Bloody tinternet!

Moving house certainly can be stressful but having to do without an internet connection for almost a month, courtesy of Landlord trying to help but Sky 'rules' meaning he's only made things worse, haven't helped! Who'd have thought I'd be grateful to McDonald's and their free wifi?

Anyway.... struugling to post for the next couple of weeks but here's a decent Redshank shot from the other day. Phil Stead hide, which I reckon is going to give some great shots as wader passage really kicks in.

Nailed a Sedgy at last.....

Been trying to get a good shot of Sedge Warbler for a few days now, with a bit of success. However, early this morning I finally reckon I nailed one. There's a new breed of twitcher in Teesmouth these days, armed with cameras. Any mention of where you photograph a showy bird and there's a crowd there in no time. Not sure I approve, especially when it's territorial birds and there's also accidental disturbance to resident birds already breeding... I reckon the Dormans Pool Stonechats have gone BECAUSE of the showy Gropper in the same area :(

Anyway, I'm not posting locations anymore to minimize the impact.

Nightingale

Singing Nightingales are few and far between this far north so the male at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park is certainly a treat. Singing its heart out for its third day today, can't help but feel it's all in vain. Crosses to the north side of the beck sometimes, making it Hartlepool's 2nd ever, following an autumn bird over 25 years ago.... told you it was rare.... Well outnumbered by Sprossers!!

Added this pic of Garden Warbler this morning to my Cleveland collection. Over 50 species in there now and all but three taken with my new camera since last August. Some other nice pics there... check it out on my Facebook gallery.