May is Local History Month! Check out our fantastic Local History display on the ground floor of the library! Interesting facts and reads about our local area. ➡️ tinyurl.com/yeyuu9s7

Dublin exhibition examines what life has been like for Irish people who emigrated to England in the past 200 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Castle Lake & surrounds - 2 Avocet, Greenshank, 4 LR Plover, Common Sand, 12 Yellow Wag, c300 Sand Martin, Willow Tit, 2 Wigeon @teesbirds.bsky.social

#Libraries #Librarians

I'll be at Crossing The Tees Book Festival talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' on Saturday 13th June, 2pm, Norton Library, Stockton. All welcome, book here: www.crossingthetees.org/whats_on/exp...

Back Saltholme from Triangle - 3 Wood Sand, 7 Ruff, 3 LRP, 2 Blackwit & 5 Snipe but no sign of Garganey @teesbirds.bsky.social

Fascinating list of sightings reported from Albert Park in May & June 1912 - Cuckoo, Hawfinch, Redstart, Yellowhammer, Yellow Wag, Kingfisher & Woodcock not on my Park list @teesbirds.bsky.social from N. Moorsom (2002) Middlesbrough’s Albert Park

Back Saltholme Old Causeway track - Wood Sand, Ruff & LRP, Cowpen Tip pools - Green Sand @teesbirds.bsky.social

Census no 6 @ Skerne Woods - chilly again but good range of warblers - 3 Sedge, 6 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffs, 5 Blackcap & 2 Willow & 4 Bullfinch, Coal Tit, first Pied Wag, 4 Song Thrush, Reed Bunting pair, 12 Wren & Linnets having brilliant year - 6 singing & plenty more around @teesbirds.bsky.social

Castle Lake 1700 - Spotted Redshank in front of hide, 7 Yellow Wag, 3 Common Sand, 3 LR Plover @teesbirds.bsky.social

Those well-known hole nesters…Goldfinch! If you’re going to the effort of making & selling boxes, at least try to get your packaging educationally accurate 🤦‍♂️

Skerne Woods Census no 5 - 6 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffs, Kestrel pair in box, 2 Bullfinch, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, 3 Coal Tit, good nos of Linnet. Rookery very active too - 24 nests. Still no Buzzard, Tree Sparrow or Wagtails. Thought might get Whitethroat but no!

Peregrine & Sparrowhawk currently circling above @teessideuni.bsky.social campus heart

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.

As a child of Apollo now watching current day MSM cover today’s efforts the differences are startling. Factual scientific coverage from professionals has been replaced with superficial DRAMA from deep voiced slow talking ghouls who want an emergency. Bring back scientists and professionals.👇

Census no 3 @ Skerne Woods & v cold 🥶 Good nos of Robins singing & territorial fights, Jackdaw in Pine Wood, Mallard at Pond, Kestrel, Bullfinch, Stock Dove in box, Rooks doing well above bike track & Blackcap & Chiffs. Nice Linnet colony developing - flock of 16 bounding about & singing.

“Find a hedgerow on a bank and examine just one yard of it. Then make a list of all the different plants you can find in that yard. You will be astonished at the variety” (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt Writer: Richard Bowood

1st Census of the yr @ Skerne Woods. Bit foggy & cool but Chiff, Tree Sparrow, Bullfinch, f Kestrel, Reed Bunt, Goldcrest, Siskin, Redpoll, 8 Dunnock, 7 Chaffinch, Redwing, Greenfinch, 14 Robins, 14 Wren, & 25 Rook nests. V small nest found - Dunnock? Salters Lane Wood like moonscape!

Morden Carrs - 900 Pinkfeet; Castle Lake & surrounds - Stonechat, 400 Wigeon, 180 Curlew, 4 GC Grebe, 52 Oystercatcher, 16 Redshank, 4 L Grebe, 20 Pochard, 140 Teal, 4 L Egret, Willow Tit @teesbirds.bsky.social

Morning.

Decent site tick this morning - 8 Redpoll in the car park of Teesside Uni - no bins so if there was a mealy there, who knows @teesbirds.bsky.social

Bowesfield 1700 - 2 Scaup, 5 singing Cettis, 3 Goldeneye & 75 Magpie in roost. Not sure I’ve seen so many in a single flock before. Not a bad first ‘after work’ birding session of the year! @teesbirds.bsky.social

Quick drive by Back Saltholme at 8.3O on way to work - no sign of L Gulls, but Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, Barn Owl & GWE opp tip entrance @teesbirds.bsky.social

4 Tundra Bean Geese, 16 White Fronts & GW Egret still present Cowpen Bewley Rd @teesbirds.bsky.social

Skerne Wood in Sedgefld - a tiny linear strip N of Sedgefld adj to Netpark. There’s 100s of these patches across the county, all supporting countless nos of birds, many red listed. In 2025 Skerne held 161 pairs breeding of 34 species - 2025 census report www.sedgefieldweb.co.uk/THE%202025%2...

Cowpen just past roundabout - Spoonbill asleep in field. 60 Twite Seaton Snook @teesbirds.bsky.social

Jacksons Landing - BT Diver still present with 12 RB Merg. Hartlepool Breakwater - adult Med Gull @teesbirds.bsky.social

Hartlepool - Snow Bunting opp Montague Drive & next to gun. Also 25 Purps & 2 Grey Plover @teesbirds.bsky.social

Castle Lake - drake American Wigeon amongst 400 Wigeon @teesbirds.bsky.social

Castle Lake - drake American Wigeon right of hide. May be the autumn bird? @teesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Fabulous few hours on Nland coast - big skies & superb scenery. Decent birds too - 1,000s of Brent, Barnacle & Wigeon, good selection of waders inc Grey Plov & Bar Tail, Scoter, Auks, RB Merg & Perg & best of all breeding plumage GN Diver.

Decent at Crimdon Dene - 2, pos 3 Yellow B Warbler, Brambling, 30 Goldcrest, 4 Chiffs, small nos of incoming Fieldfare, Redwing & Blackbird, 12 Partridge, 6 Marsh Tit, Buzzard, Redpoll & good nos of common species. Finished with Cattle Egret & Green Sand at Seal Sands Rd @teesbirds.bsky.social

Crimdon Dene - Yellow B Warbler, Brambling, 4 Marsh Tit @teesbirds.bsky.social

Holme Fleet - Glossy Ibis flew over road 1330 into sheep grazed brinefields. Unable to relocate @teesbirds.bsky.social

Castle Lake - eclipse m American Wigeon still showing in front of hide (thanks to finder Stephen) @teesbirds.bsky.social @fishburnian.bsky.social

This avenue of trees thru Teesside Uni in central Boro has held up to 4 calling Chiffs since early Aug & also Willow Warbler & Blackcap. Must be passage birds & prob dozens have passed thru over the last few months @teesbirds.bsky.social

Wildlife Watchpoint - Common Swift @teesbirds.bsky.social

Saltholme West - 25 Curlew Sand, 3 L Stint (thanks to finder) @teesbirds.bsky.social

Castle Lake - GW Egret, Peregrine, 7 Curlew Sand, 7 Ruff, 4 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 24 Blackwit, Common Sand, 300 Hirundine, 30 Siskin, 8 Yellow Wag, 30 Chiff/Willow Warb @teesbirds.bsky.social

Castle Lake - Spotted Redshank still present - opp hide far E bank (thanks Rob) 3 Curlew Sand, 5 Ruff, 1 Green Sand, Common Sand, 2 Ring Plover & Hobby over hide. Beautiful sunrise over Stoneybeck @teesbirds.bsky.social

The doorstep milk thief, 1966 Artist: Ronald Lampitt

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Castle Lake 10am - 2 Curlew Sand (N end of lake), 2 Wood Sand, 14 Ruff, Common Sand, 2 Ringed Plover @teesbirds.bsky.social