Michael Leakey

Semi-retired conservation professional, BTO Cleveland Regional Representative. Fishburn-Bishop Middleham local patch focus, occasional short-distance twitches.

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@swaledalebirds_ @BSBIbotany Indeed!

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@JuQuacker @teesbirds1 Sorry - misread the Barwit total as 187!

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@JuQuacker @teesbirds1 Some great counts there Julie, especially Bar-tailed Godwit - a sterling effort!

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@HairyDogsTail @nybirdnews Looks like Baird's to me

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@davebarlo @teesbirds1 Bang on for Baird's as far as I can make out

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@Bobby00651 @DurhamBirdClub @durhamwildlife @teesbirds1 Good find Rob. A couple of years since my last at BP Middleham.

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@Garbutt6Peter @teesbirds1 South Gare?!

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@BBS_birds BBS Surveyors still required in Cleveland. Let me know if you're interested @teesbirds1

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Well pleased to find this drake Smew on local patch at Bishop Middleham today, my 174th species recorded here since 2001 @teesbirds1 @nybirdnews

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@Bobby00651 @whitburnbirds @bellchris76 @RossAhmed @DurhamBirdClub @durhamwildlife @teesbirds1 @BirdGuides Barnacle in there too 👍

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@swaledalebirds_ @timthefruit That's brilliant Martin! I have fond memories of Padlock Terrace, conveniently located close to Brian Caffrey's barber's shop.

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@sedgefred10 @WoodlandWildli1 @teesbirds1 An excellent report Fred, based on a huge amount of fieldwork. I dread to think what a commercial ecological consultancy would charge!

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@sedgefred10 @teesbirds1 1200 Wigeon is the highest count of the season here so far I think Fred.

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@sedgefred10 @cyp_toon Kerb, not kerb! Don't get all Amerikay Fred!

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@sedgefred10 @pablohugelist Been over in Dumfries & Galloway for the week and we hardly had a drop of rain. Mind you, no YBWs either!

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Pleased to find this adult Yellow-legged Gull at Bishop Middleham yesterday, my first on this local patch. Still a scarce bird inland in NE England @teesbirds1 @DurhamBirdClub

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Perfect juvenile Spotted Redshank at Bishop Middleham this morning, bringing my five square kilometre local patch year list up to the 120 mark. Also still 2 Curlew Sandpiper and a Little Stint @teesbirds1

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@sedgefred10 Sadly not - one of my Shildon weekends 😕

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Fabulous late afternoon session in the Surtees Arms at Chilton Lane, one of County Durham's most deprived villages. Everything £3.50 a pint.

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@sedgefred10 @teesbirds1 Glad you got it in the end Fred