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Wildlife Log
Sightings of wild life observed by guests & patrons.
| Date | Animal | Location | Time of Day | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27th Mar | 2 Grey Wagtails | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Tue 27th Mar | 3 Rose Deer | High Moralee | ||
| Tue 27th Mar | 4 Greater Spotted Woodpecker | High Moralee | ||
| Tue 27th Mar | 4 March Hares | High Moralee | ||
| Tue 27th Mar | 6 Lesser Redpolls | High Moralee | ||
| Tue 27th Mar | Buzzard | High Moralee | ||
| Tue 27th Mar | Stock Dove | High Moralee | ||
| Mon 26th Mar | 3 Tawny Owls | Simonburn | At Night | |
| Wed 21st Mar | 1 Chaffinch | Battlesteads Garden | During Breakfast | |
| Wed 21st Mar | 1 Goldfinch | Battlesteads Garden | During Breakfast | |
| Wed 21st Mar | 1 Siskin | Battlesteads Garden | During Breakfast | |
| Wed 21st Mar | 2 Starlings | Battlesteads Garden | During Breakfast | |
| Wed 21st Mar | Multiple Sparrows | Battlesteads Garden | During Breakfast | |
| Tue 20th Mar | 1 Goldeneye | Wark Bridge | ||
| Tue 20th Mar | 1 Leucistic Oystercatcher | Wark Bridge | ||
| Tue 20th Mar | 3 Goosanders | Wark Bridge | ||
| Sun 12th Feb | Blue Tit | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Chaffinch | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Green Finch | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Green Tit | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Jackdaw | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Siskins | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Sparrow Hawk | |||
| Sun 12th Feb | Tree Sparrows | |||
| Sun 16th Jan | 8+ tree sparrows | On The Feeder | ||
| Sun 16th Jan | 1 female sparrow hawk | |||
| Sun 16th Jan | 1 male sparrow hawk | Catching A Chaffinch | ||
| Sun 16th Jan | 1 nuthatch | |||
| Sun 16th Jan | 2 Redpolls | |||
| Sun 16th Jan | 20+ siskins | |||
| Sun 16th Jan | Stock dove | On The Feeder | ||
| Sat 24th Jul | Gaint Emerald Moth | Reception Area | ||
| Fri 23rd Jul | Nuthatch | Garden In The Tree And On The Feeders | ||
| Fri 23rd Jul | Flycatcher | Cottage Garden | ||
| Sun 18th Jul | Yellow Wagtail | By The Polytunnels | ||
| Sat 10th Jul | Small Skipper Butterfly | In The Garden | Amongst The Calendulas And Nastirtiums | |
| Sat 10th Jul | Lulworth Skipper Butterfly | In The Garden | Amongst The Calendulas And Nastirtiums | |
| Thu 1st Jul | Redstart | Along The Riverbank In Wark | Singing | |
| Sun 20th Jun | Great Spotted Woodpecker | On the bird feeders | Breakfast | |
| Mon 14th Jun | Robin | Battlesteads Walled Garden | ||
| Sat 12th Jun | Cuckoo | Vegetable garden | Heard, but not seen | |
| Sat 12th Jun | Swallows | Above the fields next to the vegetable garden | Feeding on insects | |
| Thu 10th Jun | Common whitethroat | Top of the garden | Singing | |
| Sun 23rd May | Deer | Sawmill | Crossing the road | |
| Thu 13th May | Hedgehog | Battlesteads | ||
| Wed 12th May | Stoat | River in Wark Village | Playing the river | |
| Tue 11th May | Lapwings | Vindolanda Roman Museum | ||
| Mon 10th May | Dipper | Barrasford | ||
| Mon 10th May | Hare | Barrasford | ||
| Sun 9th May | 3 Buzzards | Over Battlesteads | ||
| Mon 26th Apr | Greater Spotted Woodpecker | Kielder Water | ||
| Mon 26th Apr | 2 Grey Squirrels | Battlesteads | Reported to SOS | |
| Mon 26th Apr | 4 Red Squirrels | Battlesteads | Reported to SOS | |
| Sun 25th Apr | 2 Red squirrels | Wark village | ||
| Thu 22nd Apr | Swallows | Battlesteads | Back for 2010 at their Battlesteads residence | |
| Wed 21st Apr | Sparrowhawk | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Tue 20th Apr | Family of Gooseanders | On the way to Kielder | ||
| Tue 20th Apr | Sandmartins | Walled Garden | ||
| Tue 20th Apr | Swallows | Walled Garden | ||
| Sat 17th Apr | Heron | Flying over Vegetable Garden | ||
| Thu 15th Apr | Mountain Hare | Edge of Kielder Forest | ||
| Thu 15th Apr | Woodpecker | Battlesteads Walled Garden | Breakfast | |
| Mon 12th Apr | Red Kite | Over woods, North of Wark village | ||
| Fri 9th Apr | Bats | Around Battlesteads and Forge Cottage | ||
| Thu 8th Apr | 2 Ravens | Battlesteads Garden | Breakfast | |
| Wed 7th Apr | Bumble Bees | Battlesteads Garden and Polytunnels | ||
| Wed 31st Mar | Osprey | The fringe in Kielder | ||
| Sun 28th Mar | Oystercatcher | By the river in Wark Village | ||
| Wed 24th Mar | 2 Dippers | Allenbanks | ||
| Mon 22nd Mar | Badger | Wark | Running alongside the road | |
| Sun 21st Mar | Roe Deer | Wallington Hall | ||
| Sun 21st Mar | Stoat | Near the river in Wark | Crossing the road | |
| Fri 19th Mar | Kestrel | Near Battlesteads polytunnels | ||
| Fri 19th Mar | Lapwings | Near Battlesteads polytunnels | ||
| Wed 10th Mar | Bullfinch | Stream opposite Battlesteads | ||
| Wed 10th Mar | Buzzard | Up near the polytunnels | ||
| Wed 10th Mar | Red Squirrel | Wark village | ||
| Wed 10th Mar | Starlings | Biomass boiler house eves | Nesting | |
| Wed 10th Mar | White Fox | Across the road from Battlesteads | Sighted twice | |
| Wed 10th Mar | Whopper Swan | North of Hadrian's Wall | ||
| Mon 28th Dec | 8 Bullfinches | Calvert Trust | ||
| Mon 28th Dec | 2 Goosanders | River bank in Wark | While on a walk | |
| Mon 28th Dec | Buzzard | |||
| Sun 29th Nov | Redwings | Hesleyside | ||
| Sun 29th Nov | Grey Heron | Hesleyside | ||
| Sun 29th Nov | Kestrel | Hesleyside | ||
| Sun 29th Nov | Tawny Owl | Hesleyside | ||
| Sun 22nd Nov | Goosander | Upstream of the bridge in Wark | Perched in a tree | |
| Thu 19th Nov | Female fox | Sawmill in Wark | ||
| Tue 17th Nov | Stoat | Outside the Battlesteads | ||
| Mon 9th Nov | Falcon | Kielder Woods | ||
| Sat 7th Nov | Deer | Simonburn Woods | ||
| Fri 6th Nov | Large Roe Deer | Gunnerton | ||
| Thu 5th Nov | Buzzard | Kielder Water | ||
| Wed 4th Nov | Osprey | Kielder dam | ||
| Tue 27th Oct | 2 Roe Deer | Kielder Water | ||
| Tue 27th Oct | Grey Squirrel | Wark Village | ||
| Tue 27th Oct | Red squirrel | Kielder Water | ||
| Mon 26th Oct | Red squirrel | Warkswood | ||
| Sat 24th Oct | Heron | River Tyne, Bellingham | ||
| Sat 24th Oct | Red squirrel | Hareshaw Woods | ||
| Tue 20th Oct | Dipper | Allen Banks | ||
| Tue 20th Oct | Heron | Allen Banks | ||
| Tue 13th Oct | Kestrel | Battlesteads garden | ||
| Wed 7th Oct | Red Squirrel | Kielder Forest | ||
| Fri 25th Sep | Heron | River in Wark | ||
| Fri 25th Sep | Owl | River in Wark | ||
| Wed 23rd Sep | Red Squirrel | Near Once Brewed | ||
| Tue 22nd Sep | 1 Heron | Kielder | ||
| Tue 22nd Sep | 4 Herons | Kielder | ||
| Sun 20th Sep | Buzzard | Near Battlesteads | ||
| Sun 20th Sep | Golden Ring Dragonfly | Near Battlesteads | ||
| Sun 20th Sep | Kingfisher | Houghton Castle | ||
| Sun 20th Sep | Swallows | Near Battlesteads | ||
| Sat 19th Sep | Heron | By the lake in Kielder | ||
| Wed 16th Sep | Bats | Flying around the conservatory/terrace area | Early evening | |
| Mon 14th Sep | 2 Hedgehogs | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Mon 14th Sep | Painted Lady Butterfly | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Mon 14th Sep | Stoat | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Thu 10th Sep | Peacock Butterfly | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Thu 10th Sep | Red Admiral Butterfly | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Thu 10th Sep | Small Tortoise Shell Butterfly | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Thu 10th Sep | Swallows | Battlesteads | Checking Out - Repeat booking for 18th April | |
| Mon 7th Sep | 2 Buzzards | Kielder | ||
| Mon 7th Sep | Jay | Kielder | ||
| Mon 7th Sep | Kestrel | Kielder | ||
| Fri 4th Sep | Red Squirrel | Lane to Maften Brewery | ||
| Tue 1st Sep | Red squirrel | Outside the hotel | Crossing the road | |
| Sat 22nd Aug | Heron | By river in Wark | ||
| Sat 22nd Aug | Painted Lady Butterfly | By our Polytunnels | ||
| Sat 22nd Aug | Peacock Butterfly | By our Polytunnels | ||
| Thu 20th Aug | Kite | Between Wark and Wall | ||
| Tue 18th Aug | 2 Stoats | Playing "dare" in front of me @ 60mph | ||
| Tue 18th Aug | Family of Rabbits | Nearby field | ||
| Tue 18th Aug | Heron | Nearby field | Flying | |
| Tue 18th Aug | Large Adult Heron | Wark Bridge | ||
| Tue 18th Aug | Pheasants | Nearby field | Flying | |
| Tue 18th Aug | Small Deer | Nearby field | ||
| Mon 10th Aug | Rabbit | Enjoying the rain | ||
| Fri 7th Aug | Rabbit Family (6) | Having fun | ||
| Thu 6th Aug | Fox | North of Wark | With dead rabbit | |
| Thu 6th Aug | water vole | Kielder Water | ||
| Wed 5th Aug | Hare | Fields near the river | ||
| Wed 5th Aug | Red Squirrel | Side of the kitchen | ||
| Sat 25th Jul | Hare | Field next to Old School House | ||
| Tue 21st Jul | Bat | Wood raised bed next to the herb garden | Asleep | |
| Mon 20th Jul | Kingfisher | Bridge in Wark Village | ||
| Sat 18th Jul | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Hotel Grounds | ||
| Sat 18th Jul | Sparrow Hawk | Forge Cottage | Attacking baby Woodpecker | |
| Thu 16th Jul | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Walled Garden | Breakfast | |
| Thu 16th Jul | Red Squirrel | Hynhurst Woods | ||
| Tue 14th Jul | Black-Tailed Godwit | Lindisfarne | ||
| Tue 14th Jul | Grouse | On hill above Woodley Shield | ||
| Tue 14th Jul | Heron | Lindisfarne | ||
| Tue 14th Jul | Oyster Catcher | Lindisfarne | ||
| Tue 14th Jul | Redshank | Lindisfarne | ||
| Sun 12th Jul | Red Admiral | Herb Garden | ||
| Tue 7th Jul | Red Squirrel | Chipchase Castle | ||
| Mon 6th Jul | Buzzard | Road approaching Battlesteads | ||
| Sat 4th Jul | 2 Lulworth Kipper Butterflies | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Thu 2nd Jul | Stoat | Road approaching the Bonsai Farm | ||
| Fri 26th Jun | Sparrow hawk | Battlesteads Garden | Breakfast | |
| Mon 22nd Jun | Red Squirrel | Battlesteads car park | ||
| Thu 18th Jun | Siskin | Birdfeeder in the garden | ||
| Wed 17th Jun | Jackdaws | Battlesteads Garden | Breakfast | |
| Wed 17th Jun | Kestrel | Battlesteads Garden | Breakfast | |
| Sat 13th Jun | Yellow Wagtail | Wark Village | ||
| Fri 12th Jun | Goldfinch | Battlesteads Walled Garden | ||
| Fri 12th Jun | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Battlesteads Walled Garden | ||
| Sat 6th Jun | Deer | South Tyne river bank | ||
| Sat 6th Jun | Grebe & 11 Chicks | South Tyne river bank | ||
| Fri 5th Jun | Deer | Kielder Area | ||
| Fri 5th Jun | Grebes | Kielder Area | ||
| Fri 5th Jun | Heron | Kielder Area | ||
| Fri 5th Jun | Red Squirrels | Kielder Area | ||
| Tue 2nd Jun | Kingfisher | Bridge in Wark Village | ||
| Sun 10th May | Field Mouse | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Thu 7th May | Sparrowhawk | Battlesteads Garden | ||
| Sat 2nd May | 20 Sandmartins (approx) | Sandy cliff along the riverbank | ||
| Sat 2nd May | Fox | Approx 400 yards from Battlesteads | ||
| Fri 1st May | Gooseander | Bridge over the Tyne in the village | ||
| Fri 1st May | Siskins | Birdfeeder in the Battlesteads garden | ||
| Sun 26th Apr | 2 Herons | Chesters Fort | ||
| Thu 23rd Apr | Deer | Woods at Haleshaw linn | ||
| Sat 18th Apr | Swallows | Battlesteads | Arriving | |
| Fri 17th Apr | Bats | Over Forge Cottage | ||
| Fri 17th Apr | Swallows | Mote Hill | 1st of Season | |
| Tue 14th Apr | 2 Deer | On road to Wark | ||
| Tue 14th Apr | Deer | Simonburn | On road | |
| Fri 3rd Apr | Goose & Gander | Flying down river | ||
| Fri 3rd Apr | Red Squirrel | Parkend | ||
| Wed 25th Mar | Owl | Parkend | 6pm | Sat on fence post observing the traffic |
| Tue 24th Mar | Fox | Haydon Bridge turning | ||
| Tue 10th Feb | 6 golden eye birds | Around Battlesteads | ||
| Tue 10th Feb | Female otter & cubs | Sawmill river bank | ||
| Mon 26th Jan | Ska deer | Ramshaws Mill | ||
| Thu 22nd Jan | Fox (dog) | Cross roads between Battlesteads and surgery | ||
| Wed 21st Jan | Tawny Owl | Donkleywood turning | ||
| Wed 14th Jan | Fox | Between lead gate and linnacres | ||
| Mon 29th Dec | Fox | Outside of Wark | ||
| Mon 10th Nov | Fox | Outside Forge Cottage |
