Gateshead and Beyond

With Burdon Moor shrouded in fog this morning I carried on over the hill and on to Boldon Flats. The Tundra Bean Goose was picked up quickly...

Handily, news of the Isabelline Wheatear broke just minutes after I had booked today off work. I was worried it might disappear during a cle...

Stuck at work yesterday, so first light saw me at Brierdene, Whitley Bay. It took a few minutes to find the right area before the Hume's...

I got the Water Pipit at Whitburn Steel this morning, feeding just below the cliffs with 15+ Rock Pipit. Very dark and murky this morning, s...

Proper easterlies this morning made for an excellent seawatch at Whitburn. 33 Pomarine Skua , including two flocks of 8, were the highlights...

Spent the morning dipping. First up was the Grey Phalarope at South Shields, which failed to show. Birds seen here were 4 Purple Sandpiper o...

Whitburn again this morning in brisk south easterlies. Not the big numbers of last week, but still a pretty good seawatch. 0750-1000 Gre...