7 Larks a singing

Watergate - 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lamesley - 1 Wigeon & 1 singing Skylark.

Burdon Moor - 6+ singing Skylark

Shibdon Pond - 2 Oystercatcher

Follingsby Lane- 1 Common  Buzzard & 20 Redwing

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

Watergate -22 Tufted Duck, 1 Teal & 1 Water Rail.

Birtley sewage works - 50+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Reed Bunting, 50+ Pied Wagtail, 6 Grey Wagtail, 2 Skylark, 12 Greylag over,  20+  Magpie and 2 Siskin.

Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail and Grey Lag at Birtley STW [Steven Fryer]

Birds in the snow

Birds seen in the snow today - 



Derwent Walk CP -  100 + Pink-footed Geese flying upstream this morning. Woodcock flushed in Paddock Hill Wood.
Birtley Reedbeds - 5+ Water Rail, 5+ Linnet, 1 Grey Wagtail & 1 Kestrel.
Birtley treatment works - 20+ Meadow Pipit, 50+ Pied Wagtail &  1 Grey Wagtail on pans. 2 Skylark over.
Kibblesworth Grange - 1 Buzzard 

At last Linnet and Skylark seen bringing the list this year to 92