridge - A report of a possible yellow legged gull again,
Birtley Reedbeds - 1 female Shoveler
Watergate - 1 female Wigeon, 1 female Pochard, 2 Little Grebe & 1 Grey Wagtail.
Pennyfine Road, Sunniside - 1 Common Buzzard.

Saturday 28th January 2012

Watergate- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Grebe & 1 female Pochard.
Pennyfine Road - 2-3 Common Buzzard, 1 Linnet and mixed flocks of Redwing & Fieldfare.
Lamesley - 3 Greylag Geese
Birtley Reedbeds - 1 Water Rail
Chopwell Woods - 1f Crossbill, 5 Siskin, 1 Goldcrest & 1 Nuthatch.
Ravensworth Fell - 4 Short-eared Owl
Lintzford - 3 Tawny Owl calling
Burdon Moor - 1 Reed Bunting & 1 Red-legged Partridge.
Timber Beach - 5 Dunlin, 3 Curlew & many Teal.