Sightings Roundup - September 2006 · Steve Evans
This month's highlights and unusual sightings:
| Date | Species | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Swallow x3,000 | Lamesley Reedbeds |
| 1st | Garganey | Shibdon Pond |
| 2nd | Long tailed Skua x2 | Whitburn Obs |
| 2nd/7th | Sabines Gull | Whitburn Obs |
| 2nd | pale bellied Brent Geese x92 | Whitburn Obs |
| 3rd | Corys Shearwater | Hartlepool |
| 3rd | Turtle Dove x1 | Rainton Meadows |
| 3rd | Short-eared Owl | Rainton Meadows |
| 5th/9th/14th | Black Throated Diver | Whitburn Obs |
| 6th | Curlew Sandpiper x4 | Roker beach |
| 7th | Roseate Tern x4 | Whitburn Obs |
| 7th | Wilsons Storm Petrel | Hartlepool |
| 7th | Turtle Dove | Sedgeletch |
| 7th/10th | Red Necked Grebe | Whitburn Obs |
| 8th | Wood Sandpiper x1 | Castle Lake |
| 8th | Sabines Gull x1juv | Hartlepool |
| 8th | Lapwing x 2,400 | Castle Lake |
| 8th | Merlin | Lamesley Reedbeds |
| 8th | Marsh Harrier | Rowlands Gill |
| 9th | Marsh Harrier x 1fem | Rainton Meadows |
| 9th | Garganey | Academy Pools |
| 9th | Goldcrest x3 | Whitburn Coastal Park |
| 9th | Goldcrest x4 | Dawdon Blast Beach |
| 10th | Goldeneye | Whitburn |
| 10th | Pectoral Sandpiper | Barmston Pond |
| 10th | Crossbill x3 | Houghton-le-Spring |
| 10th | White Stork | Gateshead area |
| 11th | White Stork | Croxdale Estate |
| 11th | Pectoral Sandpiper | Dormans Pool |
| 11th | Mediterranean Gull x2 | Shibdon Pond |
| 11th | Black tailed Godwit x1 | Rainton Meadows |
| 12th | Great Northern Diver | Whitburn Obs |
| 13th | Balearic Shearwater | South Shields |
| 13th | Osprey | R.Derwent |
| 14th | Merlin | Whitburn Steel |
| 15th | Corncrake | Stockton |
| 15th | Peregrine x1 juv | Whitburn Steel |
| 16th | White Stork | nr Darlington |
| 16th | Pintail x2 | Seaton Pond |
| 17th | Yellow browed Warbler | Quarry Lane |
| 17th | Hobby x1juv | Bishop Middleham |
| 17th | Honey Buzzard x1ad | Rainton/Houghton |
| 18th | Curlew Sandpiper x1 | Rainton Meadows |
| 21st | Little Stint x3 | Castle Lake |
| 22nd | Little Egret | Boldon Colliery |
| 23rd | Jack Snipe x1feeding | Rainton Meadows |
| 24th | Brambling | Whitburn |
| 24th | Yellow browed Warbler | Trow Quarry |
| 24th | Yellow browed Warbler x3 | Hartlepool Headland |
| 24th | Greenish Warbler | Whitburn Coastal Park |
| 25th | Red Backed Shrike | Steetley |
| 27th | Little Stint x10 | Dormans pool |
| 29th | Pink footed Goose x160 s | Houghton |
| 30th | Pectoral Sandpiper x2 | Saltholme pools |
| 30th | Yellow browed Warbler x1 | Hartlepool Marina |