Sightings
Welcome to my sightings page, where I aim to display a compilation of my birding and wildlife sightings and experiences. From January 2016, I started to use social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr to share my experiences (please click here to view older records). Please feel free to view, follow, like, comment, etc.
LATEST REPORT ON TWITTER
Please view the following twitter reports, which is what I use to report sightings when out in the field. Alternatively, visit my facebook page for sightings in more detail:
Photographs
A selection of my favourite photographs:
DETAILED REPORTS ON FACEBOOK
This feed shows a selection of my sightings on Facebook. Click on the links to view the sightings on my Facebook page or view the sightings below.
Mid-afternoon visit to High Coniscliffe and I got my first County Durham Holly Blue butterfly. Also Common Swift, Common Sandpiper, Sand Martin, Common Whitethroat, chiffChaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, etc.
Mid-morning visit to Bishop's Park and got good views of Common Redstart (a month later than previous years), Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, etc.
Visited Hamsterley area for another look at the newts and see if our summer visitors had returned. No sign of Tree Pipit or Cuckoo and no sign of any Green Hairstreak butterflies. Next stop was Muggleswick, where we got great views of singing Wood Warbler and Pied Flycatcher. Another nice day in County Durham.
Trip Reports
A selection of reports from past trips: