American Golden Plover on Holy Island recently, a lovely bird to see and it was as close as you could ever ask for! #NEBirding #UKbirding

Back in Norfolk for a few days, and there's been a good run of spring migrants - Osprey, Whinchat and Ring Ouzel are some highlights, but the best find was when my dad and I walked up to the water meadows on Thursday and had a funny duck pointed out to us - drake American Wigeon! #norfolkbirding

Took a much needed break from dissertation writing to see the brilliant White-winged Black Tern at Saltholme yesterday. A brilliant bird to bring me back after two months with very little time for birding. #NEBirding #teesbirds #UKbirding

Enjoyed excellent views of the Spectacled Eider at Texel today with @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social - a worthy first WP twitch!

Even though it's a great system, still getting used to the Feeds! #NEBirding #UKBirding

Northumberland strikes again! Just when we thought it was winding down, in comes Neil Osborne with this brilliant American Buff-bellied Pipit. Great to watch it on the tideline briefly before it flew to the "gap". Nice to meet @markaeaton.bsky.social and @banktopbirder.bsky.social there too.

A day for the history books in the northeast today. White-billed Diver and Grey-headed Lapwing were brilliant in themselves, but the adult Ross's Gull at South Shields is in a league of its own. Utterly speechless. #NEBirding

Fabulous views of the Glaucous Gull at Old Hunstanton yesterday. #Norfolkbirding

We're back on your screens for #UniversityChallenge this evening at 8:30pm on BBC Two! Come and watch us take on the Open University for a place in the quarter finals.