Gateshead and Beyond

After slogging around Gateshead all day with nothing to show for it, I jammed into a cracking male Redstart in the fading light this evening...

New birds in at Lamesley today were a pair of Ringed Plover and a White wagtail. Also here were 2 Little Ringed Plover, Red Kite and a House...

A Wheatear at Burdon Moor and a Little Ringed Plover at Lamesley were all I had to start the day. It improved with the first Common Sandpipe...

Cold and windy this morning with nothing to note at Watergate and just a couple of Wheatear at Burdon Moor. Down to the hide at Lamesley as ...

Back to cold, grey and windy. Just a Red Kite at Burdon Moor this morning. News of a White Stork at Boldon Flats led to a disappointing trip...

Another beautiful morning started at Watergate, before the dog walkers got out. 4 Willow Warbler and a Blackcap were singing, 15 Tufted Duck...

Another beautiful day and another trickle of migrants. Willow Warbler had arrived overnight with 2-3 singing at Watergate and one at Burdon ...