Gosh, some late news

Clara Vale - A female Goshawk flew west on 9th

Late news for 6th
Lamesley - A Jack Snipe and 2 Common Snipe flushed near the meadows where 109 Grey Lag but no White-fronted Geese (which had moved to Lambton then Rainton)
Kibblesworth Common - 100+ Fieldfare.
River Tyne at Costco - Common Goldeneye.
Ravensworth Fell - 100+ Linnet




The Goshawk makes 85 for Gateshead this year

A nice a little stash of nuts

Shibdon - in flower today Cow Parsley, Field Forget-me-not, Oxeye Daisy,  Red dead-nettle , White dead-nettle & Gorse with Beefsteak, Jews-ear and Stump Puffball fungi also noted.

Cow Parsley

Red Dead-nettle

Jews-ear fungi

 
 plus a nice a little stash of nuts

 

Roundup of Gatesheads western wetlands

Sled Lane - 2 Common Goldeneye, 1 Wigeon, 1 male Goosander and a Water Rail
Far Pasture NR- 2 Red Fox and single Water Rail and Common Buzzard
Clara Vale LNR - 1 Kingfisher(Male) and a Tree Sparrow.
Shibdon Pond - Still single Ruff and Dunlin present plus 12 Sheldduck Derwenthaugh Meadows - 108 Curlew

Goldeneyes at Sled Lane [Michael Eccles]

and from today

Far Pasture NR - A  Willow Tit with 3 Nuthatch and a fly-over Goosander.

Greenside - 10+ Brambling showing

Sled Lane - 17 Wigeon

Shibdon Pond - 22 Common Snipe and 1 Dunlin.



 I might be missing some. Lesser Black-back Gull, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Little Owl, Red-legged Partridge, Common Pochard or Little Grebe anyone? Else that makes it 84 for the year so far seen in Gateshead.

More from Yesterday

More from Sunday 5th

Marley Hill - 1 Woodcock reported, also Great-spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit and 2 Bullfinch

Cuthbert Hill, Sunniside - 15 Moorhens, 4 Teal, Reed Bunting and 20 curlew.

Thornley woods - Red kite, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 4 Siskin, Redwing, 2 Willow Tit,  Tree-creeper, Nuthatch and a  Grey Heron. 2 Cormorant and 30 Lapwing flew over.

The White-fronted Geese at Lamesley yesterday [Paul Davidson]

The Peregrine at Lamesley [Rob Stonehouse]

Lamesley is the site of the day

Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 White-fronted Geese, both adults and a Peregrine this morning

Sightings on 1st & 2nd January

Derwenthaugh Meadows - 110 + Curlew  with several Dunlin at the Staithes

Curlew on Derwenthaugh Meadows [George Simpson]

Shibdon Pond - Ruff, Blackcap and chiffchaff on 1st and  Lapwing, 100+ Redshank, 8 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 10 Sheldduck  on 2nd.

Dunston - Two Red Fox on the mudflats feasting on the remains of a very large fish (presuming Salmon it looked bigger than the fox!) 

Red Foxes at Dunston [The Reverend David Atkinson]

Chopwell Woods - Crossbill showed on both 1st & 2nd 

Greenside - 30+ Brambling also showed on both 1st & 2nd 

Brambling at Greenside [Steven Fryer]

Burdon Moor - 50 Fieldfare and a Red Kite