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2008 Reports Archive

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May Name: Pager Reports
Date: 31/5/2008 11:29 PM
Great Snipe, North Gare : possible flushed from by the fenceline it landed in the field south of the car park (12:45); also Marsh Warbler, singing from bushes behind sewage works by concrete blocks (11:50) 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 31/5/2008 11:28 PM
Common Rosefinch, Coatham Marsh TVWT : 1st-summer male singing behind the rubbish dump by North West Marsh briefly (11:10) 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 31/5/2008 11:27 PM
Osprey, Dorman's Pool : north over (11:45) 

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Name: Colin Dodsworth
Date: 31/5/2008 10:22 PM
No internet access for a few days. In addition to the Red-throated Pipit have managed to see Common Rosefinch (1st year male in North Gare bushes), Icterine Warbler (South Gare), Short-toed Lark (Rec Pond), Red-backed Shrike (North Gare), Pied Fly (South Gare), Marsh Warbler (North Gare Bushes) over the last few days, not a bad spring !!!. 

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Name: peter garbutt
Date: 31/5/2008 8:50 PM
red backed shrike on fence between seaton common and zinc works road 

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Name: norman walker
Date: 31/5/2008 8:13 PM
Male Red Backed Shrike Coatham Marsh.In front of where the metal hide used to be. 

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Name: Julie Mason
Date: 31/5/2008 7:48 PM
Forgot to mention 2 Manx Shearwater in seawatching list. 

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Name: Julie Mason
Date: 31/5/2008 7:43 PM
Off Hartlepool Headland (16:15 - 17:15) 99 Common Scoter, 28 Eider, 8 Little Tern, 3 Razorbill, 13 Guillemot, 10 Fulmar, 12 Gannet with good numbers of Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern and Common Tern also passing. 

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Name: DaveR
Date: 31/5/2008 6:32 PM
no sign of the short toed lark this morning at the rec pond or any rosefinches at north gare but a female red backed shrike was present till late afternoon at least 

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Name: Malcolm Hobbs
Date: 30/5/2008 10:37 PM
Short-toed Lark was showing very well at 20.30 c.40m along the path from the gateway by the Rec Pond. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 30/5/2008 8:40 PM
Short-toed Lark, Reclamation Pond : one mobile mid-afternoon and landed in southwest corner at 14:45, but no further sign of Red-throated Pipit (14:45); the lark was seen again on waste ground in the evening 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 30/5/2008 8:37 PM
Common Rosefinch, Long Drag : adult male singing 100m west of second hide; Spoonbill, Saltholme Pools : an adult and an immature still at southern end (10:30) 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 30/5/2008 8:35 PM
Marsh Warbler, Hartlepool : one still singing in The Croft gardens on The Headland (11:00) 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 30/5/2008 8:34 PM
Red-backed Shrike, South Gare : male at cabin rocks at 09:50 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 30/5/2008 8:33 PM
Common Rosefinch, North Gare : three 1st-summer males singing in North Gare bushes behind sewage works plus second Marsh Warbler present 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 30/5/2008 8:33 PM
Marsh Warbler, North Gare : male singing in North Gare bushes at 08:10; also Common Rosefinch : male singing at 08:30 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 30/5/2008 8:25 PM
Adult male Common Rosefinch seen and heard in bushes near the northern end of the Long Drag early afternoon (found by Graham Lawlor). Common Rosefinch still singing 300m from North Gare car park in Sea Buckthorn mid-morning but not seen. Marsh Warbler still present in The Croft, Hartlepool but elusive (not seen or heard by me, unfortunately!) and a Short-toed Lark present mid-afternoon/early evening on the Reclamation Pond but mobile. Martin Blick and Tom Francis had a fly-through Hobby on Seaton Common this morning. 

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Name: mark cooper
Date: 30/5/2008 7:13 PM
Common Rosefinch adult male showed well at the back of the power station near the channel at 4pm. Off the North gare 2 gannets, fulmar, red throated diver and a flock of kittiwake sheltering from the wind. 

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Name: Colin Dodsworth
Date: 30/5/2008 2:36 PM
1:50pm today - just flushed a summer plumaged Red-throated Pipit from the access road to Dormans Pool, the bird called twice and flew towards the area of wasteland just south of Rec Pond between the road and the pond. Not sure whether it landed as it disappeared behind the new embankment. Could not look for it further as had to go back to work!!! 

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Name: Mark Rowbottom
Date: 30/5/2008 9:40 AM
Thursday 29th Late Evening. Booted Warbler seen in the Bomb Hole at South Gare. Very very skulking and main views where in flight when bird was flushed. Seen well by several observers just before dark who confirmed identification. 

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Name: John Dunnett
Date: 29/5/2008 11:06 PM
On Back Saltholme this evening 2 Spoonbills 

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Name: Clive Greenley
Date: 29/5/2008 7:45 PM
Pied Flycatcher - grey-brown variant in the roadside bushes south of blast furnace pool this afternoon - super markings and showing really well. Possible marsh warbler in same bushes - very mobile - could have been reed warbler. 

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Name: anthony noel garside
Date: 29/5/2008 6:27 PM
marsh harrier 11.15 am at warrenby recycling plant flew along towards the steel factory 

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Name: Ian Forrest 
Date: 29/5/2008 2:04 PM
Seaton Common/Golf Course - am - Rosefinch 1st summer showing well on and off along buckthorn bushes but mobile - also Spotted Flycatcher x2 and Wheatear x3. Greatham Creek - Little Ringed Plover x2 and Avocet x3. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 29/5/2008 2:03 PM
Marsh Warbler Hartlepool Headland in Croft this afternoon but elusive. Marsh Warbler Coatham Marsh 10:30am 200 yards SW of old club building. Two Ictrine Warblers and Marsh Warbler South Gare. three Common Rosefinches between Seaton Carew and North Gare on seaward side of buckthorn 

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Name: gordon Douglas
Date: 29/5/2008 1:17 PM
Red-backed Shrike at Coatham Marsh 10:30 Wheatear on beach atMarske/Redcar stray - also two ringed plover chicks with parents 

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Name: Damian Money
Date: 28/5/2008 10:42 PM
Probable Red-breasted Flycatcher in Cattersty Gill this evening, seen and heard very briefly. Whinchat and Wheatear around Warsett Hill. 

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Name: Colin Dodsworth
Date: 28/5/2008 9:47 PM
Reb-backed Shrike and Whinchat along the fence line between North Gare carpark and the Zinc Works road this afternoon. No sign late on of the R-B Fly but 4 Spotted Flys. The Wood Warbler still present at 7pm in the lone sycamore near the cabins at Paddy's Hole on South Gare (+ Spotted Fly). Subalpine Warbler at Hartlepool Headland still this evening. 

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Name: Ian Foster
Date: 28/5/2008 9:26 PM
No sign of the R.B.Flycatcher at South Gare this evening between 6.15 and 8.15pm. Wood Warbler still present and at least 5 Spotted Flycatcher. 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 28/5/2008 7:36 PM
At South Gare: a Wood Warbler still showing well late afternoon in the lone Sycamore near Paddy's Hole, plus Garden Warbler, and the Red-breasted Flycatcher still showing late afternoon in the willows near the Pumping Station. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 28/5/2008 5:55 PM
Seaton Common - pm - Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat (fem). North Gare - Wheatear x9 and Cuckoo. Hartlepool Headland - Icterine Warbler, Sub-alpine Warbler and an Arctic Skua off the Heugh Pier chasing Terns plus Litte Tern c.12 feeding over harbour. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 28/5/2008 3:38 PM
Subalpine Warbler Hartlepool Headland in the Doctors Garden (2.30pm) and Icterine Warbler still in Croft area but elusive. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 28/5/2008 12:41 PM
RB Shrike Seaton Common on fence between Zinc Works road and Seaton Common car park. Incterine Warbler Hartlepool Headland in "copse" at 10:18am. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 28/5/2008 12:39 PM
Icterine Warbler at Hartlepool Headland and a Red-backed Shrike between North Gare and Zinc Works this morning. A very good selection of scarce migrants right down the east coast today. 

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Name: John Dunnett
Date: 28/5/2008 12:39 PM
Red breasted Flycatcher South Gare in willow by pumping station at 12:30 

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Name: Alan Kraus
Date: 28/5/2008 9:47 AM
FOUND lens cap for 82 mm Nikon fieldscope 01642462030 07855028007 

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Name: Graham Walters
Date: 26/5/2008 8:36 PM
Long Drag. Avocet and a cuckoo. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 26/5/2008 8:05 PM
Dorman's Pool - Cuckoo x2. Calor Gas Pool Garganey drake, Back Saltholme - Green Sandpiper on end of causeway. Seaton Common from Zinc Works Road - Whinchat female and Spotted Flycatcher still. 

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Name: norman walker
Date: 26/5/2008 5:33 PM
Origin of Scaling Dam Exotics found.There is a wildfowl collection open to the public about 3\4 mile down Roxby Lane in a farm on the right hand side of the lane off the moor road.It is complete with what look like holding pens,Species seen today Ruddy Shelduck,Mandarin M+F,Red Crested Pochard M+F,Marbled Teal M+F,White Faced Whistling Duck,Shelduck,Red breasted goose,Various species of duck,goose I could not identify.The contents of the pens cannot be seen from the road 

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Name: Paul Leatherland
Date: 26/5/2008 12:15 PM
25th may: male ring ouzel at church houses 

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Name: Paul Leatherland
Date: 26/5/2008 12:10 PM
25th may: male ring ouzel at church wardens 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 25/5/2008 11:54 PM
Bittern, Dorman's Pool : one in flight 

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Name: Sylvia Brennan
Date: 25/5/2008 9:25 PM
25.5.08 - 7.30pm - Swainby Village - Pied wagtail feeding three young and dipper feeding one young on river between school and bridge in centre of village. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 25/5/2008 9:24 PM
Pink-footed Goose x1 with Greylags on Seaton Common this afternoon. Little Tern x4 feeding over Seaton Channel. 

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Name: Graham Lawlor
Date: 25/5/2008 8:35 PM
Back Saltholme this evening, Temminck's and Little Stint, Ruff, Greenshank and 2 Drake Garganey,Common Sandpiper on Seaton Commom, Green Sandpiper Fire station Pool. 

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Name: sh
Date: 25/5/2008 4:10 PM
ruddy duck shoveler and sedge warbler at margrove 

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Name: Graeme Joynt
Date: 25/5/2008 2:01 PM
Little Stint on Back Saltholme at 1.15pm 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 24/5/2008 10:27 PM
23rd May - Black Tern, Saltholme Pools : three flew northwest this morning; also Spotted Redshank at 08:00 but no sign at 11:30 (08:00) 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 24/5/2008 7:24 PM
At Hartlepool Headland this morning: a superb adult summer Great Northern Diver close inshore just north of the Observatory (found by Colin Dodsworth). The Spotted Redshank was still present on Back Saltholme early afternoon. At Scaling Dam, 2 unusual ducks found by John Money were identified as adult male White-faced Whistling Ducks (seen by Don Page and myself). Also present were 3 Common Sandpipers and a singing Lesser Whitethroat. 

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Name: Jamie Duffie
Date: 24/5/2008 3:05 PM
No sign of the Hartlepool Icterine Warbler since release when it flew out of the garden. 

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Name: Mark Rowbottom
Date: 24/5/2008 1:54 PM
Female Redstart at South Gare this morning but not much else. 

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Name: Mike Gee
Date: 24/5/2008 9:55 AM
Headland yesterday (23rd May):- 1 Black Redstart, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (all trapped). Today (24th May):- 1 Icterine Warbler (trapped), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher. 

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Name: John Cooper
Date: 23/5/2008 8:44 PM
Spotted Redshank on Back Saltholme again this evening until at least 17.30. Also Little Tern feeding on Greenabella Marsh this afternoon 

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Name: Mike Small
Date: 23/5/2008 6:50 PM
Coatham marsh 2Reed warblers ,pair of Mute swans with 4 small cygnets & lots of Sand Martins. South Gare Stock Dove 2 in quarry,Grasshopper Warbler & Lesser Whitethroat betweeen quarry & lagoon,White wagtail at the breakwater 

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Name: A McLee
Date: 23/5/2008 8:28 AM
Decent sized Sand Martin roost at TWT reserve at Bowesfield Marsh - might attract raptors. Also Noctule Bats next to appartments beside Archers Law. 

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Name: Ian Foster
Date: 22/5/2008 7:44 PM
Spotted Redshank and Little Stint still present on Back Saltholme at 6.15pm. Also 2 x drake Gargany. 

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Name: Chris Sharp
Date: 22/5/2008 4:58 PM
Little Stint and summer plumaged Spotted Redshank on Back Saltholme 4.15 p.m. 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 21/5/2008 7:19 PM
The 3 Baikal Teals were still present at 4.00pm. The drake has a black ring on its right leg and one of the females has a yellow ring above the knee on its right leg. The other female is unringed. Stunning birds, irrespective of their origin. Also present 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Sandpipers and an adult summer Little Stint on the flooded field opposite the picnic site at the east end of the reservoir. 

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Name: Jamie Duffie
Date: 21/5/2008 2:23 PM
Three presumed escaped Baikal Teals (1 Drake with rings on and 2 female) at Scaling Dam this lunchtime still present 1:35pm 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 19/5/2008 9:18 PM
Dorman's Pool - 18:25 - female Marsh Harrier over east side eventually headed off north towards Long Drag. Three fox cubs along Dorman's Pool access road. 

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Name: Mark Rowbottom
Date: 19/5/2008 8:44 PM
Female Marsh Harrier flying from Saltholme towards Dormans at c17:00 this afternoon. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 19/5/2008 10:58 AM
Pink-footed Goose on Petroplus ponds with Greylag x8. Grasshopper Warbler x2 at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park - one halfway between main pond and viewpoint on top of hill - other by end of boardwalk from car park. 

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Name: Eric James
Date: 18/5/2008 9:49 PM
Wood Sandpiper on Back Saltholme, just left of the causeway; Pink-footed Goose also present (16:00) 

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Name: Matthew 
Date: 18/5/2008 6:37 PM
3 avocets at bus stop hide. 

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Name: Jamie Duffie
Date: 18/5/2008 6:37 PM
Pair of Garganey on pool near Petro Plus this evening. 

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Name: A McLee
Date: 18/5/2008 1:12 PM
a.m. 18th Spotted Flycatcher and Garden Warbler singing near car park at Lockwood Beck Res. 

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Name: Mark Fishpool
Date: 18/5/2008 10:07 AM
Margrove Ponds 7.30 - 8.30am Grasshopper Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat and Willow Tit. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 17/5/2008 9:55 PM
Greenshank c.6:30 pm - Greatham Creek roadside hide pool. Cuckoo sat in bush between Dorman's Pool fenced car park and Petroplus. Swift c.200+ over upper car park/Reclamation Pond. 

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Name: mark cooper
Date: 17/5/2008 1:57 AM
well done colin typical both my targets arrived when i left. A male merlin was there at 1:30 perched on the fench post next to the wind jammer. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 16/5/2008 9:23 PM
Garganey, Saltholme Pools : drake with 2 Little Gulls and a Wood Sandpiper 

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Name: Colin Severs
Date: 16/5/2008 9:18 PM
Tried to connect with Marsh Harrier today after work. (16:30) On the way down to the hide met another guy who said he was there for same reason and said he had been there 6 hours and left. When I approached the hide, I saw a Marsh Harrier 100 yards to the north and a short eared owl had a go at it - then it went out of view as the SEO landed on top of telegraph post. The harrier appeared again to the north of Dormans Pool and then soared high up for 5 minutes before stooping on the east side near where the raised car park is (typical they are always on the other side of the pool. It had a cream coloured crown and was awesome to watch. Plenty of whitethroats - saw at least 6, and sedge warblers and 3 wrens. Nothing unusual on Dormans pool 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 16/5/2008 9:06 PM
Dorman's Pool/Saltholme Pond east - 8.55-9.25 am Marsh Harrier - cream capped - hunting over reed beds. Headed off west and then picked up again over Cowpen Bewley W.Pk - last seen heading north east towards Greenabella Marsh. Grasshopper Warbler by car park still. Cuckoo between car park and tip sat briefly on tip fence before heading over Dorman's Pool. Back Saltholme Pond - Wheatear x1 sat by end of the causeway, Garganey drake x1, Northern Pintail pair. Most notable were the hirundines in a feeding frenzy swarming low over the pond surface - Swallow c.40, House Martin c.12, Sand Martin c.12, Swift c.50. Long Drag - walked end to end. Not a lot to show for it - several Willow Warbler, a Chiffchaff and a Cuckoo. Loads of Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting. 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 16/5/2008 6:53 PM
At Scaling today: Wood Duck in front of the hide, plus 4 Common Sandpipers, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Pink-footed Geese and 1 male Goldeneye. Also present, juvenile Tawny Owl, adult Long-eared Owl and 1 Cuckoo. At Cowbar, a Whimbrel circling low over the cliff-face was an unusual sight, particularly when it landed on a ledge for several minutes before flying off. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 15/5/2008 10:39 PM
Oops! Should read 'Garden' Warbler at Cowpen Bewley not 'Wood'! 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 15/5/2008 10:38 PM
Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park - 10:00-11:00am - Cuckoo x1 by cycleway-Faith Wood. Wood Warbler in wood/hedge by Visitor Centre. Back Saltholme - 2:30pm - Wheatear x1, Garganey drake x1, Little Gull x5. 

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Name: Jamie Duffie
Date: 15/5/2008 10:00 PM
Two Cuckoos over Cowpen Marsh and a Grasshopper Warbler reeling near the train crossing at Dormans Pool this evening 

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Name: Ian Thompson
Date: 15/5/2008 3:54 PM
10.45 2 Little Terns at South Gare on breakwater rocks 

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Name: Graham Lawlor
Date: 14/5/2008 10:51 PM
3 Marsh Harrier's this evening, a male on Greenabella, a further male and female together on Dormans pool. 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 14/5/2008 10:14 PM
Wood Warbler, Guisborough : male at Hutton Gate singing above triangle this afternoon 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 14/5/2008 10:14 PM
Garganey, Saltholme Pools : four drakes today plus 2 Pintail, Pink-footed Goose, 2 Little Gull, 2 Black Tern and a Black-tailed Godwit 

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Name: Mick Brennan
Date: 14/5/2008 8:13 PM
South Gare - 14.5.08 - 10am - Whinchat on post on beach, turnstones, ringed plovers and a whitethroat, and lots of linnets, swallows and reed buntings and 2 common terns. 

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Name: Mike Gee
Date: 14/5/2008 7:17 PM
Today on the Headland:- In addition to Graeme's posting, 2 ringed Chiffchaff (1 for 5th day & 1 for 4th day), 1 Wheatear (female for 2nd day),1 Garden Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 House Martin (up to 6 over previous 3 days and 1 today at nest) 

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Name: Graeme Joynt
Date: 14/5/2008 3:01 PM
Spotted Flycatcher on Hartlepool Headland at lunchtime, in St Mary's. Also Blackcap and Chiffchaff there. 

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Name: Colin Dodsworth
Date: 13/5/2008 11:28 PM
Spoonbill, Black Tern and 3 x 1st year Little Gulls at Back Saltholme. Marsh Harrier and Cuckoo at Dormans Pool and drake Scaup still on the Rec Pond. 

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Name: simon duckworth
Date: 13/5/2008 10:49 PM
6.20pm Avocet greetham creek 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 13/5/2008 7:15 PM
Three Rock Pipits on Skinningrove beach this morning. Two Ring Ouzels (male and female) at Hummersea in second field above from North Warren Cottage on seaward side from Cleveland Way and 2 Stonechats. The unringed drake Mandarin has reappeared on Butt Lane Pond, Guisborough and at least 11 pairs of Razorbills were under the cliffs at Cowbar this afternoon. 

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Name: peter garbutt
Date: 13/5/2008 2:41 PM
black tern and spoonbill on back saltholme.marsh harrier on dormans pool 

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Name: Alex Cruikshanks
Date: 13/5/2008 11:16 AM
10.30am Black Tern on Back Saltholme. 

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Name: Mark Tyreman & John Cooper
Date: 13/5/2008 7:01 AM
Marsh Harrier yesterday PM 18.00-18.25 Dorman's Pool 

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Name: Mike Leakey
Date: 12/5/2008 7:18 PM
Single Temminck's Stint still on Seaton Common at midday. 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 12/5/2008 5:21 PM
Back Saltholme - 2:00pm - Spoonbill, Ruff x3, Knot x1, Little Gull x7, Swift 50-60, Yellow Wagtail x4, Garganey x3. Cowpen Marsh - 4:00pm - Short-eared Owl hunting circled of Holme Fleet also Spoonbill by Swallow Fleet though then moved to Greenabella Marsh. 

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Name: Tony Marron
Date: 12/5/2008 10:43 AM
I would like to pass on my thamks to all who attended Greenabella yesterday! The morning was brisk & we had more than 60 species in the first two hours! In the afternoon the weather closed in & we had only one new sighting in the last three hours! Still, 82 species for the day was a good count given the weather, including 22 new sightings for the sites list this year, taking us to 102 YTD, & that will bring £2k in to the club's coffers. Thank you again. 

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Name: Alan Kraus
Date: 12/5/2008 10:08 AM
FOUND on Back Saltholme 107mm inside diameter Nikon push fit lens cap. Most likley from an 82mm field telescope. Phone 01646 462030 or 07855028007. 

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Name: GX Megson
Date: 11/5/2008 10:23 PM
Sorry, completely forgot to report my Greenabella sightings from this am - assumed there was nothing notable until I saw GJ message. There was a large flock of house martins at about 11am. Also LRP, grey partridge and whinchat. 

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Name: Graeme Joynt
Date: 11/5/2008 7:08 PM
A total of 81 species recorded today on the sponsored birdwatch on Greenabella. Highlights included Marsh Harrier, Avoct and Greenshank. Big misses were Sand and House Martins, Song Thrush and Black-tailed Godwit. Many thanks to all those who turned up on the day. 

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Name: Jamie Duffie
Date: 11/5/2008 5:22 PM
Spoonbill still on Back Saltholme mid afternoon. 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 11/5/2008 1:55 PM
Marsh Harrier on Greenabella Marsh this morning during the Huntsman Tioxide Sponsored Birdwatch. 

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Name: Graham Lawlor
Date: 10/5/2008 10:34 PM
Birds this evening, back Saltholme 3 Wood Sandpiper, 6 Ruff, 9 Little Gull 2 of which are adults, Drake Garganey, Saltholme West 3 Common Sandpiper, Tidal Pool 4 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit. 

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Name: Brian Clasper
Date: 10/5/2008 8:22 PM
Sorry Ruddy ducks- 2 LRP on Back saltholme as well 

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Name: mark cooper
Date: 10/5/2008 6:58 PM
Thanks for that info steward much appreciated. Brian dont forget best not to report ruddy duck sightings could be their death. 

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Name: stewart hinley
Date: 10/5/2008 5:38 PM
Mark, LRPs displaying on Long Drag today 

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Name: Brian Clasper
Date: 10/5/2008 4:50 PM
2 Temmincks stints @ seaton common 1530.1600 Spoonbill,3 Knot,6 Ruff,Wood Sand,7 Little Gulls,4 Yellow wags @ Back Salholme.2 Ruddy duck@ Saltholme.Fieldfare @ Cowpen Bewley tip 1615 

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Name: Ian Forrest
Date: 10/5/2008 3:18 PM
Back Saltholme - 11:00am - Yellow Wagtail x5, Ruff x3, Knot, Garganey drake, Spoonbill immature - four black primaries visible when stretching. Peregrine juvenile. 

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Name: Damian Money
Date: 10/5/2008 2:38 PM
Saltburn Cliffs-Cattersty Gill 06.00-09.30 Very Quiet,but nice weather !! Merlin,Short-eared Owl,2 Stonechats and 2-3 Wheatears on cliff top.3+ Willow Warblers and Lesser Whitethroat in Cattersty Gill.Several sub-adult Gannets making very close passes under Huntcliff,with one possibly landing. 

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Name: mark cooper
Date: 10/5/2008 6:16 AM
Finally got spoonbill on back saltholme along with wood sandpiper, temmincks, black tern adult and 3 sub adult and 4 adult little gulls. Anyone seen LRP on long drag or saline pool this year? 

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Name: mark cooper
Date: 10/5/2008 6:16 AM
Finally got spoonbill on back saltholme along with wood sandpiper, temmincks, black tern adult and 3 sub adult and 1 4 adult little gulls. Anyone seen LRP on long drag or saline pool this year? 

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Name: Pager Reports
Date: 9/5/2008 10:07 PM
Avocet, Greatham Creek : four on pools south of the creek; also Dark-bellied Brent Goose and Whimbrel on the Tidal Pool (14:30) 

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Name: Colin Dodsworth
Date: 9/5/2008 9:52 PM
Imm Spoonbill, 1 Pink-foot, 6 Little Gulls, 2 summer plumaged Knot, 5 summer plumaged Ruff, drake Garganey and Black Tern all on Back Saltholme. Dark-bellied Brent Goose on Tidal Pool and 3 Temminck's Stints together on the pools along North Gare access road this evening. 

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Name: Ted Parker
Date: 9/5/2008 7:46 PM
In addition to Chtis's entry: Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, 3-4 Ruffs, 7 Little Gulls and 3 summer-plumaged Knot all on Back Saltholme this morning. 

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Name: Paul Leatherland
Date: 9/5/2008 6:36 PM
No sign of Dotterels in afternoon at Danby Beacon. 2 Bean Geese and Cuckoo at Scaling Dam 

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Name: GX Megson
Date: 9/5/2008 10:35 AM
Danby Beacon, 13 poss 14 dotterel still at 08.45. 

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Name: Chris Sharp
Date: 9/5/2008 9:19 AM
Spoonbill,Black Tern and Garganey all on Back saltholme viewable from roadside in a brie