An unexpected opportunity to see the Baikal Teal again - initially at East Chevington - matching the Hornsea viewing for distant views, then...

A little relaxing in Portugal... A little relaxing... in Newbiggin A morning visit to Hornsea... An ...

Images form the last few weeks... In addition to this, I've also started posing some random images on Instagram -  bright.birds so.....

Impressive immature Glaucous Gull at North Shields on 13th March ... (Click images for better viewing).

Late afternoon observations of a static Short-eared Owl... a tad too distant really, perhaps as a result of the noisy "togger...

Sunday morning, 03 February 2019 was spent in the north of the county - half a rivers width south of Scotland. A very snowy journey north,...

All of a sudden, 2018 ends and the first month of 2019 is almost over... some highlights and some images... Snow Bunting, St Mary...

Nice to finally catch up with the Warkworth Bewick's swan pair this afternoon, attempt 3... and a decent herd of Whooper too. A good s...

Storm Petrel would be more expected off Hartlepool Promenade... Waiting for the rain to clear at South Shields... waiting for a Pallid ...