Study Area 2014

Intensive Site Visits: 12 selected sites

Round 1 26/6-28/7: nest trees Scots Pine 6, Norway Spruce 3, Oak 2, Douglas Fir 1; birds recorded male 6, female 12, total adult 18

Round 2 16/8-10/9: occupied 12, failed 0; found fledged 5x2, 3x1+ in visits; birds recorded adult male 5, adult female 10, juvenile 13, total 28

Breeding: Totals to 30/9, all sites

Display period: 23/4-20/6 42 sites (37 male, 24 female: 61 total)

Sitting/Rearing period: 21/6-17/8 27 sites (21 male, 17 female: 38 total)

Fledging period: 18/8-30/9 54 sites (21 male, 31 female, 78 juvenile: 130 total)

Gangs of juveniles: 27/9-2/10 2 gangs (15 juvenile): Sinderhope N (Allen) 7 birds 27/9; Bywell (Tyne Valley W) 8 birds 2/10.

Study Area 2014: Migrants

Spring: Totals 21/4 to 17/5

1st bird: female W over Ordley (Devil's Water), 21/4, 16:51, floating, peering around; 1 female rest Broomleyfell (Tyne Valley W) 4/5; 5 NE Newton (Tyne Valley W), 6/5, 14:40-15:09 (2 male, 3 female); 1 male W Beaufront (Tyne Valley W) 17/5, 16:50, joining female at site.

Autumn: Totals 5/8 to 30/10

1st bird: male SW over Bywell (Tyne Valley W) 5/8; 3 male SE Warden Hill (Lower South Tyne) 22/8; 1 male S Wylam (Tyne Valley E) 6/9; 1 male SW from rest Greenhead (Tipalt) 14/9; 1 male SE Whittle Burn (Tyne Valley E) 20/9; 2 S (1 male, 1 female) Kiln Pit Hill (Derwent) 21/9; 1 female S Dipton Wood (Hexhamshire) 21/9; 1 male S from site Blanchland (Derwent) 24/9; 1 female SW from site Sinderhope (Allen) 27/9; 8 juveniles (4 SW, 4 S), a gang, Bywell (Tyne Valley W) 2/10; 1 juvenile rest Eals (upper South Tyne) 7/10; 3 juvenile rest Bywell (Tyne Valley W) 10/10; 1 juvenile rest Haltwhistle (upper South Tyne) 15/10; 1 juvenile SW Stocksfield (Tyne Valley W) 15/10; 1 juvenile rest Stocksfield (Tyne Valley W) 19/10; 2 juvenile rest Haltwhistle (upper South Tyne) 23/10; 1 juvenile S Eals (upper South Tyne) 25/10; 1 juvenile rest Ordley (Hexhamshire) 27/10; 1 juvenile rest Harwood Shield (Hexhamshire) 30/10.

Out of Study Area 2014

Chilterns/Bucks (23/5-26/5): male over site, Bledlow 23/5; pair display, Farnham Common 25/5

Cotswolds (26/5-2/6): pair display, Bourton Woods 27/5; female feeding, Birdlip N 30/5; Painswick Beacon, pair display to N, male in territory to S 1/6

Devon (12/6-17/6): pair display, Aylesbeare Common 13/6; male in territory, 2nd site on Aylesbeare Common 15/6; pair in territory, Starcross 16/6; pair display, Ideford Common 16/6

Devon (19/7-23/7): male in territory, Little Haldon, 21/7-22/7

South Downs (11/8-15/8): male gliding into site, Havant Thicket 12/8

north Northumberland (24/8): juvenile flying off ground, Elsdonburn, Cheviots

Chilterns/London (28/8-2/9): at least one juvenile, Ruislip Woods 30/8; 2 juveniles Turville 1/9

north Northumberland (7/9): juvenile in flight, Chillingham Park; 3 birds soaring (male, female, juvenile), Lilburn

Ireland Wicklow/Wexford (4/11-12/11): juvenile resting, Wicklow Bay N, Co Wicklow, 5/11; juvenile resting, Avoca, Co Wicklow, 6/11; juvenile resting, Rathmacknee, Co Wexford, 10/11