Teesdale, County Durham

The day after visiting Durham University, we took the opportunity to visit some places we'd visited a year ago, as well as exploring some new ones. We saw some fantastic birds!

Wheatear (female)

Wheatears (young)

Wheatear (male)

Black Grouse (female)

Red Grouse (female)

Red Grouse (females)

Red Grouse (young)

Dipper (young)

Dipper (young)

Dipper (young)

Dipper

Curlew

Curlew

Redshank

Redshank

Oystercatcher

Grey Wagtail

Grey Wagtail

Swift

Swift

Meadow Pipit

Spotted Flycatcher

Golden Plover

High Force

High Force

Forest of Dean

A selection of photos from the area around Speech House Hotel. We were directed to a good place to see Nightjars and were not disappointed - we had about five showings of 2-3 Nighjars and at least ten showing of Woodcock flying over!

Raven

Raven

Swallow

Swallow

House Martin

House Martin

House Martins

Baby Blue Tit

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff

Baby Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Baby Willow Warbler

Mandarin

Mandarin

Coots

Mandarins and Mallards

Woodcock

Common Toad