around 12 green hairstreaks this afternoon at dipton woods,derwent valley.northumberland.

great afternoon out with @onemantess.bsky.social ,only 1 female pied flycatcher also numerous sightings of male common redstart but always high up and distant.

one of two grasshopper warblers from a cold morning on burdon moor ,gateshead today.no sign of any whitethroats while i was there.

a dipper wearing bling on our dog walk this morning in gateshead.

My daughter lives near Herrington country park at Penshaw, nice place for a walk but unfortunately a planner probably at Sunderland City Council thought this was a good design to stop motorcycles, any fool can see a motorcycle can get over it but my mobility scooter won't🤬 #DisabledAccessDay

FREE scope with stay on case, 20-60x eyepiece and tripod as pictured to any young birder just starting out only. Pick up only or meet if not too far. #NEbirding, @durhambirdclub.bsky.social,@ntbirdclub.bsky.social

hopefully another trip to RSPB st aidan's with @onemantess.bsky.social soon and hopefully track down some bearded reedlings but these black necked grebes are special birds.

lost count of the number of booming bitterns at r.s.p.b st aidan's 19/03/25 .eventually got some decent scope views but here is a typical image of this species.

black necked grebes at r.s.p.b. st aidan's 19/03/25

great day out at r.s.p.b st aidens,thanks to @onemantess.bsky.social for the lift,the b n grebes showed really well but the bitterns were a different story.

intermediate morph northern fulmar ,looks a lot darker in flight from old hartley,northumberland today.

intermediate morph northern fulmar from a trip to old Hartley,northumberland today.great day out ,also water pipit briefly at st marys promenade.

one of four russian white fronts and a female pintail at lamesley wm ,gateshead this afternoon.

water rail were elusive this afternoon ,at least 3 birds present .very quiet otherwise at watergate park, gateshead today.

not a common bird in gateshead these days but this drake pochard showed well this afternoon.

distant ross's gull from jarrow slake this afternoon.a lifer so I'm happy.

nice trip to northumberland for w.b.d cut short due to ross's gull report at jarrow slake again.ross's gull is a lifer but too distant for photos.best views ever of w.b.d though.