𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓭 𝓓𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓭 𝓐𝓽𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓸𝓷

Up dated collage (added Mallard) x 1 Meter Corten Steel Water Bowl x 2 Vicarage Gardens (Dunston & Seaton) Dunston = 20 & Seaton = 36 Combined total = 41 different species all photographed using it (drinking or bathing) Whatever next? 🤔

Vicarage Garden Birds Photographed at the Water Bowl #41 Mallard the last new bird I took a pic of at the Water Bowl was an escaped Crested Canary and thought that was bizarre - I think maybe 3 Mallards even tops that! What Next?

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond Ruddy Shelduck Been a very busy day so just had a bit of time to crop and re post - a bonny bird - this one was with 5 Shelduck this morning and was following 1 bird around closely

Birding Seaton Valley Vicarage Garden My Son took this pic on his phone this afternoon a Red-legged Partridge 6ft off the ground pecking at the feeders = strange

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (morning) Although I have seen a few Snipe here wizzing around I have not been able to get any pics untill this morning x 5 showed very well outside Public Hide

Birding Seaton Valley Vicarage Garden Mallard is taken off the seen from list (now #19) now added to the actually garden list (now #57) as it found a gap in the fence and ventured in this morning!

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (early morning) Patch year tick #102 Ruddy Shelduck x 1 in the company of 5 Shelduck outside public hide - stayed only a short while before flying off - thanks to Jo for the info

Birding Seaton Valley Vicarage garden All things Green this morning

Birding Seaton Valley Vicarage Garden x 1 Siskin at the feeding Station this morning (and the water bowl)

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (afternoon) Great Crested Grebe was right outside members hide looking very smart in the sunshine

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (afternoon) Patch year tick #101 Goosander x 2 (distant) Great-white Egret still on site moving between left and right hand Reed beds from members Hide

x 1 fully restored Harrogate/NERW Station Bench stripped - several coats of hammarite - bench wood stained and x 2 coats varnish = job done!

Birding Seaton Valley Rocky Island (afternoon) x 1 Hour Sea Watch Patch year tick #99 Kittiwake x 2 just off headland (old pic) Patch year tick #100 Gannet x 1 well out by turbines (old pic) x 2 Harbour Porpoise (Distant - old pic) Nice to hit 100 before end of March

Birding Seaton Valley Vicarage Garden (afternoon) x 1 Long-tailed Tit at the water bowl

Birding Seaton Valley Rocky Island to Crag Point (morning) slow wander along - Sea was perfectly flat not much moving around - few pics of the regulars

Birding Seaton Valley Rocky Island - Seaton Sluice (afternoon) Patch year tick #98 Shag x 1 bird feeding off the headland (distant) x 1 Red-Throated Dived a bit closer in little else around

Birding Seaton Valley Cycling to a service at New Hartley this afternoon and came across x 3 Brown Hare in a local farm field quite a bit of chasing going on (good job I had the camera with me!) really nice to take 5 minutes out and just watch

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (Noon) Avocet x 1 to left of Public Hide thanks Alan J for shout

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (afternoon) Patch year tick #94 Meadow Pipit flew overhead on Wagonway Patch year tick #95 Snipe whizzed by members hide and landed in left read bed Patch year tick #96 x 2 Yellowhammer flew by Sprout field/Wagonway (all old pics)

Birding Seaton Valley Holywell Pond (afternoon) Great-white Egret was still hiding in the read bed to left of Members Hide - Very limited views A group of Pochard were directly outside the hide (M) looking very smart in the Sunshine