Eider from Blyth recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Sanderling from Redcar recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Black grouse from the Durham Moors yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

A red squirrel from Pow Hill today. #ukwildlife #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Not the best picture, but I’m still happy to see my first Crossbill at Pow Hill today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Goldcrest from Pow Hill today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Lapwing from the Durham Moors today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Red grouse from the Durham Moors today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

A black grouse from the Durham Moors today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

A red-legged partridge from the Durham Moors today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

White-billed diver in Blyth recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Male pintail close-up from Ropner Park recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Velvet scoter distantly off Redcar this afternoon. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Male gadwall from Ropner Park recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Purple sandpiper from Redcar recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Common buzzard in Darlington yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

A dipper on the river Tees in Darlington today. For this picture I dropped the shutter speed to 1/10th of a second to make the water behind the bird smooth. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

A dipper in Darlington today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Common buzzard in Darlington today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

My first chiffchaff of the year in Darlington today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Purple sandpiper from Redcar on Wednesday. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Male gadwall from Ropner Park recently. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Ruddy turnstone from Redcar today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Sanderling from Redcar today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Purple sandpiper from Redcar today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Two moorhen fighting in Ropner Park, Stockton, yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Moorhen fighting in Ropner Park today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Parakeet in Ropner Park today #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Tufted duck in Ropner Park today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Male gadwall in Ropner Park today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

A pintail in Ropner Park today. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Great crested grebes fighting from Killingworth Lake a few days ago. #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

White-billed diver in Blyth yesterday #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Great crested grebes at Killingworth Lake today. #TeesBirds #NEbirding #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Great crested grebes at Killingworth Lake today. #TeesBirds #NEbirding #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Eider in Blyth today. #TeesBirds #NEbirding #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

Goldeneye in Killingworth today. #TeesBirds #NEbirding #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography

White-Billed Diver in Blyth today #TeesBirds #NEbirding #birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography