My first Large red damselfly of the year in the Discovery Zone this afternoon @rspbsaltholme

Garganey still on Old Field, Back Saltholme 7.50 @rspbsaltholme
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Five Little ringed plovers in Scrape for Saltholme Pools Hide
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Now 4*

Three Wheatear on Satlholme Field (field north of Pools hide) 10.30 @rspbsaltholme
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Short-eared owl hunting down the Dragonfly Path this morning @rspbsaltholme
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Wheatear on the Dragonfly Path @rspbsaltholme. Also Swallow and Sand martin, Little ringed plover and Ruff showing well at Pools, Med gull on Paddy's. Lovely morning so far.
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My first singing Blackcap of the year @rspbsaltholme this morning in the carpark and Discovery Zone.
Also Grey wagtail flyover.
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Long-eared owl showing well from long-eared owl platform, Haverton Scrub @rspbsaltholme
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Bearded tit on top tank 14.25 @rspbsaltholme
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Three owl morning this morning with Barn owl in the car park, Short-eared owl on the Clay Field (field west of meadow) and Long-eared owl on same branch as yesterday from the Leo platform @rspbsaltholme. Lovely stuff ❤️
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Slightly better pic of the Long-eared owl from the Leo platform, Haverton Scrub @rspbsaltholme
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Long-eared owl sat in the sun from the Long-eared owl Viewpoint platform @rspbsaltholme Haverton scrub.

Med gull calling over Saltholme Visitor Centre this morning @rspbsaltholme
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3 Bar-tailed godwit landed in Back Saltholme Pool 8.55 @rspbsaltholme
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7 Whooper swans on Saltholme West Pool 7.30 @rspbsaltholme
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Female smew from Watchpoint Hide on close up 15.55. Fed for bit, had a good preen then headed north @rspbsaltholme
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Four Bean and six White-fronted geese still on Wild Saltholme opposite cowpen bewerly landfill entrance @rspbsaltholme
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Black-throated diver still in Hartlepool Marina @teesbirds.bsky.social

Twite, spoonbill, turnstone and rock pipit across Greatham Creek and the Salterns this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social

Merlin hunting South of Haverton Gate @rspbsaltholme
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Water pipit still showing well around Pools hide. Male RB merganser on Back saltholme pool and short-eared owl flew over visitor center towards the meadow this morning so far @rspbsaltholme
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Just a bit of a Jack snipe again on Top Tank 8.45 @rspbsaltholme
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Olive-backed pipit South Gare 15.45 ❤️

One of those nice days with lots of harvestmen in it @RSPBSaltholme. Six species with not much looking, five of them just on one wall:
Lots of Leiobunum blackwalli
Leiobunum rotundum
Paroligolophus agrestis
Oligolophus saxitilis
Dicropalpus ramosus agg
And Oligolophus tridens

Two Bearded tits in calling in flight heading West over carpark @rspbsaltholme 10.55
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Water pipit still flying around the tanks this morning @rspbsaltholme
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