The Long Drag, Saltholme, Haverton Hole, Portrack Marsh and Seaton Common

Diary entry by Christopher Smith

04/09/2005, The Long Drag, Saltholme, Haverton Hole, Portrack Marsh and Seaton Common

We went bird watching to the above places. we saw Baird's Sandpiper, a vagrant from America, and a Juvenile Hen Harrier at Seaton Common. A Peregrine was spotted at Haverton Hole. The weather was hot and sunny.

51 Species Spotted:
Baird's Sandpiper
Barn Swallow
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Common Gull (Mew Gull)
Common Tern
(Eurasian) Coot
(Great) Cormorant
(Eurasian) Curlew
Dunlin
Feral Pigeon
(European) Goldfinch
Great Crested Grebe
Grey Heron
(Common) Guillemot
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
(Common) House Martin
House Sparrow
(Common) Kestrel
(Common) Kingfisher
(Northern) Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Egret
Little Grebe
(Common) Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit
(Common) Moorhen
Mute Swan
Peregrine Falcon
(Common) Redshank
Rook
Ruddy Duck
Ruff
Sand Martin
Sedge Warbler
(Common) Shelduck
(Common) Skylark
(Common) Snipe
(Eurasian) Sparrowhawk
(Common) Starling
(Common) Swift
(Common) Teal
Tufted Duck
White / Pied Wagtail
(Eurasian) Wigeon
(Common) Wood Pigeon

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