The 11 Taiga Bean Geese at Hoppen Kiln flash this morning just after they flew in. Looking at my other pics 1 bird is smaller and shorter necked than the rest. So possibly 10 Taiga and 1 Tundra. #NEBirding
Red-necked Grebe at East Chevington late morning.
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Was happy with views of 6 Common Cranes from just north of the lay-by on the A1 at Denwick. Then another 20+ just north of these. This pic taken as my wife drove back south. What a hoot! A ( very ) long awaited ✔️ #NEbirding
Released 40 years ago
"A Date with Elvis", the third studio album by the American punk rock band The Cramps, featuring the track "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?"
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The White-tailed Eagle as it departed SW from East Chevington in gloomy conditions this afternoon. #NEbirding
Redhead Smew from this morning at Ladyburn Lake, DBCP. Never close in the hour I was there. Often with the Pochard flock near the middle of the lake. #NEbirding
2 of the 5 Snow Bunting at Hadston Carrs, Northumberland this morning #NEbirding
The GND at Druridge Bay Country Park this lunchtime. #NEbirding
Great Egret over Cullernose Point this afternoon. A couple of hours on the coastal path between Howick and Craster were just the tonic after a prolonged bout of Covid. Also a single Fieldfare in off and 5 Whoopers south (2ad 3 juv) #NEbirding
Had a trip out to Musselburgh Lagoons for the Marsh Sandpiper today. #ukbirds #phonescope
Enjoyable 3 days back on the old vis mig patch at Harden Quarries with Dave Pennington. 6 Yellow Wag yesterday and Tree Pipits were nice with a bonus year tick - Crossbill 👍🙄
The Curfew Owl, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Post food and drink festival 🍺
Lost Pet, Blue Indian Ringneck Parakeet? seen this morning flying around the Kittiwake colony at Cullernose Point, Howick. #NEbirding #ukbirds #Northumberland
c30 Swifts still ‘screaming’ over Alnwick at 21.30. Bet they aren’t there the next time I’m out playing darts 😉
Late post. The White-winged Black Tern at Druridge Pools on Friday 18th July. #NEbirding
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American Black Tern from the tern hut at Long Nanny this morning. Nearby at Beadnell flash were 4 Black-tailed Godwits. #NEbirding
Tree Pipit up on Alnwick moor this morning. #NEbirding
Cropped pic of the Spotted Redshank on the Aln estuary this morning. c 100m upstream from the road bridge. Looked much better through the scope 🙄 #NEbirding
Black Kite, 1 of c20 battling the winds across the Straits of Gibraltar a few days ago. Taken from the ship, mid channel. Hope they all got across safely 🤞
Dotterel near Druridge Pools this morning. Best views I’ve had of one for quite a few years. #NEBirding
Little Gull at Druridge Pools this morning. Also 2 Ruff, Barn Owl and a brief Yellow Wagtail that flew off south.
For a minute there I thought you’d gone back to Scout Dike 😉
Black Redstart still present this afternoon by the holiday cottages at Newton Links.
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First mornings birding in over three weeks (man flu!) so good to be out again. A few pixels of the male Wheatear at the back of Low Newton scrapes this morning. #NEbirding.
Alerted to this Peregrine at Cullernose Point after all the Curlew left the fields. Nice to have it hang in the wind above me before it powered off low over the fields. #NEbirding #UKbirding
Released 39 years ago
A Date with Elvis, the third full-length studio album by the American punk rock band the Cramps, featuring the song "Can Your Pussy To The Dog"
The Cramps - Can your pussy do the dog
#punk #punks #punkrock #thecramps #adatewithelvis #history #punkrockhistory
The 6 White-fronted Geese in the field behind the Bath house at Howick this lunchtime.
The Druridge Bay Country Park White-billed Diver as it departed overhead at 11.20 yesterday. Watched it take off and do a lap of the lake and fly out to sea over our heads. Hence the rushed, blurred record pic 🙄#nebirding
The juv White-billed Diver at Druridge Bay Country Park this afternoon, giving excellent views from the visitor centre. A new bird for me 😎
