What’s about at RSPB Geltsdale
9th August 2021
Tindale Tarn
Trails
Visitor centre garden
Mute Swan***
Pheasant***
Sedge warbler*
Great Spot. Woodp.*
Canada Goose***
Black Grouse*
Garden Warbler*
Blackbird***
Wigeon*
Red Grouse*
Blackcap**
Wren**
Mallard***
Buzzard***
Chiffchaff**
Dunnock**
Tufted Duck*
Kestrel*
Willow warbler***
Robin***
Lapwing***
Snipe*
Jackdaw***
Sand Martin***
Wood Pigeon***
Chaffinch***
Blue Tit***
Swallow***
Stock Dove**
Siskin**
Great Tit***
Grey Wagtail*
Lesser Redpoll***
Jackdaw**
Stonechat**
Bullfinch*
Whinchat *
Reed Bunting***
Goldfinch***
Redstart*
Song Thrush**
Lesser Redpoll**
Mistle Thrush**
Reed Bunting*
Grasshopper W.*
*** Likely to be seen ** Good chance of seeing * Present but can be difficult
Recent Sightings
8 Aug - Osprey
7-9 Aug - Greenshank
6 Aug - Cuckoo juvenile
5 Aug - Marsh Harrier
4 Aug - Red Kite, 2
26 Jul - Hen Harrier, chicks fledge
19 Jul - Marsh Harrier
15 Jul - Hobby
1 Jul - Marsh Harrier and Hobby
30 Jun - Red Kite
29 June - Crossbill, 2
25 Jun - Common Scoter on Tindale Tarn
22 Jun - Osprey regularly on Tindale Tarn from this date
15 May - Red Kite
29 Apr - Red Kite near visitor centre
26 Apr - Cuckoo first heard
23 Apr - Ring ouzel - 6 on pre-dawn count
15 Apr – Gadwall male on Tindale Tarn (first since 2014)
8 Apr - Kittiwake adult on Tindale Tarn
6 Apr - Osprey at Tindale Tarn and Redstart - earliest reserve record
4 Apr - Gannet, adult on Tindale Tarn (3rd reserve record) and 2 Shoveler on Tindale Tarn
17 Mar - 21 Black Grouse on co-ordinated count
30 Jan - Snow Bunting
Mammals
Roe deer, Brown hare, Stoat, Weasel, Fox
Reptiles
Adder, Common Lizard
Butterflies
Small Skipper, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Common Blue, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dark Green Fritillary, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell