Photo gallery - 2009

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Autumn 2009

Lapland Bunting, Whitburn (Mark Newsome) Brent Geese, Teeside (Ian Forrest) Great Skua, South Shields (Mark Newsome) Bewicks Swan (Steve Egglestone) Jack Snipe, Salthome (Derek Charlton) Jay (Hilary Chambers) Grey Plover, Teeside (Ian Forrest) Eastern crowned warbler, Trow Quarry (Dougie Holden) Mediteranean Gull, South Shields (Steve Egglestone) Red-Backed Shrike, Dormans (David Kay) Sabine's Gull, South Shields (Steve Egglestone) Scaup, Rainton (Hilary Chambers) Slavonian Grebe, Salthome (Ian Forrest) Snow Bunting, Blackhall Rocks (Derek Charlton) Sooty Shearwater (Steve Egglestone) Starling (Hilary Chambers) Water Pipit, Whitburn (Mark Newsome) Water Rail, Salthome (Ian Forrest) Hooded Merganser, Salthome (Ian Forrest) Common Crane, Lamesley (Mark Newsome)

Summer 2009

Common Rosefinch, Elemore (Derek Charlton) Gannet, (Hilary Chambers) Kestel, (Andy Mcniff) Kittiwake, South Shields (Steve Egglestone) Little Tern, Crimdon (Ian Forrest) Mediterranean Gull, Whitburn (Mark Newsome) Osprey, Hurworth Burn Res. (Ian Forrest) Red Knot, Whitburn (Mark Newsome) Ring Ouzel, Weardale (Hilary Chambers) Roseate Tern, South Shields (Steve Egglestone) Sandwich Tern, South Shields (Mark Newsome) Swallow, Boldon (Mark Newsome) Swift, SAlthome (Ian Forrest) Whimbrel, South Shields (Mark Newsome)

Spring 2009

Grey Partridge, Egglestone Common (Ian Forrest) Common Tern, WWWT (Mark Newsome) Golden Plover, Weardale (Derek Charlton) Greenfinch, Elemore (Derek Charlton) Tree Pipit, Dryderdale (Derek Charlton) Purple Sandpiper, Hartlepool (Derek Charlton) Grey Wagtail, Lambton (Mark Newsome) Avocets, Teeside (Ian Forrest) Chaffinch (Kieran Lawrence) Little Grebe, RSPB Salthome (Ian Forrest) Little Ringed Plover, RSPB Slathome (Ian Forrest) Whiskered Tern, RSPB Salthome (Ian Forrest) Yellow Wagtail, RSPB Salthome (Ian Forrest) Black Tern, RSPB Salthome (Ian Forrest) Mistle Thrush, Lamesley (Mark Newsome) Reed Bunting, Far Pasture (Mark Newsome) Green-winged Teal, Teeside (Renton Charman) Blackcap, South Tyneside (Steve Egglestone) Tawny Owl, Thornley Woods (Steve Egglestone) Woodcock, Shipley Moss (Mark Newsome)

Winter 2009

Barn Owl, Greenabella Marsh (Ian Forrest) Black Grouse, Teesdale (Steve Evans) Black-tailed Godwits, Greenabella Marsh (Ian Forrest) Common Buzzard, Wycliffe (Mark Newsome) Glaucous-winged Gull, Dormans Pool (Ian Forrest) Hen Harrier, Selset (Mark Newsome) Kingfisher, Clara Vale (Mark Newsome) Red-breasted Merganser, Teeside (Derek Charlton) Pink-footed Goose, South Shields Leas (Dougie Holden) Pintail, Tilesheds (Steve Egglestone) Red-necked Grebe, Hartlepool (Ian Forrest) Lesser Redpoll, Clara Vale (Steve Egglestone) Common Redshank and Spotted Redshank, (Derek Charlton) Redwing, Washington (Dougie Holden) Short-eared Owl, Zinc Works Road (Ian Forrest) Treecreeper, Cowpen Bewley (David Kay) Tundra Bean Goose, Cleadon (Mark Newsome) Waxwing, Concord (Mark Newsome) White-fronted Goose, Salthome (Ian Forrest) Willow Tit, Elemore (Derek Charlton)