Today , no sign at West Hartford of the reported pair of Black necked Grebes. The pond was frozen ,as it had been yesterday when they were reported. None of the regular Cramlington lads knew who had seen them. 3 hunting Short eared Owls were some consolation, as well...

Sat. 28th January 40 Sanderlings Bar Tailed Godwits Dunlin Grey Plover Curlew Wigeon Turnstone Shelduck Redshank From Boulmer Haven to Howick Haven

Seven Barnacle Geese with the Canada flock today. Paul Massey

At Beal c.700 Pale-bellied Brent Geese in fields around the sluice. No sign of any Little Egrets this morning. Over to Holy Island and from the lower reaches of The Heugh we picked out five Slavonian Grebes, a single Red-throated Diver and one or two Razorbills. A little...

Today 2 Bewicks that had been at East Chevington were found with 82 Whoopers in fields on the north west side of Ellington. At Cresswell Pond, 7 Red Breasted Mergansers and good numbers of Tree Sparrows and 3 Stonechats. 4 Whoopers at Druridge fields. 60 Siskins were...

The drake Green-winged Teal remains on the south pool at East Chevington this afternoon, lounging at the phragmites edge at the very southern edge. Most of the wildfowl on the north pool were disturbed but a single female Pintail was noted. A few Common Scoter and Red...

North Shields Fish Quay   At 10am, the three Iceland Gulls were seen - a 1st w., a 2nd w. and an adult. There was no sign of the Glaucous Gull.   Maidens Hall Lake   At 2.30pm the huge flock of geese were feeding to the west of the mound and very close to the road allowing...

At the Quay this afternoon ,the 2 Iceland Gulls ( near adult and 1st winter ) were showing at close range ,feeding as a boat came in and the guys began fish gutting at the quayside. A 2nd winter bird was also present this morning and briefly, a 2nd winter Glaucous too...

2 Nuthatches 2 Dippers 6 Long Tailed Tits 2 Treecreepers All in woodland/rivers edge east of Rothbury near Thrum Mill Hazel M