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Redcar from Zetland slipway: 2 first-winter Little Gulls feeding at midday.
Also 340+Eider & 7 Red-throated Diver. Very few auks around now, just 1 Guillemot. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Sadly it will not load videos take on a Nikon Coolpix P900 which is a fairly common camera. They acknowledged the problem many months ago but have not fixed it.

Some of the local police probably belong to the illegal hunt so what’s the point?

South Gare Olive-backed Pipit cropped. A typical view in the long grass. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

South Gare Olive-backed Pipit. mostly in long grass and not bothered by people. Marske birds easier: 2 Great Northern Dive & 1 Slavonian Grebe on sea, 2 Dark-bellied Brent Geese & 5 Grey Partridge on field. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Only seen by the photographer who was not really aware of Oriental Turtle Dove. This is is the best (of 3) image I have seen and I assume Bob posted his best photos. A lot of people looked for it extensively. It seemed fairly obvious that it must be Oriental. Your photo improvements are interesting

The Shetland Oriental Turtle Doves this week and Scannerman Bob's Turtle Dove sp. at South Gare on 19th November 22. Food for thought! @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Around Redcar a bird counting morning: 400+ Eider off Zetland roundabout, 336 Golden Plover on Marske coastal field, 120 Pinkfeet south over South Gare & 500+ Golden Plover flying above Seaton Common (seen from South Gare). Only 3 R T Diver today. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Redcar off Zetland slipway: Adult Slavonian Grebe still there 5pm, looking smarter nearly in winter plumage. Also, 325+ Eider, 10 Common Scoter & summer adult Red-throated Diver. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Redcar (Zetland slipway) 3pm to 4.30: Slavonian Grebe, 375 Eider, 20 Common Scoter, adult & juv Sandwich Tern on beach, adult Med Gull, juv Little Gull, 2 R T Diver. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Redcar yesterday: moulting adult Slavonian Grebe still off Zetland slipway at 6pm and about 600 Eider (no time for an exact count but old record is 570 on 25th November 23). Harvest moon at 11pm. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Off Redcar (Green Lane Car Park) 3pm to 4.30 pm: 50+ Little Gulls (mostly adult) feeding this side of the large yellow buoy, 5 Red-throated Diver, 1 Arctic Skua flew south, 35 Common Scoter, 30 Teal, 100+ Guillemot, 10 Gannet & 2 Bottlenose Dolphin @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Redcar (off Zetland roundabout): Adult Little Gull feeding 4pm. On sea: 325 Eider, 6 Common Scoter, 30 Teal, 2 Wigeon, a few Guillemot but no divers. Also 1 Sandwich Tern & 1 Gannet.
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Redcar: Now 305+ Eider off Redcar (only 210 a week ago). Most of them feed around the rocks close off town centre at low tide but gather in a large flock off Zetland Roundabout at High Tide. Mostly adult drakes. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

South Gare: midday on Bran Sands at low tide, huge area of mud, difficult to get near the waders. 4 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, 20 Dunlin, 50+ Ringed Plover, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, colour ringed Curlew, 20 Sandwich Tern, 20 Common Tern & 1 Little Egret. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

South Gare: very elusive Wryneck in Sueda bushes on Cabin Rocks. On Bran Sands: 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, juvenile Pintail (unusual here) with 1 Shoveler & 10 Wigeon, 150+ Teal, 2 Little Egret, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 adult Grey Plover. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Friday info is in RBA history, Steve. My pager must have a reception problem.

Thanks, Colin. Ironically RBA broke down a few days ago so no messages for about 10 hours but it was up and running yesterday. I thought it odd as Graeme and Martin Blick are very good at getting info out on Twitter. I was sitting at Holme Fleet when all the action was happening a mile away!

Thanks, Steve. Have found these now in the RBA history data but sadly they did not reach my pager for unknown reasons. I heard later yesterday that it had been seen on Friday afternoon and some people had got that news but not on RBA. I'd have been looking for it on Saturday morning had I heard.

Thanks, Gary. I thought RBA and Birdguides copied eachother so that's bad news.

First mention of the White-tailed Eagle on Blue Sky or Twitter or RBA that I have seen. Very odd that it was kept so quiet given the lack of gamekeepers on Seal Sands!

It was there this morning but very elusive, in the extreme right hand corner of the largest lake (with c. 500 Greylags) so often disappearing behind the high reeds.

Forgot the photo

Sleddale area: 2 immature White-tailed Eagles 1715 to 1740 when they possibly landed in a distant forest. Also, 5 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 5 Kestrel & 15+ Common Buzzard.
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Sleddale area: immature White-tailed Eagle flew in at 1730 and possibly settled in large forest at 1740. Also, juvenile Marsh Harrier, 6+ Red Kite, 6+ Common Buzzard & 3 Kestrel (& juvenile Wheatear). Yesterday: Peregrine & Merlin in same area. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Family walk on beach from Marske to Saltburn today produced this beauty with large numbers of Black-headed Gulls. I never tire of straying upon a Med Gull. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Actually a juvenile Herring Gull. Juv LBBG has solid dark outer greater coverts contrasting with notched inners. This HG has evenly notched greater coverts (no contrast between inners and outers) and obviously notched tertials (unnotched in LBBG and Caspian). They can be tricky.

South Gare (Tees): juv Caspian Gull, 14 Arctic Skua, 500+ auks (mostly Guillemot but many Razorbill), 125 Ringed Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit (1 juv), 1 knot, 30 Dunlin, 20 Sanderling, 1 Eider @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Squared off tail corners shown very nicely here, Ian. Juvenile Sparrowhawk as you thought.

Item on TV recently deploring a recent spate of catapult attacks on birds by yobs in Kent. RSPCA chap said they are going out killing birds just for fun. Spot the difference.