Great egret and grey heron. Double-trouble neck and neck at Scaling Dam this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Pair of juvenile redshank at the Yorkshire end of Scaling Dam this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social

Very grey-looking wheatear at Rosedale Moor today @teesbirds.bsky.social

Blackbirds 🪶

Decent-sized black-headed gull nesting colony in the middle of the North York Moors. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Lilac beauty, this morning at sunny Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social @damianmoney.bsky.social

Latticed heath, Portrack Marsh - spotted yesterday by a friend. @teesbirds.bsky.social @damianmoney.bsky.social

Spotted flycatcher, Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Smooth newts, with a tiny one basking at the end. Botton. @teesbirds.bsky.social @whitbynats.bsky.social

Skylark, Rosedale @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Skylark singing, North Yorkshire Moors (one quarter of a four minute display) @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Meadow pipits in action, Rosedale @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Red grouse, with several chicks (that can fly already). Rosedale @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Singing landlark, Rosedale @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Singing skylark slowed down 8x @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds Rosedale Moor

Juvenile blue tit, Lockwood @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Smart male wheatear at Sleddale this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social#birds #birds

Meadow pipit, preening. Sleddale, this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Mistle thrush at Sleddale, as wary as always @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Margrove coot family earlier today @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Local treecreeper - probably with chicks to feed - enters/leaves nest @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Jackdaws generally pair- Jackdaws pair-up for life. Caught this cavorting couple at Charltons just now @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Red admiral on the valerian @teesbirds.bsky.social

Spotted flycatcher, Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Good number of smooth newts at Botton lately @teesbirds.bsky.social

Small fan-foot, Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social @damianmoney.bsky.social

Grasshopper warbler singing at Margrove this evening, so presumably breeding @teesbirds.bsky.social

Several fledgling wrens, out with mother. Botton. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Spotted flycatcher, just now in Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social

Marsh orchid, Sleddale. 4 red kites over the area this afternoon too. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Fledgling meadow pipit, Sleddale @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

So my sister's kid spots a badger legging down the road in Linthorpe in broad daylight.. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Had to be moved onwards a little due to artificial flooding @teesbirds.bsky.social #mole

Spotted flycatcher - presumably the female, on eggs - being fed by mate. Botton. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Fledged blackbird, Botton #birds

Mouse spider, Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social

Night of the pale moths: buff ermine, common white wave, silver-ground carpet, clouded silver Botton. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Bee orchid. Single plant, beside the Tees, near Newport Bridge @teesbirds.bsky.social

Common blue/six-spot burnet - Newport Bridge area @teesbirds.bsky.social

Pair of lesser black-backed gulls on the Calor Gas pool. The male still has plenty of immature covert feathers. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Smew preening. This morning at Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Smew, with avocets! Calor Gas pool, Saltholme, about an hour ago. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Ghost moth, lately deceased. Botton. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Tremendous foot action from this ringed plover, resident at Scaling @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds op

Bit of a gull feeding-frenzy off Coatham Sands attracts a few gannets, presumably ranging from Bempton, whilst sandwich terns call in the background. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

House martins with almost completed nest. Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Clouded silver/Brimstone moth - Botton @teesbirds.bsky.social

Swan lake. Margrove. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

A tidy lesser black-backed gull with wholly unpalatable cuisine. Margrove. @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Huddle-ducks, Margrove #birds