A jay was a nice bonus en-route to West Hartford a couple of evenings ago - with a single bird on the A192 central reservation near Crowhall Lane. I normally only see birds flitting around trees aligning the River Blyth. Maybe they're spreading out? West Hartford was extremely quiet!
The drive to work at 05:25 this morning produced a more significant (in Cramlington terms) sighting - on the central reservation opposite Shaw garden centre was a juv green woodpecker. I've only ever seen green woodpecker once in Cramlington before (it shared a tree with a great grey shrike - see the image below!). Normally I've just heard them "yaffling"- and they have all been at Arcot.
Left - the incredible Cramlington pairing, April 2005!
Could this be the first confirmed breeding in the town? or maybe its a juv from nearby Blagdon / Plessey?
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A pair have been heard earlier this year on the golf course so I suspect they bred there.
I've heard about that picture a few times, two crammy megas in the same tree.
Aye, thought you might like to see it, I recall we chatted about it last weekend!
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