2007 Scarce and Rare

IMG_0702co.JPG (34523 bytes) IMG_0703co.JPG (47993 bytes) IMG_0707ao.JPG (33747 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Jacksons Landing - 5th December  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_0034ao.JPG (73013 bytes) IMG_0078bo.JPG (76552 bytes) Waxwing - Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park - 3rd December  - © Ian Forrest

waxwing.jpg (48919 bytes) Waxwing - Billingham Cemetery - 1st December   - © Dave Barlow

IMG_9437ap.JPG (129400 bytes) Waxwing - Billingham Cemetery - 1st December  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_9405ao.JPG (139686 bytes) IMG_9410ao.JPG (131560 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Jacksons Landing - 30th November  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_8273ao.JPG (91524 bytes) IMG_8300ao.JPG (77951 bytes) IMG_8365aoo.JPG (102220 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Jacksons Landing - 28th November  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_7181ao.JPG (54603 bytes) IMG_7257ao.JPG (61557 bytes) Great Northern Diver - Seaton Channel - 21st November  - © Ian Forrest

LBD1.jpg (81335 bytes) LBD2.jpg (155381 bytes) Long-billed Dowitcher - Seaton Snook - 14th November - © Jamie Duffie

IMG_4989bo.JPG (80396 bytes) IMG_5022ao.JPG (71328 bytes) IMG_5092co.JPG (80500 bytes) Slavonian Grebe - The Headland - 12th November - © Ian Forrest

IMG_5179ao.JPG (76756 bytes) IMG_5179bo.JPG (78899 bytes) Little Auk - The Headland - 12th November - © Ian Forrest

auk1.jpg (50331 bytes) auk2.jpg (41390 bytes) Little Auk - The Headland - 11th November - © Steve Keightley

auk3.jpg (44007 bytes) auk4.jpg (34979 bytes) auk5.jpg (43678 bytes) Little Auk - The Headland - 11th November - © Steve Keightley

IMG_4520ao.JPG (114920 bytes) IMG_4518bo.JPG (121199 bytes) IMG_4607do.JPG (89997 bytes) Little Auk - The Headland, Hartlepool - 11th November - © Ian Forrest

IMG_4094ao.JPG (72373 bytes) IMG_4110ao.JPG (64685 bytes) IMG_4114ao.JPG (58801 bytes) Slavonian Grebe - Hartlepool Headland - 10th November - © Ian Forrest

slav1.jpg (50712 bytes) slav2.jpg (42057 bytes) Slavonian Grebe - The Headland - 10th November - © Steve Keightley

IMG_3031ao.JPG (22111 bytes) IMG_3068ao.JPG (175704 bytes) IMG_3137ao.JPG (25863 bytes) Twite - Seaton Snook - 5th November - © Ian Forrest

IMG_2533ao.JPG (34928 bytes) IMG_2536ao.JPG (29073 bytes) IMG_2540co.JPG (39007 bytes) Pomarine Skua - North Gare - 4th November - © Ian Forrest

IMG_2542ao.JPG (27008 bytes) IMG_2542do.JPG (37372 bytes) IMG_2543bo.JPG (40431 bytes) Pomarine Skua - North Gare - 4th November - © Ian Forrest

IMG_2252ao.JPG (132756 bytes) Whooper Swan - Dormans Pool - 3rd November - © Ian Forrest

whooperswan6.jpg (283976 bytes) whooperswan7.jpg (275642 bytes) Whooper Swans -  Saltholme - 25th October - © Steve Keightley

rlb.jpg (34117 bytes) rlbb.jpg (44113 bytes)Rough-legged Buzzard - Saltburn - 22nd October - © Damian Money

Firecrest Saltburn 13 10 07.jpg (102095 bytes) Firecrest - Saltburn - 13th October -  © Damian Money

NYM 13102007 021.jpg (17590 bytes) NYM 13102007 022.jpg (22136 bytes) Red Kite - NY Moors - 13th October -  © Chris Kerr

ross8.jpg (199342 bytes) ross9.jpg (175808 bytes) Ross's Goose - Back Saltholme - 5th October  - © Martyn Sidwell

yellow browed 051007.jpg (75753 bytes) Yellow-browed Warbler - Zinc Works Road - 5th October - © Brian Clasper

IMG_1709ao.JPG (88169 bytes) IMG_1710ao.JPG (88216 bytes) IMG_1711ao.JPG (89084 bytes) Yellow-browed Warbler - Zinc Works Road - 5th October - © Ian Forrest

Ross's Goose.jpg (243263 bytes) Ross's Goose2 North Tees Marshes Oct 2007.jpg (240001 bytes) Ross's Goose - Back Saltholme - 5th October  - © Chris Bell

Lap Bunting South Gare.jpg (157499 bytes) Lapland Bunting - South Gare - 30th September - © Keith Cowton

Red-breasted Flycatcher 5.jpg (92802 bytes) Red-breasted Flycatcher 2.jpg (106264 bytes) Red-breasted Flycatcher 3.jpg (97156 bytes) Red-breated Flycatcher - Hartlepool - 29th Sept - © Steve Clifton

Red-breasted Flycatcher 4.jpg (108028 bytes)  Red-breasted Flycatcher 6.jpg (87176 bytes) Red-breasted Flycatcher 1.jpg (90614 bytes) Red-breated Flycatcher - Hartlepool - 29th Sept - © Steve Clifton

IMG_2706.jpg (139090 bytes) IMG_2716.jpg (104246 bytes) IMG_2738.jpg (110918 bytes) IMG_2765.jpg (120452 bytes) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - North Gare - 25th September - © Brian Clasper

BuffBS 02.JPG (99641 bytes) BuffBS 03.JPG (105091 bytes) BuffBS 05.JPG (92527 bytes) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - North Gare - 24nd September - © Malcolm Hobbs

BuffBS 07.JPG (99281 bytes) BuffBS 09.JPG (119096 bytes) BuffBS 13.JPG (112410 bytes) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - North Gare - 24nd September - © Malcolm Hobbs

IMG_7985a.jpg (50922 bytes) IMG_7998a.jpg (50485 bytes) IMG_8000a.jpg (47275 bytes) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - North Gare - 24nd September - © Steve Keightley

buffbreast1.jpg (214719 bytes) buffbreast2.jpg (190413 bytes) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - North Gare - 23nd September - © Martyn Sidwell

os1.jpg (50050 bytes) os2.jpg (43941 bytes) os3.jpg (40016 bytes) os4.jpg (48051 bytes) Osprey - Saltburn - 23rd September - © Steve Keightley

Pec1.jpg (387203 bytes) Pec2.jpg (354029 bytes) Pectoral Sandpiper - Cowpen Marsh - 22nd September  - © Chris Bell

pecsand2.jpg (96922 bytes) Pectoral Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 22nd September - © Martyn Sidwell

snowgeese9.jpg (153073 bytes) snowgeese8.jpg (187128 bytes) snowgeese10.jpg (172942 bytes) snowgoose4.jpg (197590 bytes) Ross's Geese - Margrove Pond - 18th September  - © Martyn Sidwell

DSCF0336.JPG (41603 bytes) DSCF0337.JPG (39330 bytes) DSCF0338.JPG (50014 bytes) DSCF0339.JPG (55034 bytes) Ross's Geese - Margrove Pond - 18th September  - © Ian Geaves

BWTeal_Haverton_Hole_Aug_2007.jpg (120825 bytes) Blue-winged Teal  - Haverton Hole - 31st August - © Chris Bell

DSCN4560.jpg (91908 bytes) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Greatham Creek - 13th August - © Martin Blick

IMG_3130ao.jpg (117084 bytes) IMG_3133bo.jpg (92053 bytes) Wilson's Phalarope - 16th August - Bishop Middleham  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_6271ao.JPG (149555 bytes) IMG_6282aao.JPG (29238 bytes) Roseate Tern - 28th July - Crimdon Dene - © Ian Forrest

IMG_3397ao.JPG (64854 bytes) IMG_3426ao.JPG (49087 bytes) Yellow-legged Gull - 23rd July - Tees Barrage - © Ian Forrest

IMG_5002ao.JPG (26773 bytes) IMG_5003ao.JPG (27825 bytes) Little Gull – Dormans Pool – 4th July - © Ian Forrest

GWE.jpg (350333 bytes) Great White Egret - Saltholme - 27th June - © Chris Bell

gwegret2.jpg (79191 bytes) Great White Egret - Saltholme - 27th June - © Martyn Sidwell

IMG_3703ao.JPG (85852 bytes) IMG_3764ao.JPG (104318 bytes) IMG_3870ao.JPG (145035 bytes) Great White Egret - Saltholme - 27th June - © Ian Forrest

IMG_2063bo.JPG (88237 bytes) IMG_2254ao.JPG (125074 bytes) IMG_2266ao.JPG (160079 bytes) Spoonbill - Saltholme - 18th June - © Ian Forrest

Red-necked Phalarope 049.jpg (75490 bytes) Red-necked Phalarope 050.jpg (76112 bytes) Red-necked Phalarope - Back Saltholme - 14th June - © Steve Clifton

IMG_0782co.JPG (31032 bytes) IMG_0788bo.JPG (19115 bytes) IMG_0792bo.JPG (30590 bytes) Marsh Harrier - Dormans Pool - 27th May  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_0110ao.JPG (38631 bytes) IMG_0113ao.JPG (118800 bytes) IMG_0150ao.JPG (88331 bytes) IMG_0118ao.JPG (145610 bytes) Marsh Harrier - Dormans Pool - 27th May - © Ian Forrest

BROAD-B.SANDPIPER SALTHOLME 27-05-2007(1).JPG (188523 bytes) BROAD-B.SANDPIPER SALTHOLME 27-05-2007(2).JPG (162662 bytes) BROAD-B.SANDPIPER SALTHOLME 27-05-2007(3).JPG (144556 bytes) BROAD-B.SANDPIPER SALTHOLME 27-05-2007(4).JPG (153350 bytes) Broad-billed Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 27th May  - © Tom Francis

broadbill1.jpg (184048 bytes) broadbill2.jpg (173595 bytes) Broad-billed Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 27th May  - © Martyn Sidwell

broadbill3.jpg (149249 bytes) broadbill4.jpg (199825 bytes) Broad-billed Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 27th May  - © Martyn Sidwell

BBSand.jpg (277457 bytes) Broad-billed Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 27th May  - © Chris Bell

nheron1.jpg (168971 bytes) nheron2.jpg (181414 bytes) nheron3.jpg (140132 bytes) Night Heron (escape) - Coulby Newham - 22nd May  - © Martyn Sidwell

nightheron1.jpg (40004 bytes) nightheron2.jpg (28895 bytes) Night Heron (escape) - Coulby Newham - 22nd May  - © Martyn Sidwell

IMG_0709ao.JPG (22383 bytes) IMG_0712ao.JPG (19050 bytes) Little Gull - Dormans Pool - 18th May - © Ian Forrest

Pectoral Sandpiper Back Saltholme May 2007.jpg (98827 bytes) Pectoral Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 12th May  - © Chris Bell

IMG_0464ao.JPG (98567 bytes) IMG_0467ao.JPG (104097 bytes) IMG_0471ao.JPG (125086 bytes) Little Gull - Back Saltholme - 9th May - © Ian Forrest

IMG_0387ao.JPG (174979 bytes) IMG_0409ao.JPG (181935 bytes) Wood Sandpiper - Back Saltholme - 8th May - © Ian Forrest

DSCN0414bo.JPG (132874 bytes) Hybrid Goose (Ross's/Snow?) - Back Saltholme - 7th May - © Ian Forrest

DSCN0600ao.JPG (115649 bytes) Garganey - Back Saltholme - 7th May - © Ian Forrest

IMG_0028ao.JPG (159173 bytes) IMG_0031bo.JPG (155679 bytes) Whimbrel - Greatham Creek - 6th May - © Ian Forrest

BT BS 30 4 07.JPG (49539 bytes) BT1 BS 30 4 07.JPG (62778 bytes) Black Tern - Back Saltholme - 30th April - © Malcolm Hobbs

Ringo25.4.07.jpg (77794 bytes) RingoB 25.4.07.jpg (94823 bytes) RingoC 25.4.07.jpg (82734 bytes) Ring Ouzel - Hartlepool - 25th April - © Chris Brown

IMG_7759ao.JPG (62950 bytes) IMG_7762ao.JPG (56751 bytes) IMG_7765aao.JPG (86121 bytes) Black-necked Grebe - Hurworth Burn - 21st April - © Ian Forrest

IMG_6945ao.JPG (180035 bytes) Garganey - Back Saltholme - 17th April - © Ian Forrest

bredstart1.jpg (192759 bytes) bredstart2.jpg (143872 bytes) bredstart3.jpg (165819 bytes) Black Redstart - South Gare - 4th April  - © Martyn Sidwell

wfgoose1.jpg (181375 bytes) wfgoose2.jpg (153457 bytes) White-fronted Googe - South Gare - 4th April  - © Martyn Sidwell

IMG_0030_1a.jpg (51486 bytes) IMG_0031_1a.jpg (51717 bytes) IMG_0033a.jpg (52477 bytes) Black Redstart - South Gare - 4th April  - © Sylvia Brennan

Lapland Bunting - Cow Bar 2-4-07 029.jpg (118061 bytes) Lapland Bunting - Cow Bar 2-4-07 169.jpg (112413 bytes) Lapland Bunting - Cow Bar 2-4-07 274.jpg (113648 bytes) Lapland Buntings - Cowbar - 2nd April - © Steve Clifton

Lapland Bunting - Cow Bar 2-4-07 287.jpg (93276 bytes) Lapland Bunting - Cow Bar 2-4-07 301.jpg (79139 bytes) Lapland Bunting - Cow Bar 2-4-07 334.jpg (76965 bytes) Lapland Buntings - Cowbar - 2nd April - © Steve Clifton

Eagle Owl.jpg (133503 bytes) Eagle Owl - Middlesbrough - 30th March  - © David Waites

roseyscaling_031.jpg (34328 bytes) roseyscaling_032.jpg (34139 bytes) Swan Geese - Scaling Dam - 21st March - © Raymond Edwards 

blacktdiver3.jpg (298269 bytes) blacktdiver4.jpg (316798 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Hartlepool - 18th March  - © Steve Keightley

bt1.jpg (116030 bytes) bt2.jpg (88428 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Hartlepool - 18th March - © Stewart Hinley 

btdiver1.jpg (169584 bytes) btdiver2.jpg (183499 bytes) btdiver3.jpg (181919 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Hartlepool - 18th March - © Martyn Sidwell

btdiver4.jpg (167538 bytes) btdiver5.jpg (170077 bytes) Black-throated Diver - Hartlepool - 18th March - © Martyn Sidwell

flight2.jpg (68398 bytes) vulture post.jpg (103711 bytes)  Ruppell's Griffin Vulture - Skelton - 19th March - © Damian Money

bewick1.jpg (161610 bytes) bewick2.jpg (134341 bytes) Bewick's Swan - Dormans Pool - 18th March - © Martyn Sidwell

TBC Bewick Swan 18-03-07 Dormans Pool IMG_3547ao.JPG (77668 bytes) TBC Bewick Swan Dormans Pool 18-03-07 IMG_3518bo.JPG (70365 bytes) Bewick's Swan - Dormans Pool - 18th March - © Ian Forrest

DSCN4231.JPG (38835 bytes) Bewick's Swan - Dormans Pool - 18th March - © Keith Ryan 

TBC Smew Saltholme Pond 18-03-07 IMG_3666ao.JPG (51303 bytes) TBC Smew Saltholme Pond 18-03-07 IMG_3674ao.JPG (61062 bytes) TBC Smew Saltholme Pond 18-03-07 IMG_3693ao.JPG (52447 bytes) Smew - Saltholme - 18th March - © Ian Forrest

ATT00036.jpg (43678 bytes) Barnacle Geese - Teesmouth - 18th March  - © Ian Forrest

wfgoose1.jpg (161814 bytes) White-fronted Goose - South Gare - 17th March - © Martyn Sidwell

Smew at Saltholme .jpg (111118 bytes) Smew - Saltholme - 10th March - - © David Waites 

Ruppell's Vulture.jpg (59834 bytes) Ruppell's 2.jpg (69502 bytes) Ruppell's 3.jpg (77812 bytes) Ruppell's Griffin Vulture - Skelton - 9th March - © Damian Money

IMG_9678ao.JPG (124540 bytes) IMG_9697bo.JPG (148925 bytes) IMG_9920ao.JPG (141475 bytes) Eagle Owl - Middlesbrough - 3rd March  - © Ian Forrest

IMG_9351ao.JPG (69491 bytes) IMG_9445ao.JPG (98596 bytes) IMG_9511ao.JPG (174828 bytes) Ring-necked Parakeet - Ward Jackson Park - 24th Feb - © Ian Forrest

IMG_9006ao.JPG (162439 bytes) IMG_9015bo.JPG (149720 bytes) IMG_9042bo.JPG (176157 bytes) Great-northern Diver - Greatham Creek - 23rd Feb - © Ian Forrest

saker1.jpg (164239 bytes) Saker - Redcar - 22nd February -  © Martyn Sidwell

Male Saker on the steelworks ar Redcar found exhausted and heavily oiled. I managed to catch it and took it to the Kirkleatham Owl Centre. It was not wearing Jesses but was ringed and was fitted with a radio transmitter so was an obvious escaped falconers bird. Photo  taken after fitting jessed and feeding it!

TBC Waxwing 18-02-07 Skelton IMG_7666ao.JPG (53559 bytes) TBC Waxwing 18-02-07 Skelton IMG_7742do.JPG (83531 bytes) TBC Waxwing 18-02-07 Skelton IMG_7743ao.JPG (84794 bytes) Waxwings - Skelton - 18th February  - © Ian Forrest

waxwing1.jpg (178394 bytes) waxwing2.jpg (158823 bytes) Waxwings - Skelton - 12th February  - © Martyn Sidwell

Water Pipit-Haverton 014.jpg (14629 bytes) Water Pipit-Haverton 017.jpg (15103 bytes) Water Pipits - Haverton - 4th Feb - © Steve Clifton

Water Pipit-Haverton 132.jpg (18149 bytes) Water Pipit-Haverton 096.jpg (20831 bytes) Water Pipit-Haverton 134.jpg (16810 bytes) Water Pipits - Haverton - 4th Feb - © Steve Clifton

med gull.jpg (270686 bytes) Med Gull - Saltburn - late January  - © Steve Keightley

5yellow leg.jpg (219087 bytes) yellow leg.jpg (246167 bytes) Yellow-legged Gull - Tees Barrage - late January  - © Steve Keightley

rnduck1.jpg (164831 bytes) Ring-necked Duck - Hemlington Lake - 10th January - © Martyn Sidwell

medgull1.jpg (152261 bytes) Med Gull - Hemlington Lake - 10th January - © Martyn Sidwell

blackg1.jpg (149242 bytes) blackg2.jpg (145621 bytes) blackg3.jpg (150100 bytes) Black Guillemot - South Gare - 6th January - © Martyn Sidwell