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Birder usually found around Hartlepool & the North Tees Marshes. Cleveland County Recorder. Cleveland and Co. Durham lister. Not averse to taking a few photos
Not the rarest of birds but Twite is a scarce bird on Hartlepool Headland.
19.10.2025 16:10 — 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Thanks Paul. We were at Filey from dawn with a plan to stay in the area until dusk. The plan worked (for once) 😀
13.10.2025 16:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Todays star bird at Scarbrough. Thanks to @fosterian1971 for driving.
10.10.2025 18:27 — 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Hen Harrier South Gare, Cleveland gave excellent views this afternoon
10.10.2025 17:22 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Slav Grebe still Redcar from Zetland in front of Eider flock
08.10.2025 13:53 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Agree with Caspian Gull 👍
08.10.2025 08:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spotted Flycatcher, Hartlepool Headland at the weekend
22.09.2025 17:58 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks Paul. Great bird & good to see everyone today. Cheers 👍
21.09.2025 20:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Great to see the Pechora Pipit at Trow Quarry today. I could only manage flight views, but this shot does show the extensive white in T5 which I believe is a diagnostic Pechora feature
21.09.2025 18:48 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Swallow portrait from Hartlepool Headland recently
20.09.2025 16:29 — 👍 34 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Marske Fox Covert Red-backed Shrike this afternoon
16.09.2025 16:59 — 👍 32 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Zinc Works Bushes, 2x Spotted Flycatchers, Great Spot Woodpecker, Goldcrest, 6+ Chiffchaff, 2x Swift over, 5x Grey Partridge
16.09.2025 12:19 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A flock of 25 Curlew Sandpipers with 3 Dunlin. Saltholme West Sunday
15.09.2025 14:11 — 👍 38 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Too busy looking through gulls on the rocks 😉
11.09.2025 11:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🙄
11.09.2025 10:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Willow Emerald Damselfly Saltholme last weekend. Finally got to see one in Cleveland
11.09.2025 08:27 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A less than obvious 1stw Caspian Gull from Hartlepool Headland on Sunday
11.09.2025 08:26 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Adult Lesser White-fronted Goose on Bowesfield Marsh, Stockton yesterday evening. Nice bird, unringed and fully winged but......
30.08.2025 07:11 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A few shots of the Cattle Egret from Holme Fleet on Monday. Still a scarce bird in these parts of the world
27.08.2025 15:10 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Scaling Dam imm male WTE today has been confirmed as G602 as expected
26.08.2025 20:03 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Look like pale pterostigmas Martin. Could be Willow Emerald or a fresh Common. Any other photos?
26.08.2025 14:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The 3 WTE that have summered are G318, an adult female & 2x imm's G639 & G602. G639 pictured has damage to the right wing primaries, so I assume it's G602 unless another WTE is passing through I'll email & check
26.08.2025 14:01 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cattle Egret, Holme Fleet this morning
24.08.2025 17:03 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hpool 09.30 to 10.45am.
Juv Caspian Gull, 2x Bonxie, 4 Arctic Skua otherwise very quiet
Had a good session for insects yesterday afternoon. Clouded Yellow & Willow Emerald
18.08.2025 09:05 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Runny Paint and a few friends went north past Hartlepool yesterday morning
18.08.2025 08:20 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It's been a slow start, but Caspian Gulls seem to be arriving around Hartlepool this week. My personal sightings were a 2nd summer on Tuesday and at least 3 juveniles today
16.08.2025 17:03 — 👍 28 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Small pod 6 to 8 Common Dolphin offshore at Hartlepool slowly heading south. Very active with constant breaching
16.08.2025 07:48 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Juv Caspian Gull Hpool behinf small fishing boat, now flown north
16.08.2025 07:32 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Open wing & tail pattern look good for Casp. Paler venetion blind inner primaries, dark, pale tipped greater coverts & broad black tail band with clean white base. Head pattern looks a bit odd though
15.08.2025 19:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
