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

Long tailed tit, watching me as I sat at the pond yesterday Newcastle, UK #Birds #Wildlife

Mallard drake swimming up the lower Ouse Burn yesterday morning here in Newcastle, UK #Birds #Newcastle #Wildlife

You gotta love this guy, the handsome little alien 👽 He's a cross between a Silkie and possibly a Bantam, giving him his unusual comb (that bit on top) and head feathers that look more like hair #OuseburnFarm #Newcastle #Birds

Mallard ducklings, enjoying the sunshine yesterday afternoon 🌞🐤🌞 #wildouseburn #ducklings🐣 #birds

Broad Bodied Chaser on the orchard pond at the farm today #Dragonfly #bugs #WildIOuseburn #Insects #Wildlife

Geronimo! Adult Grey Wagtail collecting food for their fledglings. Taken yesterday morning on the Lower Ouseburn, Newcastle, UK #birds #wildlife #Newcastle

A couple of local lads were making me feel a proper scruff on my walk along the lower Ouseburn yesterday #Birds #Newcastle

1. Broad Bodied Chaser Dragonfly: This is a young male. The powder blue on his abdomen is just starting to show 2 & 3. Damselflies: These are mating pairs, with the male above in a 'mate guard' to keep other males away while the female lays gets eggs. #WildOuseburn #Newcastle #uknature #Nature

Jerome and Sonny enjoying the sun yesterday afternoon at Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle 😎🌞🐐 Robbie was probably off picking a fight with someone 😂

Mute Swan cob getting ready to see his girlfriend? She has been nest sitting, and hopefully, they have eggs in there. Meanwhile he has been guarding the River Ouseburn and doing lots of patrolling and shouting and displaying at all perceived threats. #WildOuseburn #Birds #NewcastleWildLife

Mute Swan pen (female) nest sitting on a slipway near Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle Is there an egg yet? Dunno, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled 👀 #WildOuseburn #Birds #Swan

Moorhen, sitting in her elaborate nest, watching the world go by from her window #Birds #UKBirds #WildOuseburn

A pair of Sand Martins setting up a nest in this wall on Ouseburn, Newcastle, Uk Sand Martins normally create nests in sandy embankments but here in Newcastle we have a colony who have been nesting in this retaining wall #WildOuseburn #SandMartin #UKBirds #Birds

Male Mute Swan flying low over the mouth of the Ouseburn River and out over the River Tyne #WildOuseburn #naturephotography #Birds