7 Whooper swans on Saltholme West Pool 7.30 @rspbsaltholme
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Female smew from Watchpoint Hide on close up 15.55. Fed for bit, had a good preen then headed north @rspbsaltholme
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Four Bean and six White-fronted geese still on Wild Saltholme opposite cowpen bewerly landfill entrance @rspbsaltholme
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Black-throated diver still in Hartlepool Marina @teesbirds.bsky.social

Twite, spoonbill, turnstone and rock pipit across Greatham Creek and the Salterns this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social

Merlin hunting South of Haverton Gate @rspbsaltholme
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Water pipit still showing well around Pools hide. Male RB merganser on Back saltholme pool and short-eared owl flew over visitor center towards the meadow this morning so far @rspbsaltholme
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Just a bit of a Jack snipe again on Top Tank 8.45 @rspbsaltholme
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Olive-backed pipit South Gare 15.45 ❤️

One of those nice days with lots of harvestmen in it @RSPBSaltholme. Six species with not much looking, five of them just on one wall:
Lots of Leiobunum blackwalli
Leiobunum rotundum
Paroligolophus agrestis
Oligolophus saxitilis
Dicropalpus ramosus agg
And Oligolophus tridens

Two Bearded tits in calling in flight heading West over carpark @rspbsaltholme 10.55
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Water pipit still flying around the tanks this morning @rspbsaltholme
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~20 Whooper swans flying South 10.38 @rspbsaltholme
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One Jack snipe still present on Top tank, much more distant than yesterday 8.55 @rspbsaltholme
Also flyover Siskins, Redpolls, Fieldfares, Whooper swans and Grey plover
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Red kite slowing looping west over the tanks towards haverton @rspbsaltholme
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Nine Jack snipe still present on Top Tank 12.10 @rspbsaltholme
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Nine Jack snipe in cut area on Top Tank 9.30 @rspbsaltholme. Please stick to the path.
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Jack snipe still showing well from Watchpoint hide 12.30
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Two Little stints by sluice on Back Saltholme Pool 8.30 @rspbsaltholme
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2 Little stints currently distant from Pools hide on Back Saltholme Pool 10.02
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Little stint on Back Saltholme Pool 8.45, also Green sandpiper on Paddys @rspbsaltholme
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7 whooper swans landed in on Back Saltholme Pool 10.29
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17 Whooper swans flying South over Back Saltholme Pool 10.40 @rspbsaltholme
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Two Redwing over Discovery Zone @rspbsaltholme 10.30
Also still small numbers of Redpoll and Siskin flying South
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At least three Bearded tits worked their way through the discovery zone west now in reed at the back of the Main Lake 9.05 @rspbsaltholme
Also small groups of siskin and redpoll still flying south over the reserve this morning.
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Seven more Whooper swans landed in on Back Saltholme Pool 13.18 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Whooper swan on Back Saltholme with five Pink-footed geese and White-fronted goose. 34 Golden plover (now headed north), Ruff, Bar and Black-tailed godwit, Ringed plover, Dunlin, Curlew, Lapwing, Snipe on Saltholme west 8.45. Bittern showing in flight Haverton Viewpoint.
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19 Curlew sandpipers still on Saltholme West Pool with dunlin, ruff, greenshank, bar-tailed and black-tailed godwit 16.20.
Multiple groups of siskin and redpoll flying South over Saltholme through the day. ~120 Pink-footed geese lovely to see flying over this morning too 😊 @teesbirds.bsky.social