🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share: “Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.” (link below)

Well worth ten minutes of your time. Some of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper footage is simply phenomenal, with some rarely documented behaviour. Talk about up close and personal. youtu.be/s0zZpbo1Jbg

At least 3 colour ringed Rock Pipits still at Low Newton yesterday, CK, CP and BH. If you see any Rock Pipits please check them for colour rings, the Low Newton/Coquet Island rings are green with white lettering. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

5 CR Rock Pipits at Newton today. Ringing site/dates below. Green CP - Low Newton, March 2023 Green VP - Coquet Island, Aug 2025 Green BH - Low Newton, Nov 2025 Green CK - Low Newton, March 2023 Green HF - Low Newton Jan 2026 ..also here recently: Green SX - Coquet Island, Sept 2024 #NEbirding

Been a small increase in thrushes at Low Newton the last week or so, including singles of Redwing and Fieldfare appearing to come in off the sea. There have been three Song Thrushes feeding on the beach alongside the pipits, this one is greyer toned compared to the other two. #NEbirding

8 Russian White-fronted Geese at Low Newton this morning. #NEbirding

Chris Redfern has sent me some photos of a Water Pipit at Low Newton, he saw it on Thursday. A rare bird here ! #NEbirding

A quick half hour at Low Newton this afternoon, there were 10 Russian White-fronted Geese with Pinkfeet at the scrapes. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Quite a lot of Common Gulls feeding in the surf at Beadnell today, a couple of Mediterranean Gulls amongst them too. #NEbirding

An hour at Beadnell Point today certainly blew away the cobwebs ! Not a lot of birds moving but still some quality. 1 Black Guillemot 1 Little Auk 1 Long-tailed Duck 4 Common Scoter 2 Red-throated Divers 2 Mediterranean Gulls 34 Purple Sandpipers #NEbirding

Went to see this interesting gull found in Cork city yesterday by Alex Lynch. It seems most likely to be an adult Black-headed x Bonaparte's Gull, a very rare pairing and not conclusively proven anywhere as yet, as far as I can see, but with two strong candidates from Spain and France.

Time for the obligatory end of year round up. My top 3 birds of the year were... #TwoTailedPasha #Orca #Pallas'sWarbler Wishing you all a happy and bird filled 2026. 🥳

Multiple anthropogenic stressors can negatively impact species but can a single stressor also have multiple, concurrent impacts? Here we show that light pollution creates several simultaneous impacts to the nocturnal movement ecology of a moth and a spider: tinyurl.com/5eku5bff (1/5)

#superseabirdsunday Ivory Gull, Seahouses Golf Course 7th December 2013! @gary-woodburn.bsky.social

A flying visit to Newton Pool. 1 Willow Tit, 2 Chiffchaffs and a Goldcrest by the hide. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

The Firecrest was back in our garden again this morning, a little blaze of colour on an otherwise grey day. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Struggling to get out of the house atm due to Liv's health problems. It's been frustrating at times, but today I enjoyed a little moment with this Firecrest that was flitting around the sycamore in our garden ! 😍 #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study

Had a pale/grey Chiffchaff on the patch recently, it brought back memories of this bird from 30th October 2021. I've only ever seen a handful of clean grey birds like this here; they seem rarer than the classic brown/white/buff tristis types. Wonder where they are from... 🤔 #NEbirding

Nothing new at Low Newton today, a brown/white Chiffchaff at the Tin Church, still refusing to call. Otherwise, a handful of Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, a few Goldcrests, Redwings and Blackbirds. Quite a few Robins still about, some with a 'continental' look to them. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Presumed Siberian Chiffchaff ringed at the Tin Church today. It didn't call on release unfortunately. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Limited time again today but I made it back to the Tin Church for an hour. The grey/white Chiffchaff from yesterday was still present but really difficult to see in thick cover. Also a very brief brown/white/buff bird + 3x olive birds. The only call heard was 'hueet'. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Struggling to get out of the house atm. Managed 45 minutes at the Tin Church today. Loads of Blackbirds, a few Goldcrests, 2 Blackcaps, 2 Chiffchaffs and a grey and white Chiffchaff, brief views and not calling, probably more 'eastern' in origin tho, possibly Siberian. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

More thrushes trickling in at Newton Pool this morning, with Redwings, Blackbirds and some grey toned Song Thrushes all in off the sea. In the bushes - 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrests, 2 Willow Tits and a Treecreeper. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Eider x Mallard hybrid in Newton Haven this morning, with a distant Eider flock. Presume this is the bird from Seahouses. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Only managed to get out for an hour today but there seemed to be a decent arrival of Redwings going on. Every field around the Tin Church had a scattering of them and every hawthorn bush had a few too. One field in particular had a carpet of around 200 birds. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Nice to have the scrapes back after a couple of months of being bone dry. Today there was 1 Grey Plover, 300+ Golden Plover, 6 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 1 Sanderling, 4 Snipe, 11 Redshank, 2 Curlew, 89 Lapwing, 9 Oystercatchers and 2 Rock Pipits. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A steady trickle of thrushes + a few Starlings in off the sea today. Many corners holding tired Redwings and Fieldfares feeding up after their North Sea crossing. Best of the bunch was a very elusive Yellow-browed Warbler, + a Brambling and 2 Chiffchaffs. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

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A 1st winter male SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT caught on North Ronaldsay!!! #RareBirdsUK #BirdingScotland #OrkneyBirding

Still a dribble of birds arriving off the sea at Low Newton this morning, including 2 nice grey 'continental' Song Thrush, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 4 Blackbird, 2 Woodcock & 20+ Starlings. At Newton Pool a mobile tit flock held 2 Willow Tit, 2 Chiffchaff & a Blackcap. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

138 Twite at the Long Nanny yesterday morning + 2 Merlins. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

This Yellow-browed Warbler was ringed at Low Newton Tin Church on 14th October, it had a weight of 5.7g and a fat score of 2. It was re-trapped on the 20th October and had a weight of 7.4g and fat score of 4. It was still present yesterday. #NEbirding

Still a few bits at Low Newton yesterday. 2 Yellow-browed Warblers + the most elusive Lesser Whitethroat EVER ! Crap pics taken through a thick hedge ! Much white in the tail, plain ear coverts and brown wash on the nape/crown, possible blythi. + a late Swallow south. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Some nice floscs at Low Newton today, 1 Pallas's Warbler and 2 (possibly 3) Yellow-browed Warblers at the Tin Church. + 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 17 Redpoll, plenty of Blackbirds, Robins and Goldcrests. #NEbirding

Birds definitely trickling in today. Fieldfares, Redwings, Blackbirds, Bramblings etc, all in off the sea, some thrushes were stratospheric and continued inland, others were dropping out of the sky into the Tin Church scrub. Still 3 Yellow-browed Warblers there too. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

At least 3 Yellow-browed Warblers still at Low Newton Tin Church today + 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Ring Ouzel, 5 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 2 Brambling. Plenty of Blackbirds, Siskins and Chaffinches in the area too + a Dark-bellied Brent flew north with some Shelduck. #NEbirding

I consider myself a top tier branch photographer. It's taken many years of practice and dedication to build these sorts of skills.

Yellow-browed Warbler still at Newton Pool this morning + 2 more at the Tin Church (1 colour ringed). Other than that, 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Blackcap and still a few Blackbirds arriving. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Zoe's illness grounded holiday activities today, so I spent most of the day birding on foot from the cottage. 64 sp. for the day. Highlights - Yellow-browed Warbler still, though elusive - Newton Links, 30 Twite - Long Nanny, 16x Razorbill, 6x Common Scoter, 3x RT Diver #NEBirding #LowCarbonBirding

4 Yellow-browed Warblers around Low Newton this morning, 2 at the Tin Church and 2 at Newton Pool. The birds at the Tin Church were both trapped and colour ringed as part of the UK YBW CR project. Still a few Bramblings and thrushes around this morning too. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

A few migrants at Newton Pool today in a brief visit. 5 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 1 Willow Warbler, 17 Redwing and an increase in Robins and Chiffchaffs (including a couple of cleaner/greyer toned birds). The Pectoral Sandpiper was also still present alongside 11 Ruff. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Decent start to our week away in Northumberland. Pectoral Sandpiper still - Low Newton Pool, c20 Twite - Long Nanny. Other coastal goodies inc. - RT Diver, 3x Guillemot, c300 PF Geese, c200 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Gannet, Rock Pipit, 4x Dunlin, c20 Ring Plover, Common Scoter #NEBirding

Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard

Thank you to everyone who continues to contribute to our fundraiser. Recent greatest hits from samples sent in by ringers and birders for ID include an Atlas Flycatcher in Spain, and a Ménétries's Warbler in Poland! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Hundreds of Pink-footed Geese in the stubble fields between High Newton and Low Newton recently. Some lovely views from the roadside. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

The Big Lebowski is such a cool film. Go Walter !

The 2 Pectoral Sandpipers were still at Newton Pool this afternoon. Interesting to see the differences in size and plumage, one bird is smaller and paler (presumably female ?), the other is noticeably larger and warmer toned. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Distant views, directly into bright sunlight, heat haze etc... But 2 Pectoral Sandpipers at Newton Pool today ! + 1 Curlew Sandpiper still on Low Newton beach and a Merlin hunting the area. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Pectoral Sandpiper still at Newton Pool this morning + an elusive Spotted Flycatcher. 2 Curlew Sandpipers on Low Newton beach and 2 Ruddy Shelducks amongst a large flock of Pink-footed Geese at the Tin Church. #NEbirding #Lowcarbonbirding