Today dad and I took my gran back to her house in Hartlepool. We called at Saltholme to have lunch and then went birding. We did not see the
Curlew sandpipers but did see a
Marsh harrier. There were also lots of
Common terns and
Reed buntings about. Gran then took us to Crimdon Dene an amazing
Little tern colony which she knew well but I had never been to. Both
Little terns and
Ringed plover were great to see in a fenced off area of the beach. Whilst walking back to the carpark we saw a raft of 27
Common scoters (26 males/1 female) quite close in. Dad and I then went and dropped gran off and set off home, thus ending our day of birding. Or so we thought. Whilst driving along the A171 through the edge of the Dalby forest we saw a
Goshawk high above the road. An excellent bird to end an excellent day.
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| Little tern |
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| Ringed plover |
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| Marsh harrier |
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| Marsh harrier |
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| Ringed plover chick |
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| Little tern |
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| Reed bunting |
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