Coot calling overhead in the dark while putting out the recycling is a good garden tick today! House list up to 78.
(I was doing the bins, not the coot.)
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It's the same at Blackhall.
Buzzards
Yes
Stonechat at Low Burnhall Woods
Greylag Goose south past Whitburn OBS
11 Whooper Swans North past Whitburn
Had my first 'singing' Chiffchaff of the year behind the OBS at Whitburn this morning. Also a small movement of swans and geese.
29 Whoopers North
112 Pink-footed Geese North and
1 Greylag South!
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A brief watch at the Low Burnall Wood viewpoint was nice with:
Stonechat (1)
Buzzard (5)
Kestrel (2)
Siskin (15)
Redpoll (1)
Stock Dove (30)
and [my first of this year]
Lesser Black-backed Gull (3)
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White-fronted Geese South over Blackhall Rocks #NEbirding
Slavonian Grebe in the rain at Hurworth Burn Reservoir #NEbirding
It's a Waterthrush. I would suggest Louisiana Waterthrush due to the unstreaked throat and pure white supercillium.
Good point
Those plastic tubes are a magnet for vandals too. Would the trees really be so vulnerable to wildlife?
Lovely!
Indeed, and that call on the image looks wild!
Love that video!
Found this Winter Moth on the school window last week (VC66). A first for me.
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Crazy!
After a canny seawatch at Whitburn (check out the sunrise pic) it was nice to do some birding back on patch at Horden/Blackhall. There's an atmospheric (=rubbish) pic of Whooper Swans flying past rain clouds and a Little Grebe on the beach pool at the mouth of Blue House Gill.
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Two white-winged gulls past Whitburn OBS this morning: juv Glaucous Gull and adult Med Gull
What do you reckon on these from Hendon last week?
This day-flying moth landed in the scrub, walked up and down with it's wings closed until it found a suitable spot, then flattened down to hug the branch and almost disappear. So cool. Epirrita sp. I think.
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A fun day on the Durham coast - Crossbills and Marsh Tits at Blue house Dene; YB Warbler (found by @dunnock67.bsky.social) and Hen Harrier at Horden; Short-Eared Owl and Great-northern Diver at Whitburn.
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Nice!
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Whooper Swan
Plenty of PF Geese and this chap going south along the coast at Blackhall this a.m.
Also 3 GWE at Castle.Lake but I couldn't see the Am Wigeon.
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Also present were little and large - juv little gull and great white egret; 2 Pintail; 1 Ruff; 1 Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Dunlin.
Was very excited to find this, what looks like it's an eclipse male American Wigeon at Castle Lake today. I've never found one before and I'd be interested if anyone thinks it isn't one!
After 30 km of walking round bushes this weekend, I finally found a migrant or two! A lovely wheatear and Whinchat together in the same spot - not quite what I was hoping for.
It *was* a beautiful day on the coast.
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