Sick as....
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I usually take a pride in my sickness record. It is a very rare thing
indeed to see me off work, maybe once in 7 or 8 years, if that, but for the
past 1...
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*November 2024*
November 2024 started with us, very unexpectedly, enjoying unseasonably
mild, dry and calm weather, and for the first couple of weeks w...
Delightful drizzle; Otter mini-Safari 01/04/2024
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I ‘phoned Helen on Monday morning to check that everything was still ok for
the evenings excursion searching for Otters. It was raining quite hard, and
vis...
Can't see the Hawfinch for the trees!
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But of all the months when earth is greener
Not one has green skies that are cleaner.
Clean and clear and sweet and cold,
They shine above the earth so ...
Blog Post: The Week of Waders
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Image Credit: John Bridges, RSPB Images Just to keep you on your toes, we
are officially halfway through September. Whist the sun is still shining
beautifu...
And it was all yellow...
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Hot on the heals of last month's patch tick (Night Heron), along came
another on Saturday evening. Yellow-legged Gull - a spanking adult on the
beach at ...
October Birding
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Now into a 2nd period of having one of the kids in 'close contact
isolation' so Autumn continues to be snatched moments here and there.
Newbiggin has as...
Dinnington History
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An excellent book published by local historian Miles Watson and includes an
eight page chapter on Prestwick Carr
a bargain at £7.50 for 151 pages on sale ...
Recents...
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A little relaxing in Portugal...
A little relaxing... in Newbiggin
A morning visit to Hornsea...
An afternoon visit to Saltholme...
Then back i...
Christmas Day in Paradise
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We enjoyed Grenada, but the next island was calling so it was time to move
on and off we sailed further north to a island called Carriacou.
It was a great s...
First Minke whale of the season!
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Hey everyone! My first shift on board the DFDS King Seaways is already
coming to end! It has been an exciting 2 weeks, with stormy days, extremely
misty da...
Big Waters - 28 May 2017
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Arrived at Big Waters on Sunday about 10 minutes late so decided to just
wander round concentrating on ground level for a change so here are a few
pictures...
St. Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle
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Just a short wander around Kirkharle this morning. Bright sunshine but
still a few hailstone surviving in the shadows.
Did a pencil sketch of St. Wilfrid's ...
What goes around comes around.
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I'm blogging this as I've never seen the likes before and confirms how
clever/clued up the adults birds are here. Today I had't to venture over
the wate...
Mull Hen Harrier Day 2016
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A few photos from the 2016 Mull Hen Harrier Day at Craignure Bunkhouse.
Despite the weather people braved it and those who went off with Nature
Scotland to...
Mallorca April 2016 Part 2
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13th April 2016
Common Sandpipers in good numbers this one of three looking over from a
roadside bridge
Lesser Emperor on the sea shore and odd place ...
Blackcap giving it what for......
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Recording made this morning from my garden of a Blackcap. It's been singing
very intensely since arriving back from it's wintering quarters.
Blackcap
Happy New Year..
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Happy New Year and all that...
Here are a few things I've been getting up to in the last couple of months,
which really isn't a lot thanks to exams!
Some...
Flying Visit....
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I made a flying visit to the scrapes this afternoon. The highlight was
seeing a blackwit, barwit and knot all in the same scope view, and all
resplendent i...
30 Days of Wild - Day 8 - The Skylark
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At this time of year, the Northumbrian hills, meadows, grassland, farmland
and dunes are full of song. One song dominates all, usually heard from high...
Happy New Year!
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Its been a slow start to the New Year although over the next week or two
I'll be bringing you all the highlights from the 2014 Farnes season (just
to get y...
Birdtable Brambling
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The covering of snow was enough to see my car unable to get out the drive,
so a rare day off work meant I could see the birds using the feeders that
are co...
Goodbye BND? hello WBD :-)
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After a number of near misses, I finally caught up with the *Bottlenose
Dolphins* on Thursday 5th June, and tracked their movement down the coast
from Newb...
Last post on this blog
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Well its goodbye to my Gateshead blog :( and hello to my new blog :) you
can find it here reservoirbirder.blogspot.co.uk thanks for looking at my
gateshead...
The Last Post
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Due to several reasons but especially as more and more people are now using
social media to inform everyone of their sightings, fewer numbers are now
exami...
Kingfisher at Far Pasture
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Had a great morning out along the Derwent Walk today with my 18 month old
nephew Jake and my 76 year old mother, both of whom got to see there first
red ki...
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