Teesmouth Bird Club

Curlew colour ring OY NY was on Seaton Common this morning. Nice to see it back again this Autumn. At 35 years old it likely holds the UK longevity record

Green T514

Ringed 1cy 28.08.2020 Store Slettingen, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway
09.11 2020 Dunkerque , Nord, France
17.07 2026 Seaton Snook, Hartlepool.

Sandwich Tern green KKN was on Seaton Snook this evening.
Around 80 birds present. 50/50 adults and juveniles. A lot of metal rings but only the one colour ring.

QuoteRinged Sandwich Tern DY29127 GW(KKN) 1 2026-06-18 Scolt Head, Norfolk
Sighting Sandwich Tern DY29127 GW(KKN) 2026-07-17 Seaton Snook

Great White Egret red AAT was back at Phil Stead Hide on 07/07/2026.

A regular here each year since it was ringed in the nest at RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset on 23.04.2021.

QuoteRSPB Saltholme    30/04/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    03/05/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    25/02/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    15/06/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    23/06/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    17/07/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    19/08/2022    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    08/02/2023    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    09/07/2023    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    18/07/2023    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    10/07/2024    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    05/07/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    10/07/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    13/07/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    18/07/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    21/07/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    26/07/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    07/08/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    15/08/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    16/08/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    22/08/2025    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering
RSPB Saltholme    07/07/2026    Great White Egret    red AAT white lettering

Glossy Ibis beside Holme Fleet this morning.

Seen from Zinc Works Road at 8.00 am this morning. It was hanging around with the Golden Plover flock.

Mainly seen feeding and resting over the west pond. Occasionally it flew onto Back Saltholme.
Found by hide volunteer Bert Mitchell.

Video clip - https://youtu.be/m7BpPAOl0bM

Present on the west pond since 7th September. Mostly giving distant views staying on the causeway and western edge of the pond.

Today it was also on Back Saltholme on the causeway opposite the hide from where it flew off quite high towards the wet grassland.

I can see both Twitter feeds if I view TBC website using Microsoft Edge browser even when not logged in.

Nothing shows using Opera, Avast or Brave.

It's never been an issue for me as I use the Twitter app on my phone/tablet. Twitter is free to sign up and you can use a browser if you don't want to download the app.

I agree though the club should have it's own sightings page again as I suspect the issues with Twitter will only get worse. Even if it means to the previous sightings page prior to Twitter.

Yellow C31 present.

QuoteRinged 21/06/2021   Hodbarrow RSPB, Cumbria
15/02/2022   Theuns Kruger   Greenways Beach, Strand, Western Cape (Cape Province), Republic of South Africa (10367 km, SSE)
18/02/2022   Theuns Kruger   Greenways Beach, Strand, Western Cape (Cape Province), Republic of South Africa (10367 km, SSE)
27/02/2022   Theuns Kruger   Greenways Beach, Strand, Western Cape (Cape Province), Republic of South Africa (10367 km, SSE)
04/08/2023   Ian Forrest   Seaton Snook, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, Co Durham (NZ542269)

Quote from: Lockhart on July 31, 2023, 08:12:13 AM
A while since I've seen this one but it was in front of the Phil Stead hide on Sunday 30th July, around 13:00.  Ring starting to look a bit faded.  From memory, this egret hatched in Somerset.

It was here until 08/02/2023 before disappearing. I first saw it again on 09/07/2023 and then virtually every day since then. A red colour ringed bird had been around since about 01/07/2023 but was never close enough to read the ring.

It's from RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset ringed 23/04/2021.

Black-tailed Godwit GNY GYG was on west pond this morning at RSPB Saltholme. It moved briefly to Phil Stead Hide before returning to west pond. 71 Godwits in flock.

Ringed -

QuoteGNY GYG10-Oct-15 Iken, River Alde, Suffolk. Adult female
Many records of it in the UK in Suffolk and Norfolk each Aug/Sep before wintering around Lisbon, Portugal. Heads back north in February stops off in The Netherlands.
Most recent record was 23/03/2023 in The Netherlands.

Quote from: Lockhart on July 04, 2023, 08:19:24 AM
Seen at Saltholme on Sunday, 02/07/23.  Presumably one of the "regulars"?

Yes. It nested close to the hide with an un-ringed bird. They were the last ones to nest. They had four chicks though I could only see one remaining fluffy chick when I was there yesterday. IP one of it's siblings was also present yesterday. Ringed locally June 2021.

Black-tailed Godwit 50+ from Saltholme Hide this morning. One colour ringed bird present. Believed to be ringed on Montrose Basin/Ythan Estuary, Scotland. Details sent off. Another c.120 flew onto Back Saltholme.

Colour ringed Black-headed Gull blue 2T20 at Phil Stead Hide this morning.

Ringed Bowness, Windermere 22/12/2019 as a juvenile.
Last reported Teesville, Middlesbrough 26/12/2022.

Quote1   New Bird   Black-headed Gull   2T20   3   2019-12-22   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
2   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-02-17   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
3   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-08-29   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
4   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-09-19   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
5   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-10-07   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
6   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-10-28   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
7   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-11-05   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
8   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-12-06   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
9   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2020-12-07   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
10   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2021-01-03   Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria   Cumbria
11   Sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2022-12-26   Teesville, Middlesborough   North Yorkshire
12   Your sighting   Black-headed Gull   2T20      2023-06-24   RSPB Saltholme   Durham