June 2008.
- 1st. A Great Snipe was spotted on Holy Island. A First for me! Ken Hall.
- 20th. We saw a Cuckoo being mobbed by 3 smaller birds, which were probably Meadow Pipits on the Power Station field at 6.30 this evening. George Smith, Chris Smith and Philip Smith.
- 22nd. This morning at 10.30 I saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker
fly across my back garden and land on a tree 3 doors away. This is the
first time I have seen a Woodpecker around this area (Gardens between
Southbrooke Avenue and Westbrooke Avenue, Hartlepool). George Smith.
- 30th.
A
Little Owl
was
spotted
near
to
Cloff
Bridge
at
Cowpen
Bewley
Woodland
Park.
Also
present
were
Whitethroat and
Yellowhammer.
One
Hare
present
near
to
Faith
Wood.
A
Cuckoo
was
again
being
harassed
by
2
Meadow Pipits at
the
bottom
of
Zinc
Works
Road
at
20.20.
Along
Zinc
Works
Road
we
saw
several
Linnets, Reed
Buntings, Sedge Warbler
and
2
Hares.
A
fox
was
skulking
around
at
the
migrant
bushes.
A pair
of
Mute Swans
were
on
the
southern
side
of
the
North
Gare
access
road,
with
their
4
cygnets.
George and
Philip Smith.