Sunday 31 January 2016

End of the Month


Fieldfares
Over 400 Fieldfares were in a field at Druridge along with 200 Starlings. They moved slowly inland, field to field. Were they new arrivals from the North or East (or birds driven from the West by colder weather)?


Stormy weather makes birding tricky. Keeping the scope steady enough to pick out a Black Scoter at Bamburgh proved to be a challenge too far. Once Storm Henry has passed I might give it another go.



White-fronts have been appearing over the last week.


Gebes still feature highly at Chevington.


Couldn't get close to this bird to get a sharp image, but the colours were amazing.



I wonder why it's called a sawbill?


I'm no usually interested in keeping a list of birds seen, but January seemed to have been a very productive month on the coast. So a quick tally shows I've notched up 134 species on the coast and mst of them on my local patch. One year I reached 198 on the patch (missing some common seabirds and House Sparrow). I think I might justkeep a casual check this year ;-) ... .

Friday 29 January 2016

Black-headed Gull ... update


These two Black-headed Gulls were ringed in Oslo, aged 3Cy+. Since then they have wintered in Northumberland before returning each year to Norway. Full details below!



Resightings of a Colour Ringed Gull

Thank you for your report of a CR-ringed Gull. Under you will find the details. In the event the bird is dead and you still posses the ring(s), we kindly urge you to send (them) to us. Resightings of our CR-ringed Gulls could be reported to Lista Ringing Group, Box 171, 4558 Vanse, Norway, on E-mail: gulls@ringmerking.no or the WEB page http://www.ringmerking.no/cr.

This list of ringingdata and ring reading data is intended for personal use only. If you want to publish data from this list please contact us before publication;

For birds ringed in Norway;
Morten Helberg at email morten.helberg@bio.uio.no

For birds ringed in Denmark;
Kjeld T. Pedersen at email ktpedersen@snm.ku.dk


CR-Code White ring with black code: J1TL LBM;RBWN(J1TL)
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number K03055
Species Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus
Sex Male Age 3 cy+

Date
Place
Coordinates
Observers
Days/km/°
29.04 2013
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Lome, Carsten
Sandøy, John
-
30.04 2013
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Isaksen, Kjell
1/0/0
14.06 2013
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Sandøy, John
46/0/0
01.07 2013
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Evenrud, Jon
Johansen, Arnkjell
63/0/0
02.07 2013
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Mjelde, John Martin
64/0/0
20.11 2013
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Hodgson, Mike S.
205/897/240
14.12 2013
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Elliott, David
229/897/240
20.02 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Elliott, David
297/897/240
16.03 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Fisher, Ian
321/897/240
23.04 2014
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Molværsmyr, Sindre
359/0/0
30.04 2014
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Lome, Carsten
Sandøy, John
366/0/0
09.05 2014
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Norland, Anne Kari
375/0/0
14.05 2014
Hovindammen, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°55'13"N 010°48'01"E
Sandøy, John
380/5/337
25.05 2014
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Lome, Carsten
391/0/0
28.06 2014
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Sandøy, John
425/0/0
29.10 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Barlow, Chris
548/897/240
30.10 2014
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Rickeard, Andy
549/897/240
12.11 2014
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Rickeard, Andy
562/897/240
13.12 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'39"N 001°34'59"W
Hodgson, Mike S.
593/897/240
03.01 2015
Duridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'39"N 001°34'54"W
Bone, Sara and Phil
614/897/240
18.02 2015
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Forshaw, Derek
660/897/240
19.02 2015
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Forshaw, Derek
661/897/240
31.03 2015
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Norland, Anne Kari
701/0/0
04.04 2015
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Fjeld, Per
705/0/0
26.04 2015
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Sandøy, John
727/0/0
18.05 2015
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Fjeld, Per
749/0/0
09.06 2015
Østensjøvannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'51"N 010°49'57"E
Molværsmyr, Sindre
771/0/0
01.08 2015
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Easterbrook, Mark
824/897/240
09.11 2015
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Easterbrook, Mark
924/897/240
13.01 2016
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'39"N 001°34'59"W
Fisher, Ian
989/897/240
15.01 2016
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Elliott, David
991/897/240


Resightings of a Colour Ringed Gull

Thank you for your report of a CR-ringed Gull. Under you will find the details. In the event the bird is dead and you still posses the ring(s), we kindly urge you to send (them) to us. Resightings of our CR-ringed Gulls could be reported to Lista Ringing Group, Box 171, 4558 Vanse, Norway, on E-mail: gulls@ringmerking.no or the WEB page http://www.ringmerking.no/cr.

This list of ringingdata and ring reading data is intended for personal use only. If you want to publish data from this list please contact us before publication;

For birds ringed in Norway;
Morten Helberg at email morten.helberg@bio.uio.no

For birds ringed in Denmark;
Kjeld T. Pedersen at email ktpedersen@snm.ku.dk


CR-Code White ring with black code: J6CZ LBWN(J6CZ);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 6153473
Species Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus
Sex Unknown Age 3 cy+

Date
Place
Coordinates
Observers
Days/km/°
19.04 2013
Løkketangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'29"N 010°31'20"E
Helberg, Morten
Lorentzen, Nils Helge
-
26.04 2013
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mjelde, John Martin
7/1/135
29.04 2013
Engervannet, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'38"N 010°31'32"E
Pedersen, Johnny R.
10/0/33
01.05 2013
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Pedersen, Johnny R.
12/1/135
14.05 2013
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Pedersen, Johnny R.
25/1/135
20.11 2013
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Hodgson, Mike S.
215/883/239
10.01 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Patterson, Tom
266/883/239
20.02 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Elliott, David
307/883/239
20.03 2014
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Uggerud, Ivar
335/1/135
31.03 2014
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mjelde, John Martin
346/1/135
21.06 2014
Solvikbukta, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'33"N 010°33'06"E
Sandøy, John
428/2/85
24.06 2014
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Pedersen, Johnny R.
431/1/135
27.06 2014
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Uggerud, Ivar
434/1/135
26.07 2014
Druridge Bay, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°18'00"N 001°33'00"W
Perry, Ken
463/881/239
26.07 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Mills, Lowell
463/883/239
25.08 2014
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Rickeard, Andy
493/882/239
13.12 2014
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'39"N 001°34'59"W
Hodgson, Mike S.
603/883/239
18.02 2015
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Forshaw, Derek
670/882/239
19.02 2015
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Forshaw, Derek
671/882/239
22.03 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Lie, Morten
Lome, Carsten
Mjelde, John Martin
702/1/135
23.03 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mjelde, John Martin
703/1/135
26.03 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mjelde, John Martin
706/1/135
09.04 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mjelde, John Martin
720/1/135
16.04 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mjelde, John Martin
727/1/135
26.04 2015
Furuholmen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°52'30"N 010°32'57"E
Helberg, Morten
Lome, Carsten
Molværsmyr, Sindre
737/2/140
29.04 2015
Engervannet, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'38"N 010°31'32"E
Lie, Morten
740/0/33
29.04 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mosand, Edna
740/1/135
12.05 2015
Frognerparken, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°55'33"N 010°42'13"E
Molværsmyr, Sindre
753/11/69
16.05 2015
Frognerparken, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°55'33"N 010°42'13"E
Lome, Carsten
757/11/69
07.06 2015
Sandholmen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'07"N 010°36'49"E
Lome, Carsten
779/5/97
11.06 2015
Kadettangen, Bærum, Akershus & Oslo, Norway
59°53'12"N 010°31'53"E
Mosand, Edna
783/1/135
01.08 2015
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Easterbrook, Mark
834/883/239
22.10 2015
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Easterbrook, Mark
916/883/239
09.11 2015
Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'38"N 001°34'52"W
Easterbrook, Mark
934/883/239
15.01 2016
Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, Great Britain
55°17'41"N 001°34'44"W
Elliott, David
1001/882/239

Monday 25 January 2016

Still More


Several failed attempts to relocate the December Black Reds but eventually one was tracked down after being reported at Blyth. Then of course the Tynemouth bird also reappeared. Tynemouth did provide a different close encounter. A Woodcock flew straight towards me at head high, it curved over my shoulder and into a wooded compound.



A day at Budle Bay and Stag Rocks provided lots of wonderful spectacles. Hundreds of Shelduck, Fabulous Long-tailed Ducks and 12 Snow Buntings.


Chevington provided at least two reliable spots for the wintering Water pipits. Two flight views of a Bittern were special. Hoping one day I'll look from this hide, find it on the ground and get a photo. The Slavonian Grebe continues to show well but the Black-necked Grebe is proving harder to find.


The feeders around the bay are starting to attract more birds. The country park has a flock of 12 Lesser Redpolls and a couple of Willow Tits.




At  home the 4 Tree Sparrows have returned after a two week absence and have now joined the 14 strong House Sparrow flock. A Long-tailed Tit was a brief but welcome visitor. Finally a Little Owl is back at its favoured haunt at High Chibburn Farm.

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Loving January


Highlights of last few days; Iceland Gull QEII CP, Bittern Chev and Treeceeper.



The Water Pipit at Chev is much more cleanly marked than the Druridge bird (in my opinion).



5 Roe Deer were see this morning.


A breeding bird but not easy to see. Delighted to find two today.


I managed to fluke a view of the Bittern at Chev (18/01/2016). Having heard it was at Chev when RS had a dusk fly by a couple of weeks ago. Today I was told about it being photographed on the settling pools. It is such a pity some people don't put out their sightings for others to enjoy.



The Redpoll flock is still entertaining visitors. Sadly I couldn't capture a sharp image of the 'white' one.





Friday 15 January 2016

Rings (with Coot Update)


Amble


Warkworth


Warkworth


God to have some sunshine, even if it's a bit cool!


QEII Country Park


Iceland Gull





A better shot of RbM today. What a difference with more light!


Pipits along the coast


Lovely pink throat and ringed (Hauxley)





Two Norwegian ringed BhGulls


This was at DBCP last year in February (search blog for details) I am currently waiting for more details on both.


This colour ringed Coot is probably one of Kane Brides birds again I'm awaiting details

A QUICK UPDATE FROM KANE BRIDES
Ringed as juvenile 09/03/2014
Location Nosterfield NR, North Yorkshire.