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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 10h

Guillemot, Great Crested Grebe pair, Eider pair this morning on Hartlepool Headland.
Also Rock Pipit x6 & a distant Red-throated Diver.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 10h

Yellow-browed Warbler & Brambling this morning Borough Hall Gardens, Hartlepool.
Thanks to finder @carolynfarry.bsky.social
Also Chiffchaff x3 and Woodcock circling the gardens and Croft.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 10h

Spoonbill and Merlin x2 (rather than Hobby) this morning at Greatham Creek.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 14h

Spoonbill, Merlin and what look to be Hobby juv x2 play fighting at Greatham Creek 10.05 am from road bridge.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 1d

Purple Sandpiper x12 this morning at Hartlepool Headland.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 1d

Rock Pipit x8, Coromant & Shag, Common Scoter this morning at Hartlepool Headland.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 2d

Goldeneye, Avocet, Great White Egret, Greenshank this morning at RSPB Saltholme.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 2d

Cattle Egret this morning on Allotment Pool at RSPB Saltholme.
Thanks to finder @imaddy.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 2d

Barnacle Geese x196 9.30 am on Back Saltholme from Navigator.
Great White Egret x2 & Greenshank on Calor Gas Pool.
Great White Egret, Pintail x2 on east pond.
Avocet & Black-tailed Godwit x21 on west pond at RSPB Saltholme.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 3d

Bullfinch pair, Treecreeper & Tree Sparrow this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 3d

Ruff, Spoonbill, Pintail & White-fronted Goose this morning at RSPB Saltholme.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 4d

Wren, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Bullfinch x3 (2m,1f) this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 5d

Several Chiffchaff still this morning in car park at RSPB Saltholme. Chasing each other around.
Willow Warbler still singing.
Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Bullfinch male seen.
Cetti's Wabler in car park and four bet. vc & Wildlife Wtchpoint.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 6d

Stonechat, Goldfinch & Tree Sparrow x3 this morning at Holme Fleet, Cowpen Marsh.
Also Marsh Harrier x2.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 6d

Nice to see Tree Sparrow and female Bullfinch back at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park feeders this morning.
Also Goldfinch and Long-tailed Tits coming in regularly.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 6d

Just flown off on its own heading west across main lake.

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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 6d

Ring-necked Parakeet opposite garden in trees at RSPB Saltholme.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 7d

Treecreeper, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park.
Also Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Long-tailed Tit. Lots of Coal Tit still.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 7d

Barn Owl x3 showing on one of the main lake boxes this morning at RSPB Saltholme.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 7d

Buzzard this morning on west pond at RSPB Saltholme.
Whinchat by Jubilee Mound.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 8d

Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Chaffinch with poorly feet & Coal Tit this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park.
Tawny Owl heard again just before lunchtime.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 8d

Whooper Swan x27 just flown south over west pond at RSPB Saltholme.
Avocet x19 on west pond.
Great White Egret on east.
Ruff & Black-tailed Godwit x9 from Phil Stead Hide.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 9d

Barnacle Geese x114 in front of Saltholme Hide this morning. More on Back Saltholme.
I read 20 leg rings/30 collars.
One yellow P49 (on right of photo). Ringed at Roxton Bedfordshire 01/07/2004.
It's the first one I've seen locally that was ringed at another UK site.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 9d

Siskin, White-fronted Goose, Barn Owl and Ruff this morning at RSPB Saltholme.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 9d

Bittern seen this morning from Haverton Viewpoint at RSPB Saltholme.
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