Gateshead and Beyond

Seawatching at Whitburn Obs this morning when Paul picked up a Grey Phalarope heading north with a Guillemot about a mile out. Well to the n...

A county tick finally fell today when Paul picked up a Grey Phalarope heading north past Whitburn Obs. I actually completely failed to pick ...

Today was my second day on a wild-goose chase at Budle Bay. Better weather this morning meant better visibility and I began picking through ...

Porthellick today for the possible Wilson's Snipe. Whatever this turns out to be it was certainly striking, almost monochrome compared t...

Another visit to St Agnes to improve on my Waxwing photos. A frustrating wait, but eventually I got the shots I wanted. Cedar Waxwing ...

A bit less frantic for the last three days and time to pick up a few other birds (new and lingering), plus some slightly better shots of the...

Another manic Scilly day. Started the day with decent scope views of the Isabelline Wheatear at the airport and we were almost at Porthellic...