Some variety today #BudleBay #NEbirding @rossahmed.bsky.social

Up to 21 Avocet present this weekend, the highest known patch count. Lots of display - (head bowing and water splashing) and copulation on show #BudleBay #NEbirding

Flock (unknown nos) Blackwit over shiremoor N Tyneside @ 21:00 #Nocmig # NEbirding

13 Avocet, Eurasian White-front and 60 Twite the best of a long day in the field #BudleBay #NEbirding

From Facebook. Looks like a Golden Eagle on Holy Island yesterday. #birding

Coquet Island boss optimistic about island's bird colonies Coquet Island, in Northumberland, is home to puffins, eiders, razorbills and rare roseate terns.

BBC News - Coquet Island boss optimistic about island's bird colonies - BBC News #NEbirding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First Chiffchaff* of this spring on the patch this am + five Avocet (ads) seven LBB and still 550 Brents #BudleBay #NEbirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

White-tailed eagle spotted exploring North East coast Bird watchers speak of their amazement at seeing a young white-tailed eagle roaming the North East.

BBC News - White-tailed eagle spotted exploring North East coast - BBC News #NEbirding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looks a good candidate Paul

This leucistic Barnacle Goose has been present since the autumn of 2025. Still a pitfall when viewed at distance for the unwary. This individual has a particularly delicate bill for a Barnacle IMO.... #BudleBay @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #NEbirding

Brent Geese numbers peak in the pastures around #BudleBay in the New Year once their preferred saltmarsh food eelgrass / Zostera is depleted or dies back on the main part of the NNR. Three hundred and Fifty were present today. @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #NEbirding

Nominate philomelos ?

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

10-15 Snow Buntings have been feeding at the point this last week #BudleBay #NEbirding

Up to three Little Egret have regularly been reported this winter #BudleBay #NEbirding

Not online but Birds of Portugal: An Annotated Checklist - 2022 edition by Gonçalo Elias is pretty reliable and can be bought online for a reasonable price

Lush

Kestrel #BudleBay 06/11/25 #NEbirding

Spotshank, Greenshank and four Blackwit today, hopefully all will overwinter. Also 110 Twite. #BudleBay #NEbirding

A classic backdrop; two very vocal Tawny Owls this evening #BudleBay #NEbirding

Here's why we need to fight for Britain's right to roam

Only 3% of the UK is common land, compared to 50% four centuries ago. How can we get back our right to roam?

A good old 1970s "bonny" i remember them well..we used to pinch nearby estates wood !!!

British.

Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK

Being doing the same today at #BudleBay, says alot about how quiet this autumn has been thus far..

Nice !

Thats visit one of my Winter Bird Survey done in NU1343. Thirty-five sp recorded but not a single Song Thrush @bbs-birds.bsky.social @tomcad.bsky.social #NEbirding

We dont see many Coot in #BudleBay nowadays. This mornings was only the 8th known record in this
millennium #NEbirding

A day total of 143 Whooper Swan also 2 Pintail #BudleBay #NEbirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

An Eider sheltering from the gale well inside the bay #BudleBay #NEbirding