@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social distant heavily cropped photos of summer plumage Golden Plover on Seaton common this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social one hour at Dormans this morning produced 4 new Warblers for the year, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler &Blackcap

@durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social the probable Iberian Chiffchaff at Hardwick park, nr. Sedgefield

Thanks to finder Barry Stidolph

@durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Marsh Sandpiper at Bolden flats this morning

Sorry just saw your post, it was end of zinc works rd, near the north bushes

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social 2 of the dozen or so Wheatear at zinc works rd, this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social Yellow Wagtail with cattle, north side of path

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social the roosting Long Eared Owl was showing well from the platform rspb Saltholme this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social the Long Eared Owl is showing very well from the platform, rspb Saltholme 10.15hrs

@durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social American Widgion still at Castle lake, Bishop Middlem this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Long Eared Owl, from platform Haverton scrub, Saltholme this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Ruddy Shellduck opposite Saltholme sub station this morning, east of water, with Egyptian Geese x2

@teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Snow Buntings x8 still at South Gare this morning, no sign of Red-necked Grebe while I was there although it had been seen by others earlier

@teesbirds.bsky.social Ring Necked Parakeets x6,Ropner Park this morning

@ntbirdclub.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social the White-billed Diver in Blith harbour this morning, still showing at 11.30hrs when I left

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social White Tailed Eagle on Cowpen marshes, opposite the sub station on seal sands road this afternoon

@teesbirds.bsky.social Great Northern Diver in Seaton channel, from the Snook

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social a Leucistic Blackbird that has been frequenting my garden recently

@durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Slav Grebe still present at Hurworth burn this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Skylark at Saltholme this morning, lots of Meadow Pipits also

Gamekeeper convicted in landmark Hen Harrier persecution case On 29 January at York Magistrates' Court, Racster Dingwall pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a Hen Harrier on Grassington Moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

A head gamekeeper has been convicted for attempting to kill a Hen Harrier, marking a rare legal success in tackling wildlife crime:

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Egyptian Geese x2 and Pink-footed Geese x10 opposite tip entrance on Seal sands road this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social 1 of the 3 Scaup, and 1 of the 3 Waxings at Bowesfield this afternoon

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Black-throated Diver Hartlepool Marina this morning

@teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social the Tundra Bean Geese x4 from Cowpen Bewley rd. this morning, found by Ian Foster yesterday

@teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social I thought I had posted this picture earlier, the Hooded Crow at Aclam cemetery this morning

@durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social Willow Tit on feeders at Hurworth burn, also 35 distant White fronted Geese this morning Jan 1st

@teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Hooded crow still at Aclam cemetery 09.00hrs new years day

Woodcock decline on Scottish island linked to shooting activity A new paper in Scottish Birds charts the decline, almost to extirpation, of Eurasian Woodcock on Colonsay.

The decline of breeding Eurasian Woodcock on a Scottish island has been linked to shooting pressures: