A day in Teesside started well as we stumbled onto the 3 Shore Lark almost as soon as we got out of the car at the Jewish Cemetery, Hartlepool. Excellent, pretty close views, but the light was awful for photos.
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| Shore Lark |
The 3 Snow Bunting a few hundred yards north took a bit of work, but eventually showed superbly.
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| Snow Bunting |
A Jackson's Landing the Glaucous Gull looked a no-shower until some bread brought in the gull flock. A real beast of a bird, bossing the gull flock.
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| Glaucous Gull |
The annual visit to Ward Jackson Park followed, where after a few minutes we picked up some Ring-necked Parakeets, with probably about a dozen birds.
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| Ring-necked Parakeet |
At a very wind-swept Seal Sands we picked up the distant Red-necked Grebe along with Great Crested Grebe, 2 Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver. A flighty flock of 18 Twite were on the sands.
The Greatham Creek area was next. Here we picked up Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Grey Plover and 2 Little Egret.
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| Little Egret |
The flock of Barnacle Geese were seen from the road at Saltholme and a stop at Cowpen Bewley gave 3 Yellowhammer to add to the year list.
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