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Patch Birding
Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
from 1/1/24
Patch #167 WB Diver
Garden #57 Mallard
Flyovers #19 SE Owl
Water Bowl #41 Mallard
2026 #123 Common Tern

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Vicarage Garden
lots of young birds around
Rooks Jackdaws Robins Great Tits Tree Sparrows Great Spot Woods Chaffinches etc
these 5 Pheasant chicks were under the careful watch of the female under the feeding station this afternoon

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Rocky Island - Seaton Sluice (afternoon)
Linnet feeding young

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Vicarage Garden
update on my Meadow
put seeds down 22nd Sept 25 (pic 1)
lots shooting away and in flower with much more to come (pic 2)
Bees, Hoverflies & Butterflies all enjoying the nectar
Corn Cockle (pic 3)
Blue Corn Flower (pic 4)

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Vicarage Garden
x 2 Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers both being feed by parents

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St Mary's Island
Whitley Bay
Grey Seals

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Vicarage Garden
not great pics from living room window - but
x 2 Little Egrets flow over at 6.12PM heading in general direction of St Mary's Whitley Bay

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Seaton Vicarage Garden
Todays bird at the water bowl is?
Mistle Thrush

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Bird feeding station
Mk3
x 2 8ft posts driven in 2ft and angled
steel coated washing line - greased at ends
feeders more spread out
Mk 2
feeders to close to posts = rats
Mk 1
support bar too close to top feeders = corvids
Birds recorded actually in garden = 57
flyovers = 19

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell Pond (afternoon)
Patch year tick #123 Common Tern
x 1 pr bit distant over far side of the pond
after spending most of the week in London its nice to be home and Birding!

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A very rainy day = so made a new collage
showing the diversity of birds drawn to one water bowl over 2 Vicarage gardens = 41 diff species so far
(also Rat - Grey Squirrel & Rabbit)

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Well that was different!
Me & the Mrs at Buckingham Palace
Royal Garden Party yesterday
for our service to Community & Church
A nice day out
(and the sandwiches weren't bad either)
a patriotic red white and blue theme between us!

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell Pond (afternoon)
always a good day when you see your first Swift!
patch year tick #122
several were feeding above the pond
always great to watch

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Vicarage Garden
not thee most glamorous of birds
but this Feral Pigeon is the first one photographed at the water bowl (here) making a tally #38 in total
combined with Dunston Vicarage = now
41 diff species of birds + 3 Mammals (so far)!

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Vicarage Garden
my first (M) Blackcap at the water bowl in this garden
Had (F) at water bowl in Dunston Vicarage Garden

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
A few more actions shots of this adventurous Roe Deer - it did a great job of scattering everything!

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell Pond (morning)
x 1 Roe Deer decided to run through the water right outside the public hide

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell Pond (morning)
Patch year tick #121 Common Sandpiper
x 1 right outside Public Hide showing well

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell Pond (morning)
had to visits twice today (passing whilst working)
Sedge Warbler was singing well
(M) Shoveler was posing for the camera

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell pond (afternoon)
Patch year tick #120 House Martin
several birds feeding low over the water
too distant for a pic
so here is some old ones!

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Birding Delaval Parish & Holywell Pond
Holywell Pond (morning)
A few bits and pieces from this morning visit
F & M Shoveler Great Crested Grebe Whooper Swan