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Geoff Iceton

@geofficeton.bsky.social
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rubbish BOC shot of Pec Sand on Saltholme west 15 mins ago
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyone got any ideas on what I should do with this- currently in my garden in Norton on Tees
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One of 20 or so Roseate terns between Hartlepool and Seaton Snook today
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Adult Curlew Sandpiper on Saltholme west this afternoon before disturbance by RSPB work crewe
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ad curlew sandpiper in the wader roost on Seaton Snook this morning before the inevitable dog walkers went straight through the flock in front of me.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Low tide tern roost on Seaton Snook had 280 Sandwich, 2Arctic, 7 Little and 4 Roseate. Roseate were 2 parked juv and 2 attending adults. 2 Goosander in the Channel, Peregrine adult on Power Station
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
2 adult Roseate tern off North Gare, flew towards South Gare and R T diver in river mouth
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Cattle egret just gone S over Greatham Creek heading towards Cowpen.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
6-8 Small blue this afternoon on the south side of Greatham Creek, Green Longhorn too.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Brimstone along Zinc Works Road just now
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Yellow wagtail on Seaton Common from North Gare Road- brown cow with large horns
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Male Wheatear in Jewish Cemetery at Hartlepool-getting chased about a bit though.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Stunning male Merlin currently hunting over the brine fields
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Slavonian grebe on sea off Newburn
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Juv Glaucous gull on pier rocks at Hartlepool just now
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Great crested grebe numbers on the rise in the Tees Bay -112 today from North Gare along with the Velvet scoter still and a few Mergs.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
1cy Caspian gull again at Haverton Hill roost along with the look-alike/ hybrid or whatever it is, this afternoon. Lovely male Merlin on Back Saltholme and 2 Ruff on Port Clarence flood
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Spotted fly in bushes from ZWR - first lay-by from main road
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Black tern currently off shore from Hartlepool Headland
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
4 Pale bellied Brent geese in the river mouth/ Seaton Channel visible from Seaton Snook
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Juvenile Caspian Gull on the sea off Newburn this morning. Garganey on Back Saltholme before the rain this afternoon but little else different around the North Tees Marshes. 3 Roseate terns and 22 Little Gulls off Hartlepool Headland this morning.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
……should add stilll!
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A nice fresh juv Little Stint is on Saltholme west.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Common sea urchin washed up on Seaton Snook this morning- never seen one on Teesside before.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Whinchat with 3 young Stonechat in ZWB north side
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Adult Sabines gull just gone N at Hartlepool Headland close inshore
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
While emptying the moth trap this morning had some good garden birds too. Short-eared Owl flew past mobbed by Herring Gulls and 13 Crossbills went south.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
2 Roseate terms (ad, juv) off the end of the crumbling North Gare along with RTD and 4 Arctic Skuas
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Lovely Rosy Footman in the trap this morning down in Canterbury
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A few things in the Old Cemetery scrub this morning- whitethroat, wheatear, grasshopper warbler blackcaps and a couple of willow warblers. 70 scoter off Parton Rocks and 14 Purple sands
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Greenshank on the wet marsh between Salterns and Tank Farm, SE owl on Cowpen still.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Long tailed duck on river Tees near football stadium-just flown in to the dock from red buoy 32
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This large gull on the Hartlepool rocks yesterday appears to be a’Viking’ aka Glauc x Herring hybrid
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
At least there is some benefit to a snowy day -on the feeders this am. I haven’t seen it in the garden since November
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A fairly quiet sea watch at Hartlepool this morning enlivened by a close in Little Auk north with supporting cast of Gannet, RB Mergs and a few large auks. Common and Green Sands on Billingham Beck.
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Slavonian grebe on Seal Sands off creek mouth
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Geoff Iceton @geofficeton.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
4Egyptian geese on A1185 flash, Spoonbill and GWE on Saltholme the only things of note I could find today
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