April 2008

• 1st - JACK SNIPE. Possible along Zinc Works Road. Steve Borthwick.
• 1st - WHEATEAR. 4 or 5 along Zinc Works Road. Steve Borthwick.
• 2nd - MERLIN. Female on fence alongside the small ditch, Zinc Works Road (19:30). George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 2nd - GREY PARTRIDGE. 2 on the north side of Zinc Works Road. George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 2nd - MARSH HARRIER. Dormans Pool. Ken Hall.
• 3rd - RED NECKED GREBE. Hartlepool Headland. Ken Hall.
• 4th - LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 4th - CHIFFCHAFF. Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. Ken Hall.
• 4th - GREEN SANDPIPER. One on the Fire Station Pool. (18:45). George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 4th - LONG-TAILED DUCK. One viewed from the hide at Seal Sands. (19:30). George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 4th - GOOSANDER. 4 viewed from the Seal Sands hide. (18:45). George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 5th - TAWNY OWL. One bird viewed, north of Crimdon Caravan site. Ray Latham.
• 5th - CHIFFCHAFF. Hurworth Burn. Ken Hall.
• 5th - LONG EARED OWL. Hurworth Burn. Ken Hall.
• 5th - GANNETS. 20 off Hartlepool Headland. Ken Hall.
• 6th - RED NECKED GREBE. Hartlepool Headland. Ken Hall.
• 6th - GREEN SANDPIPER. Fire Station Pool. Ken Hall.
• 6th - AVOCET. 2 on Greenabella Marsh. Ken Hall.
• 8th - MERLIN. Female sat on grass near to the fence at the eastern end of Zinc Works Road (16:00). George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 8th - GREYLAG/CANADA GOOSE Hybrid? Saw a Goose, which had the head pattern of a Canada Goose, but the body of a Greylag Goose on Seaton Common today. Possible Canada/Greylag Hybrid? George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 8th - SAND MARTIN. Hartlepool Headland. Ken Hall.
• 9th - BLACK NECKED GREBE. Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 10th - SPOONBILL. Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 10th - SWALLOW. Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 10th - LITTLE RINGED PLOVER. 2 on Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 10th - SAND MARTIN. 10+ Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 10th - AVOCET. 2 still on Greenabella. Ken Hall.
• 11th - MERLIN. Zinc Works Road. Ken Hall.
• 13th - WILLOW WARBLER. Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. Ken Hall.
• 13th - LITTLE EGRET. One at North Gare. Ray Latham.
• 13th - RING NECKED PARAKEET. Near Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool. Ray Latham.
• 14th - SHORT EARED OWL. One hunting  along cliff tops at Blackhall Rocks. Ray Latham.
• 14th - GARGANEY. 2 on Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 14th - YELLOW WAGTAIL. Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 14th - SWALLOW. Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 14th - RED CRESTED POCHARD. Bowesfield New Marsh. Ken Hall.
• 17th - MANDARIN DUCK. A pair on the island at Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool. George, Chris and Philip Smith.
• 17th - MANDARIN DUCK. A pair on the island at Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool. Ray Latham.
• 21st - WHEATEAR. One on Seaton Common, and one along Old Cemetery Road, near to the former Barnshaw Bending Centre. George Smith.
• 21st - RING OUZEL. 2 on Seaton Common. George Smith.
• 21st - RED BREASTED MERGANSER. One (f) near Jacksons Landing. George Smith.
• 22nd - YELLOW WAGTAIL. One at North Gare. Ray Latham and Dave Brown.
• 26th - TREE SPARROW.  A pair using nesting  box in the garden of Moira and Bernard Hodgson.
  
• 26th - KING EIDER. Flamborough Head. Ken Hall.
• 26th - PUFFIN. Some at Flamborough Head. Ken Hall.
• 26th - RAZORBILL. Flamborough Head. Ken Hall.
• 27th - BLACK REDSTART. North Gare. Ken Hall.
• 27th - FIRECREST. Locke Park, Redcar. Ken Hall.
• 27th - SANDWICH TERN. 2 at South Gare. Ken Hall.
• 27th - COMMON TERN. 12+ Back Saltholme. Ken Hall.
• 28th - SWIFT. Dorman's Pool. Ken Hall.
• 28th - LESSER WHITETHROAT. Dorman's Pool. Ken Hall.
• 28th - WHITETHROAT. Dorman's Pool. Ken Hall.
• 28th - SEDGE WARBLER. Dorman's Pool. Ken Hall.
• 28th - WHINCHAT. 1 at Greenabella, near the Substation. Ken Hall.
• 29th - HOUSE MARTIN. Dorman's Pool. Ken Hall.
• 29th - REED WARBLER. Dorman's Pool. Ken Hall.