Saturday, 1 March 2014

Same Old

An optimistic start up in the hills proved fruitless, so I headed to the coast. East Chevington held the same as last week with a Red-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Slavonian Grebe and 3 Long-tailed Duck. Just before I left the diver took off and headed south over my head.

Black-throated Diver
 
Red-necked Grebe
 
Further south were 2 Pintail at Druridge and an Avocet at Cresswell.
 
Around Gateshead the Ruff was at Shibdon and Steve's 2 Stonechat still at Burdon Moor.
 

Stonechat


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5 comments:

  1. ramblingwalker3 March 2014 at 11:07

    Where abouts at Burdon moor did u see the stonechats? I visited yesterday but couldn't see them.
    Cheers

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  2. Rob Stonehouse3 March 2014 at 16:21

    Just by the brick wall. I didn't see them yesterday or today, so they may have moved through. Cheers.

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  3. ramblingwalker3 March 2014 at 19:01

    Cheers do stonechats tend to use burden moor as a stop off point? Sorry I'm new to the area and I don't really know it's history, but from looking at blogs from the past few years I notice stonechats visit for a few days then move on is this the case?
    Cheers

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  4. Rob Stonehouse3 March 2014 at 19:20

    They did breed before the hard winters, but have just been seen for a couple of days in early spring for the last 3 years. Still time yet for some more.

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  5. ramblingwalker3 March 2014 at 19:28

    Yeah true, it's a shame though, there's seems to be suitable habitat for them in the area. Fingers crossed.

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