Geoff Iceton
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Spotted fly in bushes from ZWR - first lay-by from main road
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Spotted fly in bushes from ZWR - first lay-by from main road
Black tern currently off shore from Hartlepool Headland
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Black tern currently off shore from Hartlepool Headland
4 Pale bellied Brent geese in the river mouth/ Seaton Channel visible from Seaton Snook
September 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
4 Pale bellied Brent geese in the river mouth/ Seaton Channel visible from Seaton Snook
Juvenile Caspian Gull on the sea off Newburn this morning. Garganey on Back Saltholme before the rain this afternoon but little else different around the North Tees Marshes.
3 Roseate terns and 22 Little Gulls off Hartlepool Headland this morning.
3 Roseate terns and 22 Little Gulls off Hartlepool Headland this morning.
September 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Juvenile Caspian Gull on the sea off Newburn this morning. Garganey on Back Saltholme before the rain this afternoon but little else different around the North Tees Marshes.
3 Roseate terns and 22 Little Gulls off Hartlepool Headland this morning.
3 Roseate terns and 22 Little Gulls off Hartlepool Headland this morning.
……should add stilll!
August 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
……should add stilll!
A nice fresh juv Little Stint is on Saltholme west.
August 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A nice fresh juv Little Stint is on Saltholme west.
Common sea urchin washed up on Seaton Snook this morning- never seen one on Teesside before.
August 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Common sea urchin washed up on Seaton Snook this morning- never seen one on Teesside before.
Whinchat with 3 young Stonechat in ZWB north side
August 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Whinchat with 3 young Stonechat in ZWB north side
Adult Sabines gull just gone N at Hartlepool Headland close inshore
July 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Adult Sabines gull just gone N at Hartlepool Headland close inshore
While emptying the moth trap this morning had some good garden birds too. Short-eared Owl flew past mobbed by Herring Gulls and 13 Crossbills went south.
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
While emptying the moth trap this morning had some good garden birds too. Short-eared Owl flew past mobbed by Herring Gulls and 13 Crossbills went south.
2 Roseate terms (ad, juv) off the end of the crumbling North Gare along with RTD and 4 Arctic Skuas
July 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
2 Roseate terms (ad, juv) off the end of the crumbling North Gare along with RTD and 4 Arctic Skuas
Lovely Rosy Footman in the trap this morning down in Canterbury
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Lovely Rosy Footman in the trap this morning down in Canterbury
A few things in the Old Cemetery scrub this morning- whitethroat, wheatear, grasshopper warbler blackcaps and a couple of willow warblers. 70 scoter off Parton Rocks and 14 Purple sands
April 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A few things in the Old Cemetery scrub this morning- whitethroat, wheatear, grasshopper warbler blackcaps and a couple of willow warblers. 70 scoter off Parton Rocks and 14 Purple sands
Greenshank on the wet marsh between Salterns and Tank Farm, SE owl on Cowpen still.
February 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Greenshank on the wet marsh between Salterns and Tank Farm, SE owl on Cowpen still.
Long tailed duck on river Tees near football stadium-just flown in to the dock from red buoy 32
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Long tailed duck on river Tees near football stadium-just flown in to the dock from red buoy 32
This large gull on the Hartlepool rocks yesterday appears to be a’Viking’ aka Glauc x Herring hybrid
January 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This large gull on the Hartlepool rocks yesterday appears to be a’Viking’ aka Glauc x Herring hybrid
At least there is some benefit to a snowy day -on the feeders this am. I haven’t seen it in the garden since November
January 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
At least there is some benefit to a snowy day -on the feeders this am. I haven’t seen it in the garden since November
A fairly quiet sea watch at Hartlepool this morning enlivened by a close in Little Auk north with supporting cast of Gannet, RB Mergs and a few large auks.
Common and Green Sands on Billingham Beck.
Common and Green Sands on Billingham Beck.
January 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A fairly quiet sea watch at Hartlepool this morning enlivened by a close in Little Auk north with supporting cast of Gannet, RB Mergs and a few large auks.
Common and Green Sands on Billingham Beck.
Common and Green Sands on Billingham Beck.
Slavonian grebe on Seal Sands off creek mouth
December 24, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Slavonian grebe on Seal Sands off creek mouth
4Egyptian geese on A1185 flash, Spoonbill and GWE on Saltholme the only things of note I could find today
December 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
4Egyptian geese on A1185 flash, Spoonbill and GWE on Saltholme the only things of note I could find today