02/0107 : Velvet Scoter with Common Scoter flock off the Stray Redcar; 15 Snow Buntings on the beach at South Gare mid-morning (DaveR)
Belasis Hall Tech Park : 146 Canada Geese, 6 Greylag Geese, 2 Gadwall, c10 Tufted Duck, c10 Mallard, 5 Pochard plus numerous Common and Black-headed Gulls (Julie Mason)
Hawfinch by the White House at Hutton plus 19 Siskin. 31 Snow Bunting at Cowbar in the stubble. 2+ Velvet Scoter off Saltburn/Marske and 1+ G.N.Diver in rough seas and Med Gull (up to 4 GND and 2 BTD in recent weeks). 1 Lesser Redpoll Birk Brow Woods. Ring-necked Parakeet, female around the Scots Pine by the Electricity Sub-station at Acklam Hall, very vocal at ca 3.00pm (Richard Taylor)

03/01/06 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton : ad at Tees Barrage

03/01/06 : Snow Bunting, Seaton Snook : 26 nr North Gare; ad Mediterranean Gull on Seaton Common, plus Little Egret

03/01/06 : Hawfinch, Hutton Village : by white house

03/01/06 : Mandarin Duck, Middlesbrough : on the lake at Albert Park this morning

03/01 : Seaton Common. Usual suspects here with a Little Egret in the first runner on the N. side; a Merlin (probably imm. male) hunting the Common and tip; and an adult Med. Gull. Amongst the thousands of Gulls here a virtually pure albino Black Headed Gull caused a bit of a stir! (Alex Cruikshanks)
Adult Yellow-legged Gull at Tees Barrage this afternoon with Kingfisher on Water Course. 4 Red-breasted Merganser on River Tees at Portrack Marsh plus Redpoll (presumed Lesser) and Bullfinch (Gary Sharples)
Mandarin Duck on Albert Park lake Middlesbrough this morning (GR)

04/01/07 : 15 Barnacle Geese and 6 Pink-feet still on Back Saltholme this morning (DaveR)
Zinc Works Road : Water Rail in ditch next to first lay-by. Can't understand why it would want to share that ditch with beer cans, children's toys, unwanted presents and other rubbish dumped by thoughtless people (Neil H)

05/01/07 : Great Northern Diver, Saltburn : three offshore; also Black-throated Diver, Velvet Scoter and Scaup

05/01/07 : 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Coatham Marsh 10 a.m. today, 1 Med Gull on beach near Majuba Road car park Redcar at lunchtime (Ian Elcoate)
Ringtail Hen Harrier in the Dimmingdale/Scaling area today. At least 1 Long-tailed Duck still there and 11 Pink-footed Geese, one of which had orange bare parts! Black-throated and 2-3 Great Northern Divers off Saltburn this p.m., along with a male Scaup and at least 1 Velvet Scoter with the Common Scoter flock, all birds just to the North of Saltburn (Richard Taylor)

06/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : off end of breakwater until 13:09 at least

06/01/07 : Great Northern Diver, Saltburn : 15 offshore between Saltburn and Redcar; also Black-throated Diver, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Red-necked Grebe, Velvet Scoter and Long-tailed Duck all this afternoon

06/01/07 : Black Guillemot showing well just offshore at end of the breakwater at South Gare at 1.45pm. Also Red-throated Diver, Shag, Red-breasted Merganser, Guillemot, Razorbill and Purple Sandpiper (Gary Sharples)
Seal Sands this afternoon : 4 Red-throated Divers, 4 Great Crested Grebes, 17 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 4 Eiders and 341 Shelducks. Also a Little Egret was in the tidal pool near Greatham Creek (Julie Mason)
South Gare (15:50) : flock of 20+ Snow Buntings on beach. R.T. diver, Guillemot and Razorbill off breakwater close in (Sylvia Brennan)
Unprecedented numbers of Great Northern Divers off the coast between Redcar and Saltburn today, with up to 15 present (combined observer total). Also 2 Black-throated and several Red-throated Divers present, plus a Red-necked Grebe off 'The Ship' at Saltburn. The first-winter Black Guillemot at South Gare was a stunner and gave excellent close-range views. At Scaling Dam: 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 6 Pink-footed Geese and a perched adult Goshawk for ca 5 minutes late afternoon (Ted Parker)
As well as the species mentioned by Ted there were 2 Slavonian Grebes on the sea just to the north of Saltburn and a Velvet Scoter and drake Long-tailed Duck with the Common Scoter there (Richard Taylor)

07/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : adult at Tees Barrage (08:45)

07/01/07 : Black-throated Diver, Saltburn : from the west end of the promenade; also Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Velvet Scoter and 50 Common Scoter (09:30)

07/01/07 : Great Northern Diver, Saltburn : still off the pier with Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebe, adult Mediterranean Gull and 2 Velvet Scoter (12:30)

07/01/07 : Mediterranean Gull, Saltburn : on the top promenade at the end of Amber Street (14:40)

07/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : just south of end of breakwater (until 15:30 at least)

07/01/07 : Black Guillemot showing well at South Gare (09.00) (DaveR)
South Gare (early pm.) Flock of Snow Buntings still present around beach, 2 Purple Sandpipers on breakwater, and Black Guillemot close in along with Guillemots and Razorbill and R.T. Diver. 4 Mergansers, 8 Sanderlings in bay. S.E. Owl hunting near golf course. Marske - Bydales college playing fields (15.30 approx.) : 70 Golden Plover along with few hundred Lapwings (Sylvia Brennan)
Little Egret at Seaton Common, Red-necked Grebe, Razorbill and 2 Velvet Scoter between North Gare and Seaton. 2 Slavs at Saltburn, 16 Barnacle Geese at Back Saltholme and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose on Seal Sands (Colin Dodsworth)

08/01/07 : Purple Sandpiper, South Gare : four

08/01/07 : Great Northern Diver, Saltburn : two off the Ship pub with a Red-necked Grebe and a Slavonian Grebe

08/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : first-winter off the end below the lighthouse; also 28 Snow Bunting on the beach (14:00)

08/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : showing well at Tees Barrage

08/01/07 : 10:00am-11:30am South Gare - Black Guillemot 25m from pier, Purple Sandpiper (5), Rock Pipit (2), Razorbill, Guillemot (4). On beach Snow Bunting (23), Merlin (often settling on the beach/dunes/telegraph wires), Peregrine, Reed Bunting (4), Linnet c.20, Sanderling (9), Bar-tailed Godwit, RB Merganser (7), Cormorant 20+ (Ian Forrest)
Black Guillemot still present at South Gare today 12.50pm at least off the end of the breakwater (Martyn Sidwell)
Yellow-legged Gull - adult at Tees Barrage today at its usual spot (sat on the top of the light at the entrance to the small navigation lock at the base of the south side of the barrage) (Colin Dodsworth)

09/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : 1st-winter at end of breakwater below lighthouse (10:55)

10/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington : drake on Hemlington Lake (09:45)

10/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : showing below the lighthouse at the end of the breakwater (10:20)

10/01/07 : Long-eared Owl, between Dorman's Pool and Reclamation Pond : in Silver Birch

10/01/07 : Little Egret, Greatham Creek : in the channel near the car park

10/01/07 : South Gare (10:00) - Black Guillemot still present at end of breakwater along with R.T. Diver, Razorbill and 1 Purple Sandpiper. Greatham Creek (12:30 approx.) - Little Egret in channel to south of Greatham Creek near car parking area (Mick Brennan)
Drake Ring-necked Duck at Hemlington Lake still at 1:30pm, also ad Med Gull present (Colin Dodsworth)
Yellow-legged Gull at Teesside Barrage. Ring-necked Duck at Hemlington Lake. Black Guillimot, c 20 Snow Bunting, 2 RTDivers & 2 Purple Sandpipers at South Gare. 14 Barnacle Geese & 10+ Pintail at Back Saltholme. Merlin north of Zinc Works Road (DaveB)

11/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington : no sign of drake on Hemlington Lake

11/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : present off breakwater; also Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver plus 30+ Snow Bunting on Beach. Access road partially flooded at that time (11:15)

11/01/07 : For those that have missed the news, the Eagle Owl is now around Middlesbrough station and is making the national news. A couple of links are:- http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007010449,00.html http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=flighty-owl-still-on-the-prowl-in-town-centre%26method=full%26objectid=18429205%26siteid=109975-name_page.html (Jamie Duffie)

12/01/07 : Black Guillemot, South Gare : off the end of the breakwater this morning

12/01/07 : No sign of Ring-necked Duck this afternoon at Hemlington Lake (DaveR)

13/01/07 : Great Northern Diver, Saltburn; also Red-necked Grebe, 2 Velvet Scoters, and Black-throated Diver

13/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington : drake on Hemlington Lake

13/01/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Scaling Dam Reservoir : 1w (15:00)

13/01/07 : Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver. Red-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe and 2 Velvet Scoters off Saltburn this morning. Ring-necked Duck Hemlington Lake 12.00 (G.Randall)
Merlin and pair of Stonechats at Zinc Works Road, lunchtime (Keith Ryan)
Green Sandpiper at Portrack Roundabout this morning; Dipper in the stream at Saltburn and a Stonechat by the Ship Inn there. Six Pink-feet at Saltholme (Graeme Joynt)

14/01/07 : Red-necked Grebe, off North Gare (13:30)

14/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull showing well at Tees Barrage this morning, with 2 Jack Snipes and a Stonechat on Portrack Marsh. Merlin and Little Egret by Zinc Works Road at 11.45 (G.Randall)
Ring-necked Parakeet at Acklam Hall late morning; also Great Spotted Woodpecker showing well (Julie Mason)
Ring necked Parakeet being pursued by Common Gull, Hartburn,11:00 (Frank Bailey)

15/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull still at Tees Barrage (2:00pm) (Ian Forrest)

16/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington : drake on Hemlington Lake (11:15)

16/01/07 : Kingfisher on north side of the River Tees just above the barrage (12.30); 64 Greylags flying north over Tees Barrage (12.45) (Andrew Donnison)
Black-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver and 2 Great Northern Divers off Saltburn this afternoon (Ben Taylor)
Seaton Snook (13:30-14:30) - Grey Plover 10, Red Knot c.150, Redshank c.20, Ringed Plover 3, Sanderling 7, Red-breasted Merganser c.20, Eider c.20, Cormorant c.20, Eurasian Wigeon c.50, Stonechat 2 (Ian Forrest)
A single Water Pipit showed very well on the pipeline near Haverton Hole this afternoon; Yellow-legged Gull still at Tees Barrage; 5 Pink-footed and 16 Barnacle Geese on Back Saltholme (Ted Parker)

17/01/07 : Little Gull, Redcar : adult on the beach this afternoon; also 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull

17/01/07 : Mediterranean Gull, South Gare : adult on the beach this afternoon

17/01/07 : Water Pipit, Haverton Hole : two by Haverton Hole Ponds in the gully by the pipeline at the roadside

17/01/07 : Barnacle Goose, Saltholme Pools : 16 with Pink-footed Geese and Greylag Geese at Back Saltholme Pool this morning

17/01/07 : Adult Mediterranean Gull at Hemlington lake at 12:15 (Eric James)

19/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington : drake on Hemlington Lake this morning; also adult Mediterranean Gull

19/01/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 2 flew over (15:35)

19/01/07 : 2 Snow Buntings at Seaton Sands this afternoon (Mike Leakey)
2 Waxwings flew over my garden at Skelton at 3.35 this afternoon (Damian Money)
Ring-necked Duck and adult Mediterranean Gull still at Hemlington Lake late afternoon (Mark Rowbottom)

20/01/07 : Waxwing, Stockton-on-Tees : 5 flew over Tees Barrage towards Thornaby (15:05); White-fronted Goose on Saltholme Pools

20/01/07 : Male Peregrine, and White-fronted, Pink-footed and Barnacle Geese on Saltholme this morning (Keith Ryan)
Water Pipit showing well on the pipe line at Haverton this morning; also 2 Grey Partridges (DaveR)
Kingfisher at Portrack Marsh (Liam Tumilty)
The Yellow-legged Gull was still at Tees Barrage and a single Water Pipit was at the pipe line, near Haverton. A single White–fronted Goose, four Pink–footed Geese and at least seven Barnacle Geese were amongst good numbers of Greylag Geese and Canada Geese at Back Saltholme. All the usual wildfowl were present, but no sign of any Ruddy Ducks (DaveB)

21/01/07 : Greenland White-fronted Goose, Back Saltholme Pool; also 17 Barnacle Geese and 4 Pink-footed Geese

21/01/07 : Purple Sandpiper, Hartlepool : c 48 on Headland (and Velvet Scoter past south), and 65 at Newburn (15:00)

21/01/07 : Kingfisher, Yellow-legged Gull, Shelduck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Teal, Lapwing, Redshank, Reed Bunting at Portrack Marsh (Dave Watt)
Adult Mediterranean Gull, 28 Great Crested Grebes and 65 Purple Sandpipers at Newburn roost (15:00) (Steve Keightley)
2 Goosanders off South Gare Redcar 12:30 - 13:10
Hartlepool Headland (afternoon) : Red-throated Diver (1), Eider (30+), Common Scoter (35+), Sanderling (20+), Oystercatcher (30+) and Common Redshank (10+) were seen from Marine Drive. A single Velvet Scoter was seen flying south at this location. No fewer than 48 Purple Sandpipers were between the first two breakwaters. Shag (1), Cormorant (2), Knot (30+), Turnstone (40+), Rock Pipit (1) and Pied Wagtail (2) were also there. Gulls present included Black–headed Gull (100+), Common Gull (10+), Herring Gull (30+) and Great Black–backed Gull (30+) (DaveB)
North Gare (11:00) : 4 Red-throated Divers, 6 Common Scoters, and a male Long-tailed Duck. Small male Merlin on the rocks briefly before flying towards S.Gare (Alex Cruikshanks)

22/01/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : flew over Torver Way (16:06)

22/01/07 : At 12.45, Adult Yellow-legged Gull and Little Grebe at Tees Barrage (Andrew Donnison)
Female Ring-necked Parakeet by the main gate at Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool, this afternoon (Graeme Joynt)
Single Waxwing flew over my garden at Skelton at 4.06pm (Damian Money)

23/01/07 : Little Auk, Hartlepool : two north past Hartlepool Headland; also Long tailed Duck and 4 Brent Geese between 09:00 and 11:00

23/01/07 : Iceland Gull, South Gare : 3rd-winter flew north (10:50)

23/01/07 : Zinc Works Road : Stonechat and unknown bunting 3pm (NGH)

24/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington: drake and adult Mediterranean Gull on the Lake this morning

24/01/07 : Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit (8-10), Goldfinch (3), numerous Great Tit, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer, Greenfinch, Dunnock, Robin at feeding station (NGH)

25/01/07 : 25 Great Crested Grebes off Newburn today; 30 Pintails on Back Saltholme and an adult Peregrine (Ted Parker)

26/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck, Hemlington : drake on Hemlington Lake this morning; also adult Mediterranean Gull

26/01/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Harlepool : 3 at Ward Jackson Park

26/01/07 : Ring-necked Duck at Hemlington Lake in morning; also Mediterranean Gull (DaveR)
Peregrine over my garden at Skelton (Damian Money)
At Seaton Snook : Great Northern Diver, 43 Twite (Mike Corner)

27/01/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : three in Ward Jackson Park

27/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull at Tees Barrage this morning (DaveR)
Pair of Stonechats on brambles between Marske and Saltburn; a Grey Wagtail bottom end of Saltburn Beck (Gordon Douglas)
Female Blackcap in my garden at Skelton (Damian Money)
At Scaling Dam : 2 Long-tailed Ducks still (Mike Corner)
Up to 5 Corn Buntings around the stubble field just off the A19 just east of the Dalton Lodge pub and 2 Common Buzzards over the wood on the west side of the A19 there. 4+ Mealy Redpolls at Cowpen Bewley with Lesser Redpolls and Goldfinches. Go through the gate, past the feeders and follow the track for 200 yards, past the ponds, through another gate to view the Alders between the 2 tracks. 3 Ring-necked Parakeets at Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool, 2 Pale-bellied Brents on Greatham Creek, up to 5 Little Egrets roosting at Rossmere Park Hartlepool recently and both Greenland Whitefront and Barnacle Geese on Back Saltholme this pm (Richard Taylor)

28/01/07 : Pink-footed Goose, Saltholme Pools : 2 at Back Saltholme Pool (09:45)

28/01/07 : Green Sandpiper, Portrack Marsh : in a ditch near to Portrack roundabout (11:20)

28/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : adult near to the sluice gate of the Tees Barrage (11:30)

28/07/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : 3 (2 females and 1 male) at Ward Jackson Park in trees opposite the Clock Tower Gate (15:20)

28/01/07 : Water Pipit, Haverton Hole : by pools near pipe

28/01/07 : Common Redpoll, Cowpen Bewley : at least 5 Mealy Redpolls in alders between two tracks, past the ponds beyond feeders

28/01/07 : Cowpen Bewley woodland park : big pond : 2 Goldeneyes, Moorhens, Coots, Mallards. In the feeding station part : 5+ Long-tailed Tits, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Great Tits, Robins, Yellowhammers, Chaffinches (Philip Tumilty)
At 9:00am Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool - 3 Ring-necked Parakeets investigating and cleaning out old nest holes; 11:00am at Seaton Snook : Twite (30); 12:30 at Fire Station Pool - Green Sandpiper (1+), another at Portrack Roundabout (Ian Forrest)
Yellow-legged Gull on usual lamp post at Tees Barrage. Good views of Water Pipit at Haverton - either side of the road by the pipeline. Adult Peregrine having a go at a Shelduck Back Saltholme. 2nd winter Med Gull and 21 Great Crested Grebes at Newburn. Pair of Stonechats halfway down Zinc Works Road. All a.m. (Mark Rowbottom)
3+ Mealy Redpolls with Lesser Redpolls and Goldfinches at Cowpen Bewley nature reserve this morning (DaveR)
Female Ring-necked Parakeet at Ward Jackson Park at 1:30 along with escaped Ringed Teal on the pond. 5 Pink-feet at Saltholme, 39 Great Crested Grebes off Newburn and 2 Corn Buntings in the stubble field behind Dalton Lodge off the A19 (Colin Dodsworth)

29/01/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : 3 at Ward Jackson Park

29/01/07 : Water Pipit, Haverton Hole : in gully by pipeline at roadside

29/01/07 : Common Redpoll, Cowpen Bewley : at least 5 Mealy Redpolls in alders between two tracks, past the ponds beyond feeders

29/01/07 : Green Sandpiper at Cowpen Bewley WP 8.30 am today - on stream that flows under humpback bridge (Julie Hogg)

30/01/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : three in Ward Jackson Park (12:15)

30/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Tees Barrage : by the lock

30/0107 : 2 Water Rails by Long Drag, near barred gate; also Greenshank (Graham Walters)
150 Pink-footed Geese flew north over Seaton Carew at 1:10pm (Steve Keightley)

31/01/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : three in Ward Jackson Park

31/01/07 : Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls just up river from the Barrage yesterday (Colin Dodsworth)

01/02/07 : Mediterranean Gull, Newburn : 2w at outfall

01/02/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Portrack Marsh : adult still at Tees Barrage

01/02/07 : 3 Ring-necked Parakeets at Ward Jackson Park at 8.30am today, around Clock Tower entrance off Park Avenue and in trees opposite (Julie Hogg)
Bar-tailed Godwit (5), Seal Sands, low tide 09:30 (Graham Walters)
Green Sandpiper at Cowpen Bewley by the humpback bridge (Mark Rowbottom)
At Sleddale today: a Common Buzzard being mobbed by a Raven (not in the County, I'm afraid, but less than 1km from the boundary). Also a Common Buzzard over the moor just to the east of 'The Jolly Sailor' pub this afternoon (Ted Parker)

02/02/07 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : 20 on beach showing well (14:00)

02/02/07 : Red-necked Grebe, Hartlepool : off the Headland just north of Heugh Pier (15:00)

02/02/07 : Yellow-legged Gull at Tees Barrage this afternoon (DaveR)
No sign of the Raven (or anything, for that matter) at Sleddale this afternoon (Ted Parker)
At 15:00, Red-necked Grebe at H'Pool Headland, just North of Heugh Pier (Chris Brown)

03/02/07 : Red-necked Grebe, Hartlepool : off the Headland (16:00)

04/02/07 : White-fronted Goose, Haverton Hole : with Greylags and Canada Geese and 17 Barnacle Geese. View southeast towards Saltholme

04/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : briefly on Torver Way, then flew off at 10:10

04/02/07 : 20 Whooper Swans northwards past Seaton Common; also female Merlin present. Yellow-legged Gull at the Barrage (W Irvine)
Single Waxwing present briefly this morning in Skelton and then flew off over my house at 10.10 (Damian Money)
Red-necked Grebe still just north of Heugh Breakwater 4.00 p.m.(Chris Sharp)
3 Red-necked Grebes and 2 Black-throated Divers offshore between Marske and Redcar (Gordon Douglas)

05/02/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees adult still at the Tees Barrage

05/02/07 : Red-necked Grebe still just north of Heugh pier at Headland first light. At least one Water Pipit at Haverton Hole 9.20 am (Julie Hogg)
Single Waxwing, high over Skelton at 11.45 (Damian Money)
A female Goshawk flew low over Hutton Gate this morning (from the direction of Guisborough Forest). At Birk Brow, a flock of finches included at least 30 Goldfinches, 10 Chaffinches and 10 Redpolls, of which 3 were Mealies. The flock was feeding by the road in the Larch plantation just after the radio mast this afternoon (Ted Parker)

06/02/07 : Hawfinch, Hutton Village still in large tree at entrance to Hutton Hall with The White House written on it (10:00)

06/02/07 : Hawfinch, Hutton Village no sign near the entrance to Hutton Hall early afternoon (12:50)

06/02/07 : 11:00am at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park - Blackcap female, Goldeneye drake and two females, Green Sandpiper on weir above wooden bridge at end of boardwalk, Lesser Redpoll (5), Grey Wagtail. Redwing 300+ Fieldfare 150+ (Ian Forrest)
Hawfinch at Hutton Gate this morning in the large tree at the entrance to Hutton Hall (with 'The White House' written on it). At Birk Brow, no sign of the main finch flock this morning but 2 Siskins present in the Larch plantation by the road (Ted Parker)

07/02/07 : White-fronted Goose, Saltholme Pools and 21 Barnacle Geese still present at Back Saltholme

09/02/07 : Whooper Swans (7) heading NW over Cowpwen Bewley Woodland Park c.10:00am ( Ian Forrest)

10/02/07 : A Woodcock flew over Victoria Park today whilst Pools were defeating top of the table Walsall 3-1 (Chris Sharp)

11/02/07 : Waxwing, Billingham : by the old A19/A689 roundabout but flew towards Marsh House Avenue (12:55)

11/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : c.30 by the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane but mobile (16:15)

11/02/07 : White-fronted Goose, Back Saltholme in evening; also 14 Barnacle Geese and 6 Pink-footed Geese

11/02/07 : Great Northern Diver, South Gare

11/02/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : 3 in Ward Jackson Park

11/02/07 : 1 Mealy and 3 Lesser Redpolls at Cowpen Bewley CP by the railway line, also c300 Fieldfares and c500 Redwings. Water Pipit still showing very well at Haverton (Ben Taylor)
Goldeneye and 2 Shovelers on Charlton's Pond Billingham (Anthony Noel Garside)
C.650 Golden Plovers on Bylands School playing field Marske; 1 Great Northern Diver at South Gare; Goosander at Scaling Dam (Mike Corner)
White-fronted Goose, 6 Pinkfeet and 14 Barnacle Geese still present this evening on Back Saltholme; also 2 Peregrines. Short-eared Owl at Cowpen Bewley (Ian Foster)
Male Blackcap in my Saltburn garden (GX Megson)
Barn Owl by the A19 at Elwick at 11pm (Graeme Joynt)

12/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : at least 20 on Saltburn Lane by the railway bridge (09:00)

12/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 25+ by the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane (10:45)

12/02/07 : At 08:40, about 20 Waxwings in Skelton, on hawthorns on disused railway line, by railway bridge on Saltburn Lane. NZ 664-196; also 25 Redwings (GX Megson)
Above are presumed same 25 Waxwings that were earlier present on Saltburn Lane, flew up Marske Lane and towards Skelton high street at 2.10pm. Please note that the railway line at Skelton is IN USE.Standing here may result in a close view of something larger than a Waxwing !! (Damian Money)
Male and female Blackcap in the garden at Billingham again today - been daily visitors for two weeks now. c.20 Lesser Redpoll, c.20 Siskin, male and female Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, c.200 Redwing, c.100 Fieldfare at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park (Ian Forrest)

13/02/07 : Great Northern Diver, Seal Sands : 5 birds present from public hide (14:30)

13/02/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Scaling Dam Reservoir : 2 mid-way aong dam by orange buoy (15:30)

13/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 30 in Skelton Castle/Marske Lane area until mid-afternoon only

13/02/07 : Common Buzzard over R Leven valley near Kirklevington 09:30 (A McLee)
Still around 20 Waxwings around the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane, Skelton this lunchtime (Stewart Hinley)
Until 14:30 at least, 5 Great Northern Divers Seal Sands plus 3 Red-throated Divers (John Crussell)
Approx 30 Waxwings flew low over Marske Lane/Skelton Castle area at 2.45 before heading towards the centre of Skelton (Damian Money)

14/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 25+ still by the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane

14/02/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : 3 at Tunstall Court opposite Ward Jackson Park ( 14:45)

14/02/07 : Still around 25 Waxwings by railway bridge on Saltburn Lane at Skelton this morning. Female Blackcap in my garden here (Damian Money)
Red-breasted Merganser, Belasis Technology Park (Graham Walters)

15/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 24 by railway bridge over Saltburn Lane (09:00)

15/02/07 : Presumed same flock of Waxwings again flew up Marske Lane and towards Skelton village at 3.30pm (Damian Money)

16/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : c.20 by the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane (09:00)

16/02/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Scaling Dam Reservoir : two still (11:30)

16/02/07 : Exactly 30 Waxwings by railway bridge at Skelton at 8.55 this morning; also a Siskin over (Damian Money)

17/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : c.50 by the railway bridge and opposite Hamsterley Way on Saltburn Lane (09:20)

17/02/07 : Mediterranean Gull, Saltburn : adult on lamp post on the Top Promenade (12:45)

17/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 30 by the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane (13:00)

17/0072 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : 15+ feeding on beach at high tide (15:00)

17/02/07 : 2 Little Owls at Boulby this afternoon (Ben Taylor)
2 Great Northern Divers, 2 Velvet Scoters, 8 Red-throated Divers, 4 Great Crested Grebes all off Marske Chuchyard this afternoon (Ian Boustead)
At 4.30pm Short-eared Owl - Greatham Creek (Sylvia Brennan)
Short-eared Owl at 4.15pm Saltholme Pond opposite Fire Station and then by Dormans Pool. Further Short-eared Owl at 5.00pm at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park (Ian Forrest)

18/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : c.30 still on Saltburn Lane by the railway bridge (08:25)

18/02/07 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : 19+ drinking and bathing in puddles in the car parking area (12:30)

18/02/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : adult at the Tees Barrage

18/02/07 : The Waxwings again present at the railway bridge at Skelton this morning also a group of 7 Fulmars circled over at 8.25 (Damian Money)
Buzzard flying over Guisborough 14:20 (Ian Elcoate)
Yellow-legged Gull Tees Barrage 9.15am, Kingfisher Portrack Marsh 9.25am (Phil Kerr)
At 4pm, 23 Snow Buntings still present on beach at South Gare along with numerous Sanderlings, Redshanks, Dunlins, Turnstones, Ringed Plovers, Oystercatchers, 2 Purple Sandpipers and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers and Guillemot on sea (Sylvia Brennan)
2 Short-eared Owls at Cowpen Bewley (4.15) (DaveR)
11 Shags off ConocoPhillips Terminal this afternoon. Short-eared Owl, male Stonechat and three Pinkfeet on Cowpen Marsh. Porpoise in the Tees opposite Smith's Dock (Mike Leakey)

19/02/07 : At 11am - Bridge over R. Tees - Leven Valley : flock of over 30 Siskins and a Treecreeper. Waxwing still present at Skelton but saw only 3 at 12.50. Snow Bunting still showing well at South Gare on beach and drinking in pools at roadside (Sylvia Brennan)
20+ Snow Buntings at the South Gare; also a flock of 300+ Geese flying north, probably Pink-feet but not certain (Ben Taylor)
2 Great Northern Divers close inshore off the rocks at Huntcliff, Saltburn at low tide 1pm (Dave Watt)

20/02/07 : Long Drag, 13:00 : Little Egret, male+female Stonechat (Graham Walters)

21/02/07 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : twenty in car park (14:05)

21/02/07 : 10.15am at Saltholme - 9 Pink-footed Geese, Golden Plover 600+; Dormans pool - 10 Pintails, 1 Ruddy Duck; Zinc Works Rd. - Meadow Pipit, male and female Stonechats and Skylarks; Hartlepool Headland - 2 Red-throated Divers, Red-necked Grebe with Eider and Scoter, Dunlin and Purple Sandpiper, also good views of at least 3 porpoise close in. 1.50pm - Little Egret adjacent to Seal Sands roundabout in ditch close to road. Cowpen Bewley - 2.45pm Short-eared Owl (Sylvia Brennan)
South Gare: 42 Snow Buntings on beach also, 2 Red-throated Divers, a Stock Dove and a Stonechat (Adam Jones)
Little Egret at East Saltholme 17:15 (Anthony Noel Garside)

22/02/07 : Adult male SAKER FALCON found on the Corus Steelworks this morning. It was not wearing Jesses but was fitted with a radio transmitter - clearly an escaped falconers bird. I took it to Kirkleatham Owl Centre at lunchtime (Martyn Sidwell)
Snow Buntings ca 45 at end of South Gare. Waxwings not present at the Skelton location previously cited. Possible 2 Chinese Geese at Scaling Dam but birds wre partially concealed and asleep (A McLee)
At 14:00, Little Egret on Greenabella (Ian Forrest)

23/02/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : two feeding by the small pools in the stubble field (14:03)

23/02/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : three feeding by the small pools in the stubble field (15:09)

23/02/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : adult on Tees Barrage, showing well at NZ463191 (15:15)

23/02/07 : M & F Stonechat in Church Howle Marske, and F Stonechat Redmar field Marske. G N Diver & 2 Velvet Scoter off St. Germain's Marske (Steve Duke)
Seaton Snook 10:00am-11:30am today : Red-throated Diver 7, Great Northern Diver 4, Snow Bunting 13 (Ian Forrest)
Yellow-legged Gull at Tees Barrage and Golden Plover over further upstream. Kingfisher at Portrack Marsh (Gary Sharples)
At least 7 Bramblings in flock of finches/tits on field edge of Village Wood north of Upleatham at 15:30 (NZ633 196) (Ian Edgar)
At Sleddale this morning Don Page and I had 5 species of raptor, including 3-4 Common Buzzards, a juvenile female Goshawk, an adult Peregrine and a Sparrowhawk, plus a skein of 36 Pink-footed Geese flew NW over. On one occasion, a Common Buzzard, Peregrine and Goshawk were all in the air together. All the raptors, bar the Peregrine, were seen in Cleveland. At Cowbar in the afternoon: 3 Lapland Buntings (including 2 males) were seen from the road by the passing place just before two narrow, parallel lines of ploughed earth with some small pools beyond (the broken line of fencing by the road is a good guide). The birds were seen around the pools and the ploughed areas and were seen very well from the road. It is advisable not to go onto the stubble, as the farmer does not take kindly to this and it will avoid disturbing the birds, which, with patience, will can seen from the road (Ted Parker)
Billingham - Male and female Blackcap in the garden again today - 23 straight days now (Ian Forrest)

24/02/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : five in the meadow north of the stubble viewed from the Cleveland Way

24/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : twenty by the railway bridge on Saltburn Lane (10:04)

24/02/07 : At least 7 Lapland Buntings this morning at Cowbar in the stubble field and the field with the Cleveland Way path running through it ( DaveR)
Ring-necked Parakeet (3) still at Ward Jackson Park this morning, also Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ian Forrest)
At least 26 Waxwings still present on Saltburn Lane at 3.45 pm (Damian Money)

25/02/07 : Purple Sandpiper, Hartlepool : 40 at headland, on rocks by breakwaters mid-morning plus an adult Mediterranean Gull

25/02/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : five in the stubble viewed from the Cleveland Way

25/02/07 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : 21 by car park plus 4 Twite in dunes

25/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 23 still on Salturn Lane near the railway bridge (15:00)

25/02/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : three still opposite Ward Jackson Park at Tunstall Court

25/02/07 : Great Northern Diver, Seaton Snook : one offshore and adult Mediterranean Gull on the beach at Seaton Carew

25/02/07 : Nothing at Sleddale today in unsuitable weather conditions for raptors. One Brambling still present at Upleatham all day (Ted Parker)
4 Red-breasted Mergansers at Charlton's Pond Billingham (Anthony Noel Garside)
4 Twite by Paddy's Hole, 2 Great Northern Divers in the bay and at least 40 Snow Bunting on the beach at the South Gare this morning (Ben Taylor)
Male Red-breasted Merganser and 2 females, 11.50 at South Gare (Linda Watson)
Whilst watching the Lapland Buntings at Cowbar this morning, 27 Pink-footed Geese flew North (Julie Mason)
Mixed flock of about 30 Lesser Redpolls and Siskins feeding in the the woods around the lake at Poole Hospital Nunthorpe (Mark Rowbottom)
27 Waxwings at Skelton by bridge at 11:00. 2 Lapland Buntings seen at Cowbar at 12:15. 2 Red-throated Divers off Saltburn (GX Megson)

26/02/07 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : c.20 still present this morning on the beach south of Gare

26/02/07 : Velvet Scoter, Marske-by-the-Sea : female off St. Germain's Churchyard (12:00)

26/02/07 : Waxwing, Skelton : 20+ still present (13:00)

26/02/07 : Between the A174 and A19 (Stainton area?), Barn Owl low over the road at 04:45 (Craig Williams)
Little Egret flew across the car park at Seal Sands towards the Creek (what's going on - global warming or what?)!!!! (Anthony Noel Garside)
At 14:55 : at least 30 Linnets in stubble field on road to Coatham Stob along with 84 Stock Doves. Large flock of Redwing in trees opp. Sutton Arms, Elton (Mick Brennan)
Snow Buntings still on beach at South Gare in afternoon. Single female Velvet Scoter off St. Germain's Marske midday. 20+ Waxwings still at Skelton early afternoon. Lapland Buntings not found at Cowbar. 2 Long-Tailed Ducks still at Scaling Dam late afternoon (Graham Shortt)
2 Waxwings at 15:30 at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, in trees half way between car park and the point where the 2 streams meet; also Jack Snipe on Greenabella Marsh (Graeme Joynt)
27 Waxwings near the railway bridge,Skelton at 15:00 (Peter Garbutt)

27/02/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : 3+ in clifftop by Cleveland Way

27/02/07 : Little Egret flew west over Parkview Industrial Estate Hartlepool at 12:30 (Steve D Keightley)
3 Lapland Buntings at Cowbar 09:00 in field with Cleveland Way running through it (Bob Crawford)
3 Velvet Scoters from Marine Drive Hartlepool late afternoon; also 2nd winter Med Gull at Newburn (Mark Rowbottom)

01/03/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Seaton Snook : close in at base of Snook with Red-breasted Mergansers NZ534267 (08:40)

01/03/07 : Little Gull, Marske Stray : 1st-winter by the main car park, second day

01/03/07 : Male Long-tailed Duck with Red-breasted Mergansers at Seaton Snook at 8:40am today - close in from base of Snook at NZ534267 (Julie Hogg)
At 08:41, Adult Gannet flying south off Hartlepool Headland (Dave Nelson & Bob Crawford)
Very smart adult summer Med Gull on Seaton Carew beach this morning (Mike Leakey)
Usual adult Yellow-legged Gull at the Tees Barrage - 13.00 (Andrew Donnison)
Some Waxwings still near railway bridge on Saltburn Lane at 2.00 this afternoon. Seen by my wife as she was going shopping ! (Damian Money)
Yellow-legged Gull still at Tees Barrage at 3.0pm today. Ruff and Sparrowhawk at Portrack Marsh (Gary Sharples)

02/03/07 : Snow Bunting, South Gare : 20+ on the beach and car park (15:00)

02/03/07 : Red-necked Grebe off obs. H'pool Headland 10:30 (Chris Brown)
Seaton Snook this morning : 2 Great Northern Divers,10 Snow Buntings; Hartlepool Headland : 1 Red-necked Grebe (Martin Finney)
Full summer plumage Adult Med Gull in Gull roost at Seaton Sands late this afternoon. Full jet black hood, white eyelids, slight pink flush to breast and bright scarlet legs and bill. Fantastic bird! (Mark Rowbottom)

03/03/07 : White-fronted Goose, Saltholme Pools : at Back Saltholme; also 5 Pink-footed Geese and 15 Barnacle Geese (08:30)

03/03/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : six in grass just off the road close to the stubble field (10:45)

03/03/07 : Adult Med Gull flew over Saltburn Pier 08:30 (Gordon Douglas)
The escaped Eagle Owl in Middlesbrough town centre spent the day perched on the building opposite the main entrance to the railway station (Ian Forrest)
Singles of Woodcock & Short-eared Owl at dusk - Cowpen Bewley (SteveE)

04/03/07 : White-fronted Goose, South Gare : on rough ground by blast furnace pool

04/03/07 : Eagle Owl, Middlesbrough : presumed escape, on roof top opposite railway station on Albert Road; has been present around town centre since September 2006 (13:00)

04/03/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : adult showing well at the Tees Barrage (15:30)

04/03/07 : 5 Lapland Buntings, including 2 males, feeding in muddy area at start of Cleveland Way footpath Cowbar early afternoon. They seem to like this area, perhaps when en route back from crop field (after disturbance?) to the stubble field to the south. Watched from the car at close range (Mark Rowbottom)
Long-tailed Duck (m & f) at Scaling Dam - best viewed from south car park. Adult male Peregrine Falcon at Sleddale in morning (C Bielby et al.)

05/03/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : three in the stubble field by the road this morning

05/03/07 : Male Long-tailed Duck present again at Seaton Snook at 8:40am (NZ534267) (Julie Hogg)
Red-necked Grebe in with a party of 10 Great Crested Grebes at Newburn late afternoon. Also the 2nd winter Med Gull on outfall (Mark Rowbottom)
Still at least 3 Lapland Buntings present at Cowbar today, viewed from the road and favouring the area at the start of the stubble field. Frequently flew off calling but would return again after a short wait. Also 2 Stonechats at Boulby Lodge (Ted Parker)
Common Buzzard circled over Skelton Castle/Skelton at 1.30pm then headed off low SE (Damian Money)
Single Waxwing (1:20 to 1:40 pm) on Saltburn Lane, Skelton (Wayne Richardson)

06/03/07 : Drake Goosander briefly at Scaling Dam today, plus Woodcock and Pink-footed Goose. Common Buzzard at Sleddale (Ted Parker)
Seaton Snook pm - Shelduck, Redshank and Oystercatcher, Red-breasted Merganser, Cormorant, Shag 30+, Great Crested Grebe and a Red-throated Diver just off the end of the Snook. An hour before high tide - Bar-tailed Godwit 30+, Grey Plover 30+, Knot 60+, Oystercatcher 30+, Dunlin 40+ and a few Redshank and Curlew (Ian Forrest)

07/03/07 : Yellow-legged Gull, Stockton-on-Tees : adult at Tees Barrage (14:00)

08/03/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Seaton Snook : drake off base of Snook NZ534267 (08:40)

08/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : drake and redhead late afternoon. Also 17 Barnacle Geese still

08/03/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : 3 on fence by start of stubble field. (13:30)

08/03/07 : Male Long-tailed Duck present again at Seaton Snook at 8:40am NZ534267 (Julie Hogg)
c70 Pink-footed Geese flew NE over Marske 11am, heading towards coast (Steve Duke)
Male and female Smew seen on Saltholme Pool, first on the west side and then on the east side 15:00 (Peter Garbutt)

09/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : 2 (1 drake) still on west side from road (07:00)

09/03/07 : Vulture sp., Skelton : escaped vulture sp Skelton Castle grounds in tree 11.45-12.30 then flew SW towards Guisborough (12:30)

09/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : drake and redhead on on East Pool (17:30)

09/03/07 : Keith Ferry watched a Red Kite go over his house in Saltburn, mobbed by gulls at c 10:00 (GX Megson)
Adult Goshawk low over Skelton Castle at 10.40 this morning heading towards Guisborough.This was followed an hour later by the arrival of the Ruppell's Vulture that had been earlier seen at Sleddale.It has escaped from a falconry centre at Thirsk and attempts are being made to try and recapture it (Damian Money)
Pair of Smew on west side of Saltholme late am ( Keith Ryan)

10/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : drake and female on Back Saltholme Pool; also White-fronted Goose (11:00)

10/03/07 : Marsh Harrier, Haverton Hole : one over being mobbed by a Peregrine (13:28)

10/03/07 : Pair of Smews still on Saltholme Pools 08:50 (DaveR)
At 11:15 - Raven Between Faceby and Swainby. Hundreds of Redwings and Fieldfares in brilliant plumage in fields near Chequers, Osmotherley (Mick Brennan)
At 12:30, Ruppell's Vulture seen flying across the road by Spring Wood, Skelton, mobbed by Rooks (Steve Bell )

11/03/07 : Green Sandpiper, Portrack Marsh : in the ditch by the roundabout (14:20)

11/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : drake and redhead (15:00)

11/03/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : two opposite Ward Jackson Park entrance (15:30)

11/03/07 : At 15:30, Smew male & female on Saltholme Pond - east (Ian Forrest)

12/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme : 2 inc male on Back Saltholme (09:00)

12/03/07 : Whooper Swan, Hartlepool : 5 flew north past Headland (09:15)

12/03/07 : Whooper Swan, Hartlepool : 33 flew north past Headland (09:32)

12/03/07 : Male Wheatear on the plateau near the blast furnace pools at South Gare at 1pm, also the White Fronted Goose still on the Blast Furnace Pools. 10+ Snow Bunting and good numbers of waders feeding on the tideline on the beach at lunchtime (Martyn Sidwell)
Vulture in tree, Pontac Rd., New Marske 2pm. Flew off to Errington Woods (Lesley Curwen)
Little Ringed Plover at Teesdale - seen briefly near Barclaycard House before flying off inland (Colin Dodsworth)

13/03/07 : Northern Wheatear, South Gare : 2 (1 male) by blast furnace pool

13/03/07 : Lapland Bunting, Cowbar : 5 still present. Nearby a White Wagtail at Hummersea

13/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : pair still on Back Saltholme (13:00)

13/03/07 : Male Wheatear on plateau east of blast furnace pools between Warrenby and South Gare at 08:30 (GX Megson)
Chiffchaff singing in bushes beteeen Godfalter Hill and Upsall Hall, 11:00 (Geoff Myers)
Ruppell's Vulture still yesterday and today at Skelton Castle. It does wander and was missing for a few hours yesterday which would explain the sighting at New Marske. An effort will be made tomorrow to catch it. Strictly no access to Skelton Castle at anytime.Thanks (Damian Money)
A pair of Dippers showing very well this morning on Skelton Beck, Saltburn. An adult summer Mediterranean Gull was on Saltburn Beach, a White Wagtail was at Hummersea and 5 Lapland Buntings were still at Cowbar (Ted Parker) NB : one of Dippers at Saltburn was ringed (presumed to be the female)

14/03/07 : All 3 woodpeckers in Cleveland at Weary Bank this morning. The Lesser Spotted was not seen but heard drumming regularly on the Cleveland side of the Leven up to 09.40 hrs. Pair of Smew still on Back Saltholme (Ted Parker)
At 16:30 Reclamation Pond drake Blue-winged Teal in full summer plumage - hanging around with Shovelers 60yds out from car park viewing place (Ian Forrest) NB : I have just heard about a drake Cape Shoveler at Haverton Hole last Autumn - makes me think this may be the same bird???

15/03/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Seaton Snook : drake in bay at NZ542273, opposite the entrance track from Zinc Road (08:30)

15/03/07 : Ring-necked Parakeet, Hartlepool : pair in the trees near Tunstall Court, near Ward Jackson Park (11:00)

15/0/073 : Little Egret, North Gare : to the south of the North Gare access road. (13:00)

15/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme Pools : drake and redhead still (13:00)

15/03/07 : Male Long-tailed Duck at Seaton Snook again 08:30. This time at NZ542273 in bay opposite entrance track from Zinc Road. Also, 13 Black-tailed Godwits and four Pink-footed Geese on back Saltholme, 09:00 (Julie Hogg)
Whooper Swan flying North over the Jewish Cemetary Hartlepool 09:30 (Dave Nelson & Bob Crawford)
Sand Martin flew over Bishop Cuthbert Estate 06:25 heading south (Mark Cooper)

16/03/07 : At Boulby today 1 White Wagtail and a few Pieds going through but otherwise very quiet and very windy! (Ted Parker)
Ruppell's Vulture is still on the loose.We are trying every way possible to recapture it.The vets best advice was to call in police marksman to shoot it !! Needless to say, the guy who owns the bird told him where to go.The vets worries were that it would go on to the road after road kill and an accident with a car could happen. As the bird is in a private area with no public access then it's not causing any such concerns at present. It is being fed daily to prevent it wandering and this will hopefully prevent any such accidents. Please,no access to this site to anybody.Thanks (Damian Money)
At 2pm Lesser Black-backed Gull near Thornaby town centre (Peter Garbutt)

17/03/07 : Long-tailed Duck, Scaling Dam Reservoir : one still present mid-morning but mobile; also 2 Chiffchaffs singing near the east end car park (09:20)

17/03/07 : Party of 29 Whooper Swans on the sea just north of the jetty at Skinningrove at 12:00. Also male Wheatear at South Gare in Blast Furnance Pools area (Mark Rowbottom)

18/03/07 : Great Northern Diver, South Gare in early morning

18/03/07 : Black-throated Diver, Hartlepool : at Jackson's Landing by floats near the Old West Quay pub (11:15)

18/03/07 : Mediterranean Gull, Hartlepool : 2nd-winter briefly off the slipway near Newburn Bridge (14:00)

18/03/07 : Little Egret, North Gare : south of access road (15:30)

18/03/07 : Bewick's Swan, Dorman's Pool : immature still present (17:00, from 10:10)

18/03/07 : Smew, Saltholme : pair on pool east of A178; also Greenland White-fronted Goose on Back Saltholme with 52 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Black-tailed Godwits

3 Red-throated Divers and 1 Great Northern off the South Gare. A Peregrine in the dunes, a single Brent Goose flying north and several Gannets (Ben Taylor)
Bewick's Swan on Dormans this morning (Keith Ryan)
Black-throated Diver still in Jackson's Landing at 4.00 p.m. (Chris Sharp)
4.00-5.30pm. Immature Bewick's Swan and 29 Pintail on Dorman's Pool. Drake and female Smew on East Saltholme. Greenland White-fronted Goose and 32 Pink-footed Geese on West Saltholme. Two Black-tailed Godwits on Back Saltholme (Gary Sharples)

19/03/07 : Juvenile Black-throated Diver still at Jacksons L