Miscellaneous (plus)

Greenshank

Avocet (juvenile)

Grey Heron

(2) Little Egrets

Great White Egret

In fact one morning Cresswell Pond had 7 Grey, 9 Little and 1 GWE

Tricky when apart.

Hemp Agrimony

Juvenile Little Gull

Pintail

An early returner. It has been at East Chevington for over a week now. Yesterday saw a big movement of Teal and 200+ dropped in at the North pool.

I can still see you!

Black Terns at Chev. (2 maybe 3) First thoughts were this might have been a White-winged Black. White upper tail and no flank smudge. Talked myself out of it!

Beacon Point

Weed Wide Web

Spotted Flycatcher

Great when a plan works. Early morning, Druridge got to be a Pied Flycatcher. Well almost ... but still very happy with it.

Who needs a Rufous-tailed Chat when you can have a Wren instead.?

Migrant Hawkers

Tachina fera

Gold Spot

Bit of Seawatching

Couple of Cranes

Where are the chips?

*%££"!

Roker Pier

Whinchat

 

Teaser

Redshank

Ringed 10/12/2018

Welwick Saltmarsh (Humber)

1st Winter

Observed Amble

first re-sighting

Plume Moth sp?

I must add this is not one of Gary's!

Wheatear

Apart from a busy day at Hedgeley with 6+ birders present. ( I'll leave you guessing what caused the twitch!) I spent last week at various locations including Berwick, Rothbury and Powburn. 

I did enjoy the brief sighting of two 'large' bats during the day near Berwick.

 

Learning Curve

Wasp

Diphysus quadripunctoris

Well that is what I thought. A similar looking Ichneumon might be correct though.

Greenshank

Cresswell continues to host a variety of waders. Yesterday a Little Stint was a nice surprise but by the time I got to the hide it had gone. A Harrier overhead quickly followed by a hunting Merlin probably hastened its departure.

Emerald Damselflies

Sermylassa halensis

Again, my best guess. A similar looking carabid fit the bill but didn't fit the habitat.

Little Egret

According to BiN 2001 (twenty years ago ... great at maths huh!) it was classed as a rare visitor. How many of us now take little notice of them? 11 today at Cresswell. It is worth noting that a check for Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret or Western Reef Heron can fill a dull few minutes when the birding is 'slow'.

Little Ringed Plover

 

August Activity

A bit of seawatching action.

Over three days I managed to see: Great Skuas, Arctic Skuas, Manx Shearwaters (inc one string of 30+ birds), Sooty Shearwater and a remarkable feeding frenzy by 5 Black Terns.

A sudden arrival of Mediterranean Gulls (60+) included and colour-ringed bird (juv) probably German.

This is an Oslo ringed (3cy) Great Black-backed Gull.

The reedbeds are quieter now, although two Reed warblers were marking their territories with full song this morning. I guess most of the birds are feeding in order to fatten up for their southward journey.

Autumn Gentian

This seems to doing well this year. So far 24 plants located. Let us hope the grazing cattle don't find them.

Almost MUD.

Three Ruff was a nice surprise.

Great White Egret

A nice bird to start off this mornings birding.