Redcar Tarn

 Wednesday 30th September p.m.

After a wet dull morning the sun came out this afternoon with a temperature of 18°C up at the Tarn which was full of birds.  There were 13 Goosanders, c50 Canadas, 20 Greylags & c12 Teal.  I saw a couple of Pintails the number raised to four as I walked round, a Little Grebe was diving for food and there was a Grey Heron on the island.  Plenty others too including Tufteds, BH Gull, LBB Gull, Herring Gull, Rook, Jackdaw, Coot & Robin.  

Goosander

Pintail

Lapwing

Little Grebe

Teal

Grey Heron

Greylags

Jackdaw

Pintails

Canadas at Redcar Tarn 30/9/2026

TMR

 Monday September 28th a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 9°C at TMR where there was a good number of Red-legged Partridge but lower numbers of BH Gull, Herring Gull & LBB Gulls.  There were c30 Lapwings plus Jacdaws & Mallards.  It was good to see two early returning Wigeon, others were Red Grouse, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Greylags & Canadas.

Red-legged Partridge 

Wigeon

Meadow Pipit

Pied Wagtail

BH Gull

Lapwing

LBB Gull

Canadas arriving at TMR 28/9/2026

Swinsty Res & Timble Ings

 Saturday 26th September a.m.

A beautiful sunny morning with a temperature of 12°C, I joined other BOG members for a group walk starting off at Swinsty Reservoir.  We walked alongside the res seeing Mallard, Cormorant & Grey Heron.  We headed up towards Timble Ings an area of woodland adding Red Kite, Buzzard, Goldfinch, Jay & Chaffinch along the way.  In an area of scubland we saw a couple of Stonechats & a Reed Bunting plus Swallows.  We headed up hill through the woodland where we saw more Goldfinch eating the seeds from the Conifer cones, also Siskin, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, LT Tit & Goldcrest were seen or heard.  The noise of a Raven cronking was heard and after a while looking high in the trees we manged to spot it.  As we went along we also saw Dragonflies and Butterflies such as Speckled Wood & Red Admiral.  Heading back we went through Timble village and shortly after a Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen rounding off an enjoyable morning.

Raven

Red Kite

Stonechat

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Goldfinch

Goldfinch at Timble Ings 26/9/2026

Leighton Moss

 Thursday 24th September a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 10°C when I arrived at Leighton Moss on the West coast near Morcambe Bay.  A good start seeing Great White Egret & Little Egret with c100 Redshank & c100 Lapwings.  From Eric Morcambe hide I could see c250 Black-tailed Godwitts in the distance, plenty others including Dunlin, Curlew, Shoveler, Goosander, Snipe & Pied Wagtail. I was also pleased to see a couple of Spotted Reshanks, a Ruff and several Greenshanks.  I moved across to the main reserve adding Gadwall, Pintail, Coot, Moorhen & Mute Swan. 

Spotted Redshank 

 

Greenshank 

Redshank 

Ruff

Snipe

Curlew

Dunlin

GW Egret

Little Egret

GW Egret & Little Egret

Pintail

Shoveler

Gadwall

distant Black-tailed Godwitt

Spotted Redshank behind the Redshanks at Leighton Moss 24/9/2026