Geoff Iceton

A birder in the Cleveland area for nearly 50 years with a particular interest in sea watching.

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Firecrest still on Hartlepool Headland this morning in the ‘sunken garden’ on Durham Street

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Hobby just gone NW over RSPB Saltholme VC

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Fox cubs bring all sorts into our garden as play things, usually gloves and shoes but this puppet takes the biscuit!!!

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@cm13021692 @teesbirds1 Sounds good for a Marsh Warbler to me

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@brianthebirder Pretty distant - showed about 8 times but I haven’t seen it for 30 minutes now

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Quiet sea watch at Hartlepool this morning enlivened by a Minke whale attending a large feeding flock of Gannets and Gulls

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Seven more Egyptian geese to add to Cleveland’s swelling population. On Holme Fleet at the moment.

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Small blue (I think) on Greatham Creek today

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Minke whale just gone north off Hartlepool Headland- quite close in, hope it is not in trouble.

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Couldn’t resist whizzing down to @NosterfieldLNR this morning when this drake Smew was seen again, absolutely stunning bird 🤩 although sadly my pics don’t do it justice 😫 @nybirdnews @teesbirds1

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@PaulCave3 I’d go for golden headed cisticola

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7 velvet scoter off Steetley Pier and aGND ( a well marked imm ) at Parton Rocks

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That was bonxies not Bonnie’s at Hartlepool of course! Auto- correction!!!

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Sea watching in poor conditions for a couple of hours this morning produced adult Sabine”s, 2 long tailed skuas and about 25 Arctic skua with a couple of Bonnie’s

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The juvenile Little ringed plover on Dormans Pool today appears to be the latest record since 2009 and is only 6 days short of the latest ever.

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Anyone know what is going on at the North Gare car park- area fenced off and lots of survey work on the common?

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@sidwemn It was also on Dormans Pool at 3pm

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Moderate sea watch up to about 0930 from Hartlepool this am. Long tail skua N, 3 G N Divers, 2 Sooties, Black tern and 400 auks N (mainly Razorbill) with ad Little Gull and a Bonxie as supporting cast.

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White-rumped sand on Seaton Snook in Dunlin flock present now

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A nice black Spotted Redshank on Back Saltholme from Petroplus. Garganey still opposite the tip entrance.