Gateshead and Beyond

 I arrived at Saltholme in time to be told that the Caspian Tern had flown off just 5 mins before. With no sign from Paddy's hide I legg...

 Northumberland's purple patch continues. I was just getting ready for work yesterday when news broke of a swift species with a white-ru...

 Almost asleep on my sofa yesterday evening I was fired into action and panic by news of a Red-necked Stint on the Blyth Estuary. Racing nor...

 I awoke at 2am to a message "Looks like the Mockingbird has come up to you!" A bleary-eyed scroll through Twitter and RBA had me ...

 A return to work after the lockdown would obviously curtail birding, but just four days in I had to stop a few hours early to pop up to Lyn...

 The year started with the relative freedom of Tier 4. A couple of  seawatches and a trip up into Northumberland got the year off to a flyin...

 Excellent views today of the Black-throated and Great Northern Divers that have spent the last few days at Jackson's Landing, Hartlepoo...