A couple more pics of the Rosy Starling. The Nanny has been on fire the last week or so ! American Black Tern, Rosy Starling, Spoonbills, Wood Sandpipers and Hooded Crow. Now... an early June Shrike would be nice, weather forecast doesn't look too encouraging tho. 😐 #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Barriers to accessing nature need talking about and tackling #UKBirding

Despite lots of searching, there was no sign of the Rosy Starling at the Long Nanny last night or this morning. Assumed it had gone, then, this afternoon, it re-appeared. Even better it showed well this time, none of that 'two fields over, pink speck' nonsense ! #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Rosy Starling still at the Long Nanny this afternoon, showing well from the footbridge. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A couple of distant Spoonbills at the Long Nanny this morning. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Hot on the heels of the recent Grey-headed Wagtail, some more Wagtails ! A White Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail were both in the scrapes field at Low Newton this evening. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

I had some stuff on today so I could only manage 30 minutes at the Long Nanny this morning. During that time the Rosy Starling remained distant ! I returned this evening hoping it might still be about, it wasn't. 😞 Here's a couple of record shots from this morning. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

After watching the wrong starling flock near Beadnell caravan park for 30+ minutes 🤷‍♂️ I was glad when news came out that it had been sighted again at Long Nanny. A nice Northumberland ✔️ #NEbirding

Rosy Starling at the Long Nanny ! Restricted to a quick visit and it was always distant while I was there. Hopefully it will come closer for others tho. Thanks to Neil(?) for reporting this 👍. It makes up for the 3x others I've missed at the Nanny over the years ! #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A Grey(ish)-headed Wagtail at Low Newton scrapes this evening. Rubbish pics ! Showed a bit of a white throat, a very faint fleck of supercilium behind the eye & a small spot in front. Books suggest all of these things are still OK for thunbergi tho. 🤔🤔🤔 #NEbirding

Some mammal action on the patch yesterday, Fox + 2x cubs and a Roe Deer.

Hooded Crow and 2 Wood Sandpipers still at the Long Nanny this morning. At Low Newton 3 Mediterranean Gulls flew north. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

American Black Tern interacting with a colour ringed (green 89 or 68) Arctic tern at Long Nanny around lunchtime today. #NEbirding

Low Newton scrapes this evening... 3 Whimbrel, 14 Dunlin, 31 Ringed Plover, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Wheatear. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Quick look up the Long Nanny this morning... 2 distant Wood Sandpipers on the wet fields with 8 Dunlin and 42 Ringed Plover + a Hooded Crow in the sheep fields amongst the Rooks. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A couple of Egyptian Geese on the scrapes today. A few migrant waders too... 2 Whimbrel, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 36 Ringed Plover, 14 Dunlin, 1 Turnstone and 8 Oystercatcher + a load of angry Avocets of course ! #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Sign the petition NOW! www.saveournewts.org Support this campaign and make a stand for nature. London’s largest breeding colony of Great Crested Newts is under threat from development. If this goes ahead ,it sets a dangerous precedent, allowing nature to be brushed aside when it’s inconvenient.

This is great to see. Every reserve should have some form of accessibility scheme as standard. Not the norm though. I can count 4 membership-based nature reserves in my locality (Tame Valley) and my wife cannot get beyond the car park (if at all) in any of them - even in her off-road powered chair🪶

This leg flagged Avocet (dark blue AE) appeared on the scrapes yesterday. It was ringed as a chick in Canute, Cumbria, 02/06/2023. No sign of it today. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding #BirdRinging #BirdBanding

A Rock Pipit from the Low Newton colour ringing project has been seen in Norway ! It's the first sighting of a Rock Pipit from this project outside of the UK. Green HV was ringed at Newton on 31 March 2025. It was photographed near Stavangar on 6 April 2026. #NEbirding #BirdRinging #BirdBanding

Finally, some migrant waders on the scrapes today, 16 Dunlin, 19 Ringed Plover, 51 Oystercatcher + a Turnstone ! This evening a calling Temminck's Stint arrived from the south and tumbled out of the sky, a speck in the sky turned into a speck on the deck ! #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Here's a quick iphone recording of the singing Crossbill from our garden earlier. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

It took me a few seconds to compute when I stepped into the garden just now and heard a singing Crossbill ! Not at all what you expect to see here. This little beauty has found the only conifer for miles around, luckily, that is right beside our garden. 🙂 #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

1 Temminck's Stint and 3 Common Sandpipers at Low Newton scrapes this evening. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

The Temminck's fest continues at Low Newton scrapes, 4 birds present today ! #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A very quick look out from Low Newton this morning, 5 Manx Shearwaters and 1 Arctic Skua (all north). #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

An Arctic Skua lingering off Low Newton this morning was my first of the year + Ringed Plover & Dunlin numbers are slowly building on the beach with a mixed flock of 50 odd birds. No doubt these will soon be disturbed, hopefully the scrapes will offer them a refuge.🤞 #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

No sign of the Temminck's Stints early this morning. Given the short staying bird the previous day too, perhaps these Temminck's Stints are on a mission and just piling through northwards ? #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

And folk wonder why we talk about ecological breakdowns: in the past on this sort of date, today's brisk, chilly headwind would have been a dead cert to produce a strong passage of Swifts and a good fall of migrants; today we logged 3 Swifts and 28 nets - many open for 10 hours - caught 5 migrants!

There was no sign of yesterday morning’s Temminck's Stint last night or this morning at Low Newton scrapes. Then, this evening, 2 Temminck's Stints ! Suspect these two are new birds fresh in. Shite photos, distant, into sun, heat hazy, blah, blah... #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

No sign of the Temminck's Stint at Low Newton scrapes this evening, just 1 Common Sandpiper and 5 Ringed Plovers. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A flying visit to Low Newton mid-morning. 1 Temminck's Stint on the scrapes + 2 Common Sandpipers. Didn't bother with pics, fairly distant, heat hazy and short on time. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Looks like an incredible resource

Time flies...

Yellow Wagtail (one of 3) at Low Newton this morning. A few Carrion Crows moving this morning but not a lot else really. House Martins flying around with nest material was pretty cool tho ! #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A Spoonbill flew overhead at Low Newton this evening, managed a photograph of its arse before it disappeared over the village and off north, towards Budle Bay. On the scrapes, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Black-tailed Godwits. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

There's been a noticeable increase in Wheatears on the patch over the last week or so. This morning every bare field and short grass area seemed to have one or two hopping about. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

1st summer White Wagtail at Low Newton today. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

The *Birds of Budle Bay* is now with the digital printer! Purchase and collection details coming soon. Please repost 🐦 @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesmouthbirdclub.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdsofBudle #NEbirding

A distant record shot of the drake Garganey on the flash between Beadnell and Long Nanny this morning. Poss a pair, only had bins with me. 2 wheatear also. #NEbirding

Forget twitching Marsh Sands etc... This is proper birding ! 🙂

Didn't expect to see 5x Hooded Crows when I was sat in the garden this afternoon ! They flew right overhead but by the time I'd dashed into the house and grabbed my camera they were already heading away unfortunately. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

WTF is this wizardry ?!

A pair of Pintail on the scrapes at Low Newton today, quite a scarce bird here. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Volume up! A newly-arrived Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus 灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī) staking out his territory at the weekend. #birds #birdoftheday

Thank you @dsnorthnorth.bsky.social for highlighting the lack of an NHS care pathway for EDS/CCI patients like Olivia. A minor correction, we had to fundraise £100k not £250k, was still A LOT of money to find tho. @sedsconnective.org @ehlersdanlos.bsky.social @achronicvoice.com #EDS #CCI

Banning dogs off leads in Beadnell Bay. I see this as an opportunity to offer wildlife a voice and better protection. The last couple of years I've been bitten and also had to pull out of control dogs off a seal pup. Then there's disturbance to birds. I will be emailing my opinion. #NEbirding

Thank you @joshnewburymp.bsky.social for leading this debate on the lack of an NHS care pathway for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome patients with Craniocervical Instability. Everything he describes, Olivia has been through and is still going through. #EDS #CCI @achronicvoice.com @ehlersdanlos.bsky.social