{"id":7929,"date":"2016-05-16T22:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T22:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=7929"},"modified":"2016-05-17T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:59:51","slug":"in-search-of-wood-warbler-etc-may-14-th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/?p=7929","title":{"rendered":"In search of Wood Warbler (etc), May 14 th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This sadly declining County summer visitor, can in some years, prove quite tricky to see. Once reasonably abundant in the right mature woodland habitat, with 11 singing males one year back in the eighties\u00a0at Beacon Hill, near Morpeth for example, Allenbanks is perhaps the stronghold these days, with five or six males usually found singing. However, restricted access this year due to landslips and fallen trees destroying parts of the footpath, not to mention the loss, for the second recent time, of\u00a0the suspension footbridge destroyed in floods, has dented the chances of success at this site. A walk in last week, from the southern end at Plankey Mill, revealed no birds singing with the same result today. Another site, Langley Castle also drew a blank. However, undaunted I pushed on to Hareshaw Linn at Bellingham, where one male was gladly\u00a0seen and heard well. \u00a0Sidwood next and better luck at this another traditional site, with a showy male singing for most of the two hours I was in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7930 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_360-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016_05_14_9999_360\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_360-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_360-768x787.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_360-390x400.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_360.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7931 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_382-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2016_05_14_9999_382\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_382-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_382-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_382-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_382.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>With his mate, he was inspecting possible nest-sites in the grass, in-between bursts of song and feeding. A rival male also sang from within the wood here\u00a0with a third 3\/4 of a mile down the road. Here too Spotted Flycatchers do well, with four pairs noted. Siskins and Redpolls were common and a Cuckoo called along the Tarset Burn.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7932 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_321-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"2016_05_14_9999_321\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_321-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_321-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_321-481x400.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_321.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Near Stonehaugh, two pairs of Swallows have completed nests in a hill-side cave, unusual\u00a0 to find. Two Green Woodpeckers seen and heard in stream-side trees\u00a0and a few Redstarts, Dipper, Willow Warblers, Grey Wagtail (feeding Young) and another Cuckoo noted. At Bellingham, a Raven sparred with a pair of Buzzards, before landing in a conifer wood. Three male and a female Wheatear seen near Stonehaugh and perhaps\u00a0more unusually, a singing Sedge Warbler. A flock of 15 Crossbills alighted in pines, a male singing and 4 Jays together on the ground, feeding.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7933 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_68-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2016_05_14_9999_68\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_68-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_68-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_68-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016_05_14_9999_68.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>Heading past Whittle Dene, a total of 13 pairs of Common Terns were here and a Yellow Wagtail. Yellowhammers were singing along the lanes around this area, with 11 seen on hedge tops. Whitethroats too were in good numbers, and a few Sedge Warblers displaying.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A.S.Jack<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sadly declining County summer visitor, can in some years, prove quite tricky to see. Once reasonably abundant in the right mature woodland habitat, with 11 singing males one year back in the eighties\u00a0at Beacon Hill, near Morpeth for example, Allenbanks is perhaps the stronghold these days, with five or six males usually found singing. 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