Ad & 2CY Mediterranean Gulls #BudleBay #NEbirding

Still up to half a dozen Greenshank today #BudleBay #NEbirding #Waders

Pleny of Geese moving through in recent days #BudleBay #NEbirding

Peregrine #BudleBay #NEbirding

May explain the utter lack of small waders in #BudleBay this autumn #Nebirding www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greenshank #BudleBay #NEbirding

Bar-tailed and Black-tailed Godwits #BudleBay #NEbirding

Ruff #BudleBay #NEbirding

Spoonbill still present #BudleBay #NEbirding

Stubbornly difficult to photo on an estuarine patch this Kingfisher sat still for a wee while early am #BudleBay #NEbirding

Roseate Tern(6..single juv), Marsh Harrier, Little Gull, RT Diver (2), Ruff(3) and Arctic Skua. Also 100+ House Martin prior to 11am #BudleBay #NEbirding

The 2 Spoonbills were still present this am one of which eventually woke up. Also Osprey through, Spotshank, 15 Greenshank, 2 Ruff and 25 Blackwit #BudleBay #NEBirding

GYR flying around bay this am(no sign of any rings /backpack). Also 2 Spoonbill, Spotshank, 8 Greenshank, Merlin and Peregrine #BudleBay #NEbirding

There has been up to 11 Med Gulls (mostly adults) recently. The landowner is preparing the fields for ploughing so hopefully more soon (best known count being 15). Also, 12 Greenshank and the first #Vismig Yellow Wagtail of the season #BudleBay #NEbirding

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Records for the patch show that Adult Med Gulls outnumber 'young' birds by circa 3:1, so it was nice to see a couple of 2nd Cal year individuals among a group of four this am #BudleBay #NEBirding

Blyth's Reed Warbler* calling and seen briefly in Rosebay Willowherb at Upsettlington, Borders early evening . My first U.K spring sighting of the species

The first signs of return passage today. Green Sand at Newstead 2 LRP(ads) + Blackwit Monks House Pool along with a singing Reed Wbler (perhaps a site first thanks for the heads up @yellowbrow.bsky.social ) Three Common Sand, Whimbrel and 20+ Blackwit in #BudleBay @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #NEbirding

Little Egret & Grey Heron past the point #BudleBay #NEbirding

Yellowhammer #BudleBay #NEbirding

Barn Owl #BudleBay #NEbirding

Swallow #BudleBay #NEbirding

A lunch stop saw this Kestrel mistaken me for a field vole ! #BudleBay #NEbirding

It has been a poor year for arctic bound waders to date, so here are some bits n bobs from around the patch over last few days. To my eyes this Rook has an almost ' iridescent Booby ' look about it #BudleBay #NEbirding

The cool N wind continues so headed to the sheltered Spindlestone Valley. Pleased to see a pair of Spot Fly in suitable breeding habitat, a difficult species to find in the area these days #NEbirding

Male Golden Oriole** (heard to sing and seen briefly) early am. The second patch record following one in May 2020. Also Osprey NW through point #BudleBay #NEBIRDING

American Black Tern from the tern hut at Long Nanny this morning. Nearby at Beadnell flash were 4 Black-tailed Godwits. #NEbirding

After seeing some Bloody Cranesbills yesterday, it didn’t seem rude to round the day off with a Ruddy Shelduck - Budle Bay yesterday #nebirds #budlebirder

After several years of prospecting suitable habitat, a pair of Greylag + seven goslings this weekend represented the first breeding record for the patch #BudleBay #NEBIRDING

#BudleBay is devo having a Red-themed week, Red Crested Pochard and Red-throated Pipit last weekend and a redhead Smew today. Hopefully a Red-footed Falcon or even Red-headed Bunting next....🙏😮🔴 #NEBIRDING

Red-Crested Pochard** (first known #BudleBay record and first wider Lindisfarne NNR record since March 1857 !! which was first county record). Also three Gropper and two Leaser Whitethroat today #NEBIRDING

First (earliest by a day) returning Little Terns (two) and Whitethroat also near-adult Glaucous Gull at the point then offshore. Gropper in same bush as yesterday by turret #BudleBay #NEBIRDING

Headed inland away from the crowds, the long-staying Ring-necked Duck continued to show well at Hedgeley Reserve #NEBIRDING #BIRDS

Ten Avocet still and a belated Gropper today #BudleBay #NEBIRDING

This early (ish) patch Yellow Wagtail was joined by a second individual mid-afternoon. Also a grounding of 50+ Meadow Pipit early am in chewy westerly wind, 6+ Wheatear and an adult Little Gull offshore #BudleBay #NEBIRDING

Although records on the patch have increased in recent years, a Nuthatch in the 'hollow' at the point this am was most unxpected #BudleBay #NEBIRDING

Spoonbill #EasternAlgarve

Woodchat have been hard to connect with this week with only a handful noted #EasternAlgarve

Red-rumped Swallows appear to be increasing day on day #EasternAlgarve

I took numerous images of #Gulls but here are a couple of adult 'michahellis' showing that all important wing pattern #EasternAlgarve

A confiding Grey Plover one of my favourite waders #EasternAlgarve

A pair of Kentish Plover #EasternAlgarve

Likewise Shelduck #EasternAlgarve

Lots of displaying Redshank on the saltmarsh today #EasternAlgarve

Tino obviously impressed that much in the #CarabaoCup that they've named a train station after him in the #EasternAlgarve #NUFC

Also a splash of colour with Iberian Wagtail ( m.iberiae), Bee-eater and Sardinian Warbler #EasternAlgarve

Turnstone, Dunlin & Sanderling #EasternAlgarve

Greenshank & Common Sand #EasternAlgarve

Avocet & Kentish Plover #EasternAlgarve

Nineteen species of wader observed on the salt flats at the mouth of the Ribeira do Almargem inc Black-winged Stilt #EasternAlgarve