{"id":10411,"date":"2017-02-12T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T20:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=10411"},"modified":"2017-02-13T21:25:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T21:25:43","slug":"north-tyneside-12th-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=10411","title":{"rendered":"North Tyneside &#8211; 12th February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started at St. Mary&#8217;s checking the wetland which only provided Gadwall out of the ordinary, so I went up to check the standing stone field at Old Hartley and to my surprise, found a stunning drake <strong>Pintail<\/strong> with 8 Mallards, albeit briefly when they all flew East towards St. Mary&#8217;s, and ended up on the wetland. I got some digiscoped shots in poor light, but what a stunner.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pintail-1-Jack-Bucknall-Feb-17-St-Marys-sightings.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10413\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pintail-1-Jack-Bucknall-Feb-17-St-Marys-sightings.jpeg\" width=\"385\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pintail-1-Jack-Bucknall-Feb-17-St-Marys-sightings.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pintail-1-Jack-Bucknall-Feb-17-St-Marys-sightings-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pintail-1-Jack-Bucknall-Feb-17-St-Marys-sightings-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pintail-1-Jack-Bucknall-Feb-17-St-Marys-sightings-600x360.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I then went on to Killingworth Lake where I had <strong>35 Pochard<\/strong> (27 drakes, 8 ducks) which is by far my highest of the winter. Also 3 Great Crested Grebes, Oystercatcher and 30+ Goldeneye, mainly drakes.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-1-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-1-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-1-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-1-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-1-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-1-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-600x360.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I finished at Howdon Wetlands with 250 Teal (some showing very well close to the hide), 5 Black-tailed Godwits and 10 Stock Doves around the feeders.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Jack Bucknall<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-2-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-2-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-2-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-2-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-2-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-2-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-600x360.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-4-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-4-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-4-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-4-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-4-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-4-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-600x360.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-3-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-3-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-3-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-3-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-3-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Teal-3-Jack-Bucknall-Howdon-Wetlands-12-Feb-17-sightings-600x360.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started at St. Mary&#8217;s checking the wetland which only provided Gadwall out of the ordinary, so I went up to check the standing stone field at Old Hartley and to my surprise, found a stunning drake Pintail with 8 Mallards, albeit briefly when they all flew East towards St. Mary&#8217;s, and ended up on 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