Late news from the last week

Late news from the last week, all from the same observer

Monday - The adult Mediterranean Gull was present again and a Green Sandpiper,  both on the flash pools at Lamesley.
Tuesday - 5 Common Buzzard over the Ravensworth Estate
Thursday -  singing Chiffchaff at Birtley Reedbed Pools and 2 Common Buzzard over Pennyfine Road, Sunniside.

Siskin at Wardley [Joanne Reavey]

Back to today

Wardley - 1 or 2 Siskin visiting a bird feeder.



Lamesley Water Meadows - a pair of Gadwall still on Horse World pool.
Shibdon Pond - 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd winter) and 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Watergate Lake - 1 Green Woodpecker & 1 Siskin.

Yesterday at Far Pasture

Far Pasture NR - 4 Common Buzzards calling & circling overhead and pair of Red Kite seen mating in trees adjoining timber yard on access road.  1 Roe Deer in field opposite timber yard & Kingfisher flew over road towards river.

Buzzard and Roes Deer at Far Pastyure [Derek Nilton]

Carrion eaters over Shibdon

Shibdon Pond - 2 Common Buzzard and a Red Kite over the Churchill fields.

A couple of raptors showed well

Clara Vale LNR - Virtually all the usual suspects plus Great-spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk & Yellowhammer in main reserve.
Thornley Woodland Centre - 2 Sparrowhawk & Common Buzzard overhead, plus 2 Roe Deer, Red Kites  Jay,  Great-spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Nuthatch and surprisingly not that many Grey Squirrel.

Sparrowhawk and Buzzard showed well today [Derek Bilton]

White-winged Gull at Shibdon

Shibdon Pond - A juvenile white-winged Gull seen at this morning.

Watergate -2 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lamesley -1 Wigeon & 1 singing Skylark.

Burdon Moor -6+ singing Skylark

Follingsby Lane -1 Common Buzzard & 20 Redwing