Swillington Ings

Sunday 10th July a.m.

 A beautiful sunny morning with an early start temperature of Swillington Ings of 16°C where there were BH Gulls every where many of this years chicks growing well.  Good to see the Black-necked Grebe six or so all at distance and the Common Terns are always a pleasure to see.  There was a family of eight Bearded Tits showing well and  I managed some pictures of them too.  Plenty others to see including Little Egret, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted, Kestrel, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Reed Bunting, Gt Crested Grebe and Swift.

Bearded Tit

Black-necked Grebe

Common Tern

Gt crested Grebe Juvenile

Little Egret

Mute Swan Cygnet

Mute Swan with Cygnets

Shoveler

Tufted with chicks

Swillington Ings 10/7/2022

  

Redcar Tarn

 Saturday 25th June a.m.

 A sunny morning with a temperature of 15°C at Redcar Tarn where Mallards and Coots had chicks.  Nearby Oystercatchers also had large chicks, possibly three of them, others were BH Gull, LBB Gull, Rook, Jackdaw, Tufteds and Pied Wagtail.

Mallard chick

Mallard with chicks

Coot with chicks

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher with chick

Oystercatcher chick

Rook

BH Gull

LBB Gull

Redcar Tarn 25/6/2022

Harden Moor

 Saturday 18th June a.m.

 A bright morning with some sunny spells on Harden Moor with a temperature of 13°C where it was good to hear and see a Cuckoo still present flying around and later perched for a picture.  Also good to hear Chiffchaff and a Garden Warbler in full song which I also saw. Others were Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Song Thrush, Mipit, Oystercatcher, Kestrel, Linnet and Swallow.

Cuckoo

Garden Warbler

Mipit

Song Thrush

Whitethroat

Harden Moor 18/6/2022

Redcar Tarn

Thursday 2nd June a.m.

 A sunny morning with a temperature of 9°C with 25 Swifts feeding over a nearby field and 15 House Martins collecting mud for their nest building. A pair of Oystercatchers were busy feeding their chicks, I spotted two chicks through the grass, a couple of Canadas had some growing goslings. On the water their were some Mallards with chicks and a Terrapin was basking on a rock.

House Martin

Mallard with chick

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher chick

Swift

Terrapin

Canadas with goslings

House Martins at Redcar Tarn 2/6/2022