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Merlin -am- Back Saltholme @RSPBSaltholme @teesbirds1

@john_grieveson @teesbirds1 Ruddy Shelduck x2 in view from Paddy's Pool Hide.

2 Ruddy shelducks B salt @teesbirds1

Black Guillemot, Long-tailed Duck & Red-throated Diver x3 this morning seen from Pilot Pier, Hartlepool Headland. The Black Guillemot flew into the harbour at 9.30 am and gradually worked it's way towards the fish quay. @teesbirds1

Black Guillemot, Long-tailed Duck, Red-throated Diver in Hartlepool harbour from Pilot Pier. @teesbirds1

Great White Egret x3, Spoonbill, Pintail x2 -am- Saltholme Ponds from roadside. Whooper Swan x4 on Back Saltholme. @RSPBSaltholme @teesbirds1

Jay, Bullfinch m & f, Reed Bunting -am- Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. @teesbirds1

Spoonbill & Pintail x3 males, Golden Plover this morning on west pond @RSPBSaltholme Great Egret was in the reeds on the east pond. @teesbirds1

Kingfisher this morning @RSPBSaltholme Initially seen on Sand Martin Wall at opening time. @teesbirds1

Sparrowhawk in the garden this morning. Billingham. It caught a feral pigeon yesterday morning and returned today to finish off it's meal. We'll probably be seeing more of it as we're plagued with pigeons at present. 24 came back again once it had finished it's meal. @teesbirds1

Spoonbill this morning on west pond @RSPBSaltholme Whooper Swan x3 flew onto Back Saltholme from main lake. Barnacle Geese along the dragonfly path. @teesbirds1

Woodcock in flight from garden area @RSPBSaltholme . Flew by v.c. landing near Workshops. @teesbirds1

Great Spotted Woodpecker (m&f), Jay x2, Bullfinch x6 (3m,3f), Reed Bunting this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. @teesbirds1

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Pheasant, Tree Sparrow this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. @teesbirds1

Purple Sandpiper x8 this morning at Newburn Bridge, Hartlepool. Roosting with Turnstone c.30, Ringed Plover x26, Oystercatcher x32, Bar-tailed Godwit x2 & Lapwing c.10. @teesbirds1

Great White Egret -am- east pond @RSPBSaltholme Pintail x2 & Spoonbill on the west pond. @teesbirds1

Jay x2, Reed Bunting male, Bullfinch x6 this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. Also brief visit by a Treecreeper. @teesbirds1

Spoonbill -am- west pond @RSPBSaltholme Also Pintail x2 drake. Marsh Harrier over and Pink-footed Geese x67 flying south. Redwing c.12 around main lake. Also Bearded Tit male from vc through window. Barnacle Geese & White-fronted Goose on Back Saltholme. @teesbirds1

Great White Egret - one of three this morning on the east pond @RSPBSaltholme Spoonbill & Pintail x2 on the west pond. @teesbirds1

Ruddy Shelduck with Barnacle Geese on Back Saltholme @RSPBSaltholme @teesbirds1

Redwing x6 feeding with Blackbird x8 & Song Thrush in hawthorns this morning along Lake Walk @RSPBSaltholme Greenshank on main lake and one calling at Paddy's Pool. @teesbirds1

Great White Egret x3 on east pond 9.00am @RSPBSaltholme Spoonbill & Northern Pintail drake x2 on west pond. @teesbirds1