{"id":10337,"date":"2017-02-05T23:29:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T23:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=10337"},"modified":"2017-02-07T22:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:59:11","slug":"goosanders-leazes-park-5th-feb-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=10337","title":{"rendered":"Goosanders – Leazes Park – 5th Feb 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

From time to time, Leazes Park in the centre of Newcastle is visited by a member of the Sawbill family; a Goosander. I love Goosanders and I always make an effort to watch them, if I know they are around.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n

I easily find them in our County; in Hexham, Killingworth Lake and at Amble and Holy Island; especially in the winter. Last month a Goosander was also reported in Jesmond Dene and last year in Richard Dees Park in Wallsend. I also record them some winters, on the River Tyne in Riverside Country Park in Walker.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n

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Like Grey Herons, they do not often visit Leazes Park much. I have recorded them there regularly most winters, coming for a visit. Usually I only note one, but today there were three; one male and two females.<\/p>\n

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The whole time I was there all three birds kept together and they seemed to particularly enjoy the areas to the right of the lake, beyond the wooden barrier.<\/p>\n<\/a>\n

Nearby Mallards were busy fighting over females and Mute Swans were chasing off other males, with their mighty displays.<\/p>\n

Redwings were out and about in small groups, whilst Greenfinches and Chaffinches could be heard calling. \u00a0No Song Thrush today.<\/p>\n

Over twenty Tufted Duck were on the lake with Mallards and half a dozen Coot. \u00a0Plenty Gulls around, which are always worth checking through. \u00a0Time for another Laughing or Ring-billed Gull maybe… wishful thinking… \u00a0but I have a feeling this majestic park in the city centre, will reveal another rarity over the coming years. \u00a0Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n

Paul Buskin\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From time to time, Leazes Park in the centre of Newcastle is visited by a member of the Sawbill family; a Goosander. I love Goosanders and I always make an effort to watch them, if I know they are around. I easily find them in our County; in Hexham, Killingworth Lake and at Amble and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,153,212],"class_list":{"0":"post-10337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-goosander","8":"tag-leazes-park","9":"tag-paul-buskin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10337"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10365,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337\/revisions\/10365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}