Another white winged gull at Shotton this afternoon. - albeit not one of the more desirable species!

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Willow Warbler, Rising Sun CP, Northumberland, 6 April 2026

Willow Warbler, Rising Sun CP, Northumberland, 6 April 2026

Willow Warbler, Rising Sun CP, Northumberland, 6 April 2026

2026 green patch yearlist thread, 6 April. Bike to Rising Sun CP; flyover Crossbill #100 😍(no pic of course!), and 3 Willow Warbler #101. Also 2-3 Redpoll, 4 Common Buzzard, 3 Great Crested Grebes, but no Wheatear yet.
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Rspb Saltholme this am. Mute Swan with fishing tackle attached to leg, Pochard pair, Avocet and Redshank. #NEbirding

A Serin feeding from a dried up puddle.
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The air has been bitter of late
Wednesday are struggling to find many Willow Warblers yet - should be a good few in by now

However it is that time of year where we get that overlap of summer & winter birds.

Here’s 2 from last night
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Passing Waders
Greens this evening
Sand & Shank
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Male Ring-necked Duck (middle bird)

Common Sandpiper

Hedgeley, late afternoon - highlights included the long-staying drake Ring-necked Duck, and the earliest Common Sandpiper I’ve seen in Northumberland #NEbirding

5th April 2005
was the first time many of us had heard the names Steve Addinall and AMUR WAGTAIL

What a little Bobby Dazzler !
Seaham Co.Durham coast.

Remember picking up Colin Wilson & we travelled through a warp speed 10 😄🎯

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After the battering of Storm Dave a trip down to the South-West of Northumberland was perhaps a tad optimistic - however 4 Black grouse were located distantly (video still). No sign of any Ring Ouzel in snow/hail showers…

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First Greenshank of the year on the Aln Estuary. #nebirding

Gateshead’s first Black-tailed Godwit of the year appeared by the Tyne at Dunston this morning in blasting westerlies. Thanks to David Locke for the shout #NEbirding

A Blue Rock Thrush on a rock.
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Long tailed Tits

Several clutches getting near completion
&
sadly the first loss to predation today 4/4

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Always nice to see LRP back in the spring.

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Quiet migration morning at Tynemouth today. Highlights of 12 whooper swans north and 3 sand martins south but very few passerines moving. A singing reed bunting on the Spanish Battery was unusual for here. #nebirding #patchbirding

It looks like the Little Swift colony at Chipiona are doing well.
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First batch of Dipper pulli rung today in a natural nest site 18’ above the water

We don’t have egg dates for these this season, but It’s likely these were laid during the first week in March

NZ25 Centred on Ouston.
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A beautiful Woodchat Shrike enjoying the last rays of the sun in Spain.
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Some Kite magic in south Northumberland yesterday #NEbirding

Patch workout this morning. Disturbance was high at Whitburn Steel so birds were few. Headed inland and into Mere Knolls Cemetery- Chiffchaff have finally arrived with five males holding territory. No Blackcap as of yet. #NEBirding #UKBirding

RSPB Saltholme Pools Hide 90ish Whooper Swans 10.25
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We didn't expect to see this Short eared Owl up on the moors yesterday afternoon.

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It was nice to see a Black shouldered Kite while we were away in Spain.

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A nice start to my morning dog wall. 38 Whooper Swans flew north-east over our garden in Durham at 8:51 am. #NEbirding @teesbirds.bsky.social

2. A strong movement of Kittiwake and Common Gulls offshore all powering north. Also Red-throated Diver and Common Scoter 3. Waders were more evident today- Redshank 69, Curlew 54, Sanderling 31, Purple Sandpiper 3 and a different 1st-S. male Wheatear at Jackie’s beach. #NEBirding #UKBirding

1. Patch workout this afternoon. Change in direction of wind and sunshine had an instant impact. A cracking 1st-S. male Wheatear at Whitburn Steel and first Sand Martins returning to cliff-side colony. Meadow Pipit, Linnet and Reed Bunting all singing & holding territory. #NEBirding #UKBirding

Greenfinches have been ‘wheezing’ right across The Patch in the last couple of days. #Northumberland #birdsoftheworld #nebirding

Nice to see plenty of Collared Pratincoles at Barbate Spain.
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Almost a 100 Fieldfare at Langdon beck the other day.
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2. Mere Knolls Cemetery equally as quiet. Only my second Chiffchaff of this spring. Rose-ringed Parakeets are still present. #NEBirding #UKBirding