Redcar Tarn

 Monday 27th October a.m.

Another  visit to the Tarn where it was cloudy with some sunny spells and a temperature of 9°C and loads of birds.  There were c50 Lapwings in the field across the road, c30 Canadas were around the water.  The Pintail was asleep among the Nettles, there were three Shovelers and five Goosanders.   Others were Grey Heron, Cormorant, Tufted, Pied Wagtail, Moorhen, Starling, Rook, Jackdaw and the usual Gulls. 

Lapwing

Shoveler

 

Goosander

LBB Gull

Herring Gull

Common Gull

BH Gull

Grey Heron

Redcar Tarn 27/10/2025

Swillington Ings

 Sunday 26th October a.m.

A sunny start at Swillington but chilly with a temperature of 3°C, as usual loads of birds to see seven Curlew were a surprise though. There were good numbers of Teal & Shoveler as well as Pochard, Gadwall & Tufteds.  There were a couple of Great White Egrets and I saw six Little Egrets, overhead a distant Red Kite glided by and a Kestrel passed by.  A Kingfisher drew a crowd as it caught fish, others were Gt Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Lapwing, Cormorant & Grey Heron. 

Teal

  

Kingfisher

Curlew

Gt White Egret

Gadwall

Shoveler 

Pochard

Little Egret

Swillington Ings 26/10/2025

Rodley NR

Wednesday 22nd October a.m.

A lovely sunny morning with a temperature of 8°C so I had a drive out to Rodley Nature Reserve.  Here the highlight was seeing two Green Sandpipers closely followed by a Water Rail.  There were plenty other birds to see with five Little Egrets, Shovelers, Little Grebes, Gadwall, Teal, Snipe, Lapwing, Cormorant & Grey Heron being some of them.

Green Sandpiper

Little Egret

Shoveler 

Water Rail

Green Sandpiper, Snipe & Lapwing 

Green Sandpipers at Rodley NR 

Rodley NR 22/10/2025

Redcar Tarn

 Thursday 16th October a.m.

A dull grey morning with a temperature of 12°C, it was good to see the return of a Pintail and four Shovelers.  There were Goosanders, Cormorants, Tufteds, Canadas, Lapwings, Grey Heron and the Little Grebe was still present.   There were loads of the usual Gulls, others were Rook, Jackdaw, Moorhen, Coot & Dunnock.   

Pintail 

Shoveler 

Tufted

Goosander 

Grey Heron

 

Little Grebe

Lapwing

Cormorant

Redcar Tarn 16/10/2025