... perched just on the edge of the Hartlepool Fish Quay ...
... it flew alongside the Headland and settled on the water ...
... it showed an unusual bill pattern with a dark sub-terminal band ... and then a group of rather vocal Eiders swam nearby ...
On the Saltholme RSPB Reserve the Phil Stead Hide Pool was quiet although a Black Swan there did look rather attractive ...
... in the absence of much else there it was interesting to muse on how many of the hides in the area are named after deceased people who I once knew ...
Little Egrets were everywhere and this one paraded in front of the Saltholme Pool Hide ...
... while a Cormorant finally won its long battle to swallow an Eel that was easily as long as the bird .. but looked odd afterwards ...
... lots of Wigeon about ...
In the car park Waxwings were fly catching and sometimes dropping to feed of field maple berries ...
... a 1stW female on left ( incomplete yellow borders to primary tips creating a line down the primaries ; fuzzy lower border to black bib ) ... adult male on right ( Complete yellow borders to primaries creating a 'comb' down the primaries; broad yellow tail tip ) ...
... a 1st W ( line rather than 'comb' on primaries ) and probably male in view of crest and bib ...
... this male shows the crisp bib border ...
... this 1stW shows the narrow yellow tail tip ...
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