Durham Bird Club's Castle Lake Nature Reserve

Friday 2 September 2011

Friday 2nd September 2011

Many thanks to Andrew Kinghorn for todays sightings and video clips.

Bishop Middleham: 4 Mute Swan, 2 Green Sandpiper, 120c Black-headed Gulls, 2 Common Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper, 15c Pied Wagtail, 8c Little Grebe, 22+ Teal, 3+ Mallard, 3 Lesser black-backed Gull, 4 Tufted Duck, 600+ Lapwing, 1 Sparrowhawk. 
A1 Flashes: 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, and 2 Canada Geese. 
Stoneybeck Lake: 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper and 4 Ruff only birds of note.

Link to Andrew's video of the Sparrowhawk;
http://www.youtube.com/user/FoghornsBirdingVideo#p/a/u/1/tul9mysKJUs

And a link to Andrew's video of the Curlew Sandpiper;
http://www.youtube.com/user/FoghornsBirdingVideo#p/a/u/0/b02Cd0iBdI8

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