Gateshead and Beyond

The first port of call this morning was Cresswell, which was disappointing with just 2 Little Gull and 6 Avocet. At Druridge a Barn Owl pu...

Hit lucky today. I was just leaving the shop in Ellington when I got the news of a Great Reed Warbler at Cresswell, just a few minutes away....

Having managed to dodge work for most of May I had to return today, so only managed a quick look around Gateshead tonight. A Long-eared Owl ...

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper flew off from Cowpen Marsh just 10 mins before I got there. A quick search of Greatham Creek drew a blank so I h...

Quail hunting this morning again drew a blank, but I did see a Long-eared Owl on Ravensworth Fell and a pair of Grey Partridge at Burdon Moo...

  An early look around Gateshead hunting for Quail. No sign today and not much else so I headed down to Teeside. At the Calor Gas pool the...

Headed down to South Gare first thing in hope of getting some better Bee-eater photos. It was not to be as it appeared the birds had gone ov...