Gateshead and Beyond

My first seawatch for ages this morning. Up early and at Whitburn Obs for 05.30. Some excellent birds over a calm sea, Arctic Skua, Bonxie, ...

All quiet in Gateshead first thing, so headed north for some terns. No sign of the Lesser Yellowlegs at Newton scrape, but the Pectoral Sa...

A call from Brian P had me quickly over to Bradley Fell where I had two Spotted Flycatcher flitting around a small copse. An excellent bird ...

An early start hunting for Tree Pipit and Cuckoo at Bradley Fell ended in failure. It was a bit wet and windy, so very little was singing. A...

I downed the paint brush this afternoon and dashed down to Seaton Common. A throng of 50+ were there as I arrived and after a couple of minu...

A good thrash around Gateshead this morning failed to find a Cuckoo, or anything else. An evening check of Shibdon and Lamesley to see if t...

Another trip to Teeside this morning. The Temminck's Stint was showing on arrival at Haverton Hole, creeping mouse-like around the edge ...