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martyn sidwell

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Birder with a camera. Cleveland County Recorder. Keen Cleveland & Co. Durham county lister

 Middlesbrough
Joined April 2013
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One of those moments I'll never forget. Eye to eye with the Black-browed Albatross flying past Grandstand Viewpoint Bempton 11.05 this morning
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Black Redstart Ferry Road this afternoon
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Firecrest trapped & released Hartlepool Headland this afternoon. Many thanks to @Chris1953Brown
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Black Redstart Ferry Rd Hartlepool this pm
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Hume's Warbler Hartlepool Headland trapped late pm. Well done Chris for your persistence. Photos not great as it was almost dark
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Hpool 08.00 to 11.00am 4x Little Auk, 5x Bonxie, 1 juv skua sp probably Pom, 2x Scaup, 10 Goldeneye, Asia Owl sp in off
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More Whoopers have been arriving & some have left. Totals are 162 on Saltholme East & 34 Back Saltholme
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143 Whoopers Saltholme East currently & a Spoonbill
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A couple of shots of todays Shrike at Whitburn. Seems to tick all the Daurian boxes but I wonder how long before we finally get an a tick able bird in the North East
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Found this Snow Bunting on Hartlepool Headland this morning
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Single Snow Bunting Hpool nr the Obs. Also 48 Whoopers sth (34 & 14)
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Water Pipit from The Phil Stead Hide, Saltholme yesterday
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Cleveland 3rd Isabelline Wheatear Redcar this morning
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Surprised to have the Desert Wheatear to myself for a while.
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2poss 3 Firecrest at Hummersea this morning also Ring Ouzel and Woodcock. @teesbirds1 @nybirdnews
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A Jack Snipe showed at close range from the Phil Stead Hide Saltholme at lunchtime
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1st Wint Caspian Gull Hartlepool Fish Quay this morning. Close check of the scapula pattern confirms it as the same bird 1st seen last weekend
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A very late juv Whimbrel at Hartlepool today. Unfortunately it was one of the "white rumped" variety
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A rather smart 1st winter Caspian Gull on Hartlepool Headland yesterday
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Had this rather odd looking sub-adult Herring Gull with an all black bill at Hartlepool today. Not seen anything like this before. Anyone know what's going on with it?
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Have you seen this before? @bonser_rich @saloplarus
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