Beneath the crumbling face of a glacier in the Kenai Fjords, Alaska - a Kittlitz's Murrelet bobs about in its niche breeding habitat

Canny Spectacled Eider, Safety Sound near Nome, Alaska

Wonderful Northern Harrier near Nome, Alaska

Wonderful to see a Grizzly with three cubs near Nome, Alaska

A magical day around Nome, Alaska. A brief, singing but unseen Bristle-thighed Curlew subsequently showed itself in flight as it circled around us, too hard to get any photos and we sadly we couldn't relocate it. However, some of the day's supporting cast were more obliging

Aleutian Tern, Nome, Alaska - another Northumberland record would be canny #NEBirding

Arctic Warbler, Nome, Alaska - in a patch of Willow not too dissimilar to the Half Moon Slack

Coals to Newcastle - a wonderful Merlin on the Denali Highway, Alaska - #NeBirding (sort of!)

The Mighty St Paul’s in the Pribilofs, twinned with the Mighty Blyth, Northumberland - a bonny RnS showing nicely this afternoon on St Paul’s @yellowbrow.bsky.social @sudswatcher.bsky.social

Some familiar places, and some less so, Unalaska yesterday @yellowbrow.bsky.social

On the Rocks - Aleutian flavour @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Amorous Least Sand, A'l ask a, Unalaska @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Least but possibly best - Unalaska @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Two of the two main targets on today's pelagic to the Baby Isles and Cheland Banks, Unalaska - Whiskered Auklet and Laysan Albatross @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Laysan about off Unalaska @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Back of the Net - Whiskered Auklet, Baby Islands, Unalaska - Gerrin! @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Unalaska, canny but cold

Out and about around Frankfurt today, off to Alaska tomorrow with @yellowbrow.bsky.social

Five Spotted Flycatcher on Snook this morning, a high count for this species so late in the spring, noc and viz mig further south in UK suggesting an unprecedented late movement for this species @rossahmed.bsky.social #NEbirding

A Peregrine causing mayhem on Snook, Holy Island this morning, 2K+ tundra-bound Ringed Plover too much of a temptation to pass up, consequently one less Ringed Plover. 2CY Peg with metal (presumed BTO) ring right tarsus and presumed PIT tag on left tarsus #NEbirding

Dug out my old Kowa whilst faffing about this afternoon #NEbirding

Long-tailed Tits, Gosforth Bridlepath this afternoon - a pair with at least 5 fledged young #NEbirding

Holy Island today - Tystie, Spot Fly, 14 Wheatear, 20 Stonechat, 2 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 9 Sedge Warbler, 8 Chiff, 3 Willow Warbler & a Raven (plus an Osprey and Cuckoo seen by others) #NEbirding

Wheatear on Holy Island yesterday, benefitting from my handiwork from a few years ago #NEbirding

Holy Island today: Willow Warbler 13 Chiff 8 Whitethroat 4 Gropper 1 Reed Warbler 4 Sedgie 5 Wheatear 4 Whinchat 1 Fieldfare 5 GND 1N Little Tern 2N Whimbrel 3N Raven 1 Painted Lady 2 (Wryneck & Tystie seen by others) #NEbirding

A Snipe and 2 Lapwing were not the hoped for waders at Gosforth Subsidence Pond this afternoon but a Russian White-fronted Goose seen leaving the adjacent Gosforth NR was nice to get over the patch #NEbirding

Some butterfly magic in our Tyneside garden today - a female Holly Blue briefly graced the Clematis. Rare in our garden, usually just 1 or 2 a year passing through, appearing as small, pale, silvery bluish-white apparitions & never stopping to reveal their full glory @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Holy Island today, selected totals with Mark Whittingham & Matt Denny: LRP by causeway road 0.5 - 1 Km east of Snook (MW & MD) Gropper 6 (5 on Snook) Willow Warbler 7 Chiff 14 Blackcap 1 Reed Warbler 4 (Lough) Scandi Rock Pipit 2 Wheatear 2 Whimbrel 1 Raven 1 Tystie 1 SEO (MW & MD) #NEbirding

Wonderful day in the Carey Burn - great to see Green Hairstreaks out and about

I found this notebook at Whittle Dene on 22nd April. It has field notes from a trip to Africa. If anybody knows any local birders who've recently been to Africa and may have lost it, please let them know I have it & to get in touch. Feel free to share on local WhatsApp & Facebook groups. #NEBirding

A slow perusal of a few places on Holy Island today revealed a Gropper, a Reed Warbler, 2 Chiffs, 2 Willow Warbler, 76 Sand Martin, 7 Swallow, a Raven and 109 northern Golden Plover #NEbirding

Some full on black and white magic at Dipton this morning with just a splash of it at Derwent Reservoir this afternoon #NEbirding

Alnmouth today: moderately sized bird not too far away, very big bird, a long way away #NEbirding @tomcadwallender.bsky.social

Down by the river - this gem rocked up while I was having my bait #NEbirding

Down by the river - lots of summer migrants back in the South Tyne today including Common Sandpipers #NEbirding

Nowt to complain about in the south west today #NEbirding

Good to see Pied Flys back in south west Northumberland today #NEbirding

Treecreeper nest building in the base of an old Elder, Gosforth Bridlepath #NEbirding

Clarke's Mining Bees near Gosforth Bridlepath today plus a couple of their parasites, Dark-edged Bee Fly and Early Nomad Bee

Some Kite magic in south Northumberland yesterday #NEbirding

An almost forgotten theme

A morning around The Heugh, Holy Island - Tasty #NEbirding

From Facebook. Looks like a Golden Eagle on Holy Island yesterday. #birding

Dunnock in the garden’s Cherry Plum blossom this morning #NEbirding

On the Mighty Blyth today, great find by @sudswatcher.bsky.social also much thanks to Tim Watson as well for driving me to the Staithes of Requirement #NEbirding #UKbirding

From a year ago today, the wonderful American Buff-bellied Pipit that wintered at Ross, Lindisfarne NNR. Sadly, no sign of it returning this winter #NEbirding

Slinking along the fringes of the reeds, a Bittern catching the low sun at Gosforth NR, one of three there today #NEbirding

Morning seawatch from Emmanuel Head, quality not quantity, single Great Northern and Black-throated Divers south so far #NEbirding

Ross Back Sands today: 1 Manxie 1 BTD 62 RTD 3 Slavs 14 LTD 115 Eider 97 Com Scoter 37 RB Merg 44 Sanderling 63 Razorbill 18 Guillemot 22 large auk sp. 61 Kittiwake 26 Com Gull 15 BH Gull 51 Herring Gull 46 GBB Gull 88 Shag 68 Cormorant ca100 Gannet 2 Lap Bunting #NEbirding