Wheatears going back

Watergate Park - Tufted Duck and 2 Little Grebe.
Burdon Moor  - 5 Wheatear, 2 Common Snipe and 10+ Pied Wagtail.
Tyne Wear trail  Burdon moor to Watergate - 15 Grey Partridge and 7 Curlew

Yesterday
Burdon Moor  - 1 Wigeon & a Moorhen on a very small pond

Shibdon's waders today

Shibdon Pond - 1 Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Water Rail and Redshank
Derwenthaugh - On a little flash that has formed on the other side of A1 - Grey Wagtail and 1 Pied Wagtail 

Mainly Whitethroats

Dyke Heads Lane - A small flock of Common Whitethroat and lots of Peacock butterflies in adjacent field.
Ryton - A Common Whitethroat which popped in briefly (garden tick) and a Silver Y moth.

Silver Y & Common Whitethroat in a Ryton garden today [Paul Davidson]

Burdon Moor - This morning. 4 Common Buzzards and  2 Red Kite .
Greenside - 2 Purple Hairstreak



Late news, Monday
 Stargate Ponds - Black Darter, Common Hawker, Southern Hawker and Common Darter all seen, plus a possible Ruddy Darter.

Black Darter [top], Common Hawker [middle] and Southern Hawker at Stargate on Bank Holiday Monday [Derek Bilton]

On Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday

Burdon Moor- 5 Spotted Flycatcher and several Southern Hawkers

Shibdon Pond - 2 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper and a Migrant Hawker

The Common Sandpiper at Shibdon [Paul Davidson]

Yesterday

Timber Beach - 1 Ruff on mud and 2 Common Tern

The Ruff at Timber beach [Paul Davidson]

Shibdon Pond - 2 Greenshank

Lamesley water meadows - 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Snipe, 7 Wigeon and 3 Shoveler

Shoveler at Lamesley [Paul Davidson]

Dunston - Painted Lady and Peacock in Vicarage

Painted Lady & Peacock in the Vicarage garden at Dunston [Rev. David Atkinson]

Waders galore

This morning
Lamesley water meadows - 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Snipe, 5 Wigeon and a juvenile Shelduck.
Shibdon Pond - 3 Greenshank and 5 Common Snipe

Mainly waders and flycatchers

Near Burdon Moor - 3 Spotted Flycatcher.
Shibdon Pond - 2 Greenshank, 20 Redshank, 1 Common Snipe.
Far Pasture NR -  2 Green Sandpiper and a Common Snipe.
Cowen Road, Blaydon - 1 Blackcap

Since I've been gone

Back from Croatia and here is what I've missed.

Today

Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 Ruff and a Black-tailed Godwit

Ruff at Lamesley [Steven Fryer]

Shibdon Pond - 2 Greenshank

Greenshank at Shibson [Steven Fryer]

Winlaton Mill area - Purple Hairstreak, Speckled wood, Wall, Peacock, Large white, Comma and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies.
Timber Beach - 3 Dunlin

Previously

16th August
Burdon Moor - 2 Wheatear, Skylark and 7 Curlew with a Spotted Flycatcher and Red Kites nearby. 

Peacock at Low Fell [Ali Campbell]

18th August
Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 Ruff and a Green Sandpiper
Burdon moor - 3  Whinchat 

Whinchats at Burdon Moor [Steven Fryer]

Shibdon pond - 1 Greenshank

Greenshank at Shibdon [Paul Davidson]

Far Pastures NR- Plenty of Common Darters

19th August
Shibdon Pond - 2 Greenshank 
Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 Ruff and a Green Sandpiper
Timber beach - 9 Golden plover  
Burdon Moor - No sign of any Whinchats

21st August
Shibdon Pond - 2 Greenshank
Lamesley Water Meadows - 2 Ruff