@pauldavidson936.bsky.socialA good morning along the Tyne at Dunston, Gateshead today. Firstly second helpings of the Caspian Gull from 7 August then a mobile Rock Pipit which finally gave itself up below Cormorant Drive. Very scarce here so ‘patch silver’ if not gold #NEbirding
@johnmalloy.bsky.socialIncoming!
Black Brant and Pale-bellied Brent family (juv = hybrid?)
Budle Bay, Northumberland
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@johnmalloy.bsky.socialA little bit more of the Black Brant - quite tricky to pick out at distance, was lucky this afternoon when it flew with a small party of Brents to the Waren Mill end of Budle Bay at high tide.
@yellowbrow.bsky.socialThe juv Spotted Redshank was still gracing SMI Wetland this morning for its 6th day. #NEbirding #UKbirding
@johnmalloy.bsky.socialBlack Brant - a very rare sub species for Northumberland, in fact only the second for the county, and first since 1999.
@nwmallinson.bsky.socialRecord shot of the Black Brant at Budle bay early afternoon. Made up for dipping the Baird’s, still…. got my steps in. #NEBirding
@tynemouthbirds.bsky.socialGrey partridge at the base of Tynemouth Pier this morning - the first here for ~40 years! Genuine #patchgold and early contender for bird of the autumn😜
It's the first bird I've run for in a long time and just as well I did, as it was flushed by a van seconds after I got there! #nebirding #pwc2026
@pauldavidson936.bsky.socialThe tidal mud at Cormorant Drive, Dunston is by far the best place in Gateshead to see passage Ringed Plover and after a flurry of birds in the spring it was good to see a juvenile this morning #NEbirding
@macrodactyla.bsky.socialA few from Redcar this morning. Goosander, Herring Gull chasing Sandwich Tern, Oystercatcher and Cormorant (i think sinensis). @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #UKBirding #NEBirding
@mike-carr.bsky.socialBonny Curlew Sand on Holy Island's eastern shore yesterday #NEbirding
@markaeaton.bsky.socialTop evening at Boulmer - got good views of the Lapland Bunting, and the sea was hooching with life inc. 1 Long-tailed & c16 Arctic Skuas, 1 Bonxie, 1 Sooty & 8 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Black Tern, c70 Little & 4 Med Gulls, 7 Pale-bellied Brents & a Minke Whale 🐳 #NEbirding #birds #cetaceans
@sibechat.bsky.socialNorthern Lapwing, Common Redshank & Common Snipe. St Mary's Wetland, Whitley Bay. 22/09/2026 #NEbirding
@sibechat.bsky.socialSpotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) St Mary's Wetland, Whitley Bay. 22/09/2026 #NEbirding
@gary-woodburn.bsky.social12 Little Gulls off Low Newton village this morning + a Merlin that appeared to arrive off the sea (but could have been hunting offshore rocks ?).
Little change elsewhere... a few Meadow Pipits trickling south.
@macrodactyla.bsky.socialBairds Sandpiper still from viewing screen, saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding #UKbirding
@sibechat.bsky.socialPectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) on the budge fields, Druridge viewed from the south facing hide. 20/09/2026. #NEBirding
@sibechat.bsky.socialEuropean Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur). Hauxley Nature Reserve, Northumberland, a nice confiding individual. #NEBirding
