Gateshead and Beyond

An extra cold seawatch from Whitburn Obs in a stiff easterly produced little this morning. A Little Gull and a pair of Red-breasted Merganse...

A bit of a dusting of snow has meant a couple of days birding close to home, mostly on foot. The first sign of the hard weather was the mara...

Only about 150 large gulls on the Tyne at Stella this afternoon, but including a smart 2nd winter Iceland Gull. Just before this bird droppe...

A quiet seawatch from Whitburn this morning, but enlivened by a pair of Pintail and then a flock of 37 Eurasian White-fronted Geese coming i...

My first seawatch of the year from Whitburn this morning. All quiet except for an odd-looking Black-throated Diver. All looked good with bil...

Thick snow this morning so I declined the battle through traffic to go seawatching and had a lie-in. A look around the more accessible sites...

An early start and a drive through some unexpected snow got me to a very cold and wind-swept Whitby just after first light. The Desert Wheat...