Mute Swan cygnets and a Moorhen chick Why is the song "The Ugly Duckling" about a Swan chick? Look at them they're 😍 Where as the Moorhen chick looks more like a dino on the prowl 🦖😂 Taken today in Ouseburn, Newcastle, UK #Birds

Puffin love from the Inner Farne Islands Finally finished going through and editing the 2000+ photos i took whilst I was away in Seahouses, Northumberland. So I'll be boring you all with shots like this for a while 😁 #Birds

Meadow Pipits The first pic was taken on Inner Farne Island and the second from near Seahouses Both are hard at work collecting flies and grubs for their hungry chicks Like a lot of the birds on this trip, I'd never seen these little guys before but don't they look gorgeous and fierce 😍 #birds

Puffin love from the Inner Farne Islands Finally finished going through and editing the 2000+ photos i took whilst I was away in Seahouses, Northumberland. So I'll be boring you all with shots like this for a while 😁 #Birds

I've spent the last few days up in Seahouses, Northumberland abs visiting the Farne Islands. Here's a few early edits. 1. Puffin 2. Artic Turn 3 Male Stonechat #Birds

What a beautiful walk through Ouseburn. 1. A Moorhen parent feeding a small crab to 1 of it's 3 chicks. 😂 2. A pair of mating Sand Martins at the mouth of their nesting hole in a stone wall😯 3. A Wren with a spider (possibly) in its beak, taking it back to the nest and it's chicks 😍 #Birds

I had a lovely walk along The Tyne in Newcastle this morning, there is so much going on 1. 2 Male Mallards - 1 adult and 1 juvenile by the looks of it. The adults beak is bright yellow 💛 2. A male Shelduck flying up river. #Birds

Male Mute Swan Found this guy and his mate swimming in a flooded field during a walk along the Reigh Burn in Throckley #Birds

Ring Necked Parakeet Taken during a walk around St John's Cemetery in Benwell, Newcastle #Birds

Long Tailed Tit This long tail has just stolen this nesting material from another bird's nest, so that it can line is own, and give it's chicks the comfiest of starts #Birds

Pheasants in Whitley Bay I've seen Pheasants many times over the years but never been this close before. Those colours and patterns are amazing and they deserve a lot more love ❤️ 1 & 3 are of a Female Pheasant 2 is of a mating pair, the female on the left abs male in the right #Birds

Starlings, Whitley Bay Who says starlings are dull brown birds? These guys are are full of the joys of spring and showing off their vibrant colours #Birds #Starlings

Ring Necked Parakeet mother She will be incubating her clutch of eggs, but here she is having a quick look outside. Maybe wondering if her mate is going to arrive back with some food soon 🤔 She's in one of 3 nests i have spotted in my local cemetery, here in Newcastle #Birds #newcastlebirds

My first Chiffchaff of the year and all the sun is really making it feel like spring here in Newcastle, UK 🌞🌻 #Birds

Grey heron on the River Tyne in Scotswood, Newcastle Taken yesterday morning when we had 🌞🌞🌞 #Birds

Carrion Crow on a Gravestone in black & white Taken this morning in St John's Cemetery, Newcastle #Birds

More Geordie Parrots enjoying the sunshine this morning, though the temp was 0c ❄️ These are Ring-Necked Parakeets originally from Asia and Africa, and they are the only naturalised species of parrot in the UK Taken this morning on St John's Cemetery, Newcastle #Birds #Newcastle

Long-tailed Tits aka fluff balls I stood watching a gang of these floofs feeding in the trees for 15 minutes or more. They're so adorable 😍 Taken during my morning walk around St John's Cemetery in Benwell, Newcastle #Birds

Grey heron on the River Tyne in Scotswood, Newcastle Taken yesterday morning when we had 🌞🌞🌞 #Birds

Cormorant with a large flat fish Taken this morning under the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle #RiverTyne #Birds #AmateurPhotography

Ring Necked Parakeet, giving me side eye 👀 I found a five minute gap in the never-ending gloom and caught this Parakeet guarding its nest hole. #Birds #Newcastle

Long Tailed Tit Taken during a walk through Ouseburn Woods, in Newcastle, this morning. The first hint of 🌞in a week meant I was out for a nice long walk with my camera 📷 #wildouseburn #Birds

Ring-Necked Parakeets in Newcastle, UK More shots from yesterday's walk around the local cemetery. The Parakeets are busy preparing/ looking for places to lay their eggs. #Birds

A pair of Ring-Necked Parakeets Here, they're clearing dead wood from a tree knothole to create a nesting site. The female will lay her eggs once the hole is deep enough for her to hide. Taken at St John's Cemetery, Benwell, Newcastle #Birds

Today's one of those days when my meds keep me very much indoors, when I'd love to be out playing. So here's a couple of shots from my bedroom window 1. House Sparrow - Giving me the eye because there's no sunflower hearts in my feeder 😂 2. Robin, bringing the colour to the winter morning. #Birds

Fluff ball aka Long-tailed Tit Taken this morning as part of my long walk along the Tyne and Ouseburn, this morning #wildouseburn #Birds

Black Headed Gulls Love these little guys. They're so chill 😎 #Birds #AmateurPhotography

Dunnock Another shot from this morning's walk #AmateurPhotography #wildlifephotography #Birds

Little Egret and a Grey Heron Not one but TWO heron species hanging out at the ponds this morning! 😍 Managed to get a good walk in the sunshine before the rain hit hard #AmateurPhotography #wildlifephotography #Birds

Goldfinch (male) I seem to have turned into a bit of a Goldfinch whisperer this week, with them lining up to get their photos taken 😁 This time, I was at The Staithes in Dunston #TyneDerwentWay #Birds

Goldfinch (Male) Taken earlier today while out enjoying the winter sunshine. I'm finding the SAD getting bad at the mo, but a brisk 8ml walk through icy rain and into the eventual glorious sunshine helped blow some cobwebs away 🌦☀️🐦😁 #WildOuseburn #Birds

Teal Ducks Taken this morning on the River Tyne at Dunston Staithes, Gateshead #Birds #tynederwentway #amateurphotography

"WHAT U LOOKIN AT 4 EYES!" Robin #Birds

What a gorgeous autumnal day it was for a walk looking for birds ☀️☀️☀️ 1. Long Tailed Tit aka fluffball 2. Dunnock 3. Jay, eating a berry #Birds #AmateurPhotography #Nature

Robin Bringing colour and song to my walk through the woods today in Throckley #Birds

Juvenile Herring Gull with its catch I watched this bird for a good 10 mins trying to swallow this fish, and then when it couldn't, I watched it fail to take off with it too 😂 #WildOuseburn #Birds Location The Hub, Quayside, Newcastle

Lapwing Taken earlier today at The Staithes, Gateshead #tynederwentway #Birds

Cormorant First day out with my camera in a while... I went hunting a Grey Heron that I know hangs out on these ponds near Throckley, but instead, I spent the morning watching this guy fishing instead #Birds

Mallard duckling #WildOuseburn #Ducklings #Birds

Shag feeding its young Farne Islands #Birds

Puffins! Taken during a brilliant cruise around the Farne Islands We just about managed to get our cruise in before the rain fully settled in 🌧🌧🌧 I thoroughly enjoyed it all and will definitely be going back PS I've lots more pics from this trip to share #Birds

Starling, taken yesterday at Seahouses Harbour, Northumberland, UK I took all over 700 photos while out on my day trip up to the Farne Islands yesterday. So lots of editing and posts to do over the next few days #Birds #Northumberland #Wildlife

Song Thrush Taken in Ouseburn Woods, Newcastle #Birds

Juvenile Great Tit #WildOuseburn #UKBirds #Birds

3 Sand Martin chicks in a drainage hole of a stone wall These guys normally nest in large sandy banks, but here in Newcastle, we have a colony in an old stone wall! #Birds #SandMartin #WildOuseburn

House Sparrow mother and chicks Laziest photos I've ever taken. All from my sofa 😂 But honestly, how cute 😍 #Birds

Sand Martin chick being fed by one of it's parents, from Friday morning. There were two chicks in here a couple of days before, so hopefully, one has fledged, and this one will soon follow (if it hasn't already!) #WildOuseburn #SandMartins #Birds

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) shouting at the world! I love these guys. Don't let their tiny size fool you, though. These guys are our most common, and one of the loudest birds in the UK. #WildOuseburn #Birds

Sand Martin , leaving its nest They normally nest in sandy banks, but here in #Newcastle, they nest in an old stone retaining wall at the end of the Quayside! #WildOuseburn #Birds

Juvenile male Bullfinch I love these guys. They normally hang out in the tops of trees and are shy, but not this young lad 😁 #Birds #WildOuseburn #naturephotography