Eastern Black Redstart
I was offered a lift with Brendan Glynn, Paul Frost and Dave Johnson up to see another product of the Eastern filled autumn. We had a 4 hour drive to Skinningrove, Cleveland ahead of us and all the way we received no news on the bird until we arrived and bumped into Chris Gooddie who was walking back to his car. It was still here and within a minute we were watching our first ever
EASTERN BLACK REDSTART as it flew between the rocks and beach. Totally unconcerned by our presence this stunning black and red bird at some points got within a few feet of some people. Not yet a full species it's one for a hopeful future armchair tick.
From here we headed to Hartlepool but despite searching the area south of the Jewish Cemetery we couldn't find the
Shorelark. 2
Grey Partridge were a strange site on the rough ground though.
At Seaton Snook we dodged the many dog turds littered around and had good views of 18
Snow Bunting as the fed along the dune edges and on the beach.
Long-Eared Owl
Our final stop was at Salthome RSPB reserve. Here we failed to see the
Long-Tailed Duck but we did eventually get cracking views of a roosting
Long-Eared Owl once one of the wardens told us where to go to view.
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