Just a bit of a Jack snipe again on Top Tank 8.45 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Olive-backed pipit South Gare 15.45 ❤️

One of those nice days with lots of harvestmen in it @RSPBSaltholme. Six species with not much looking, five of them just on one wall: Lots of Leiobunum blackwalli Leiobunum rotundum Paroligolophus agrestis Oligolophus saxitilis Dicropalpus ramosus agg And Oligolophus tridens

Two Bearded tits in calling in flight heading West over carpark @rspbsaltholme 10.55 @teesbirds.bsky.social

Water pipit still flying around the tanks this morning @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

~20 Whooper swans flying South 10.38 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

One Jack snipe still present on Top tank, much more distant than yesterday 8.55 @rspbsaltholme Also flyover Siskins, Redpolls, Fieldfares, Whooper swans and Grey plover @teesbirds.bsky.social

Red kite slowing looping west over the tanks towards haverton @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Nine Jack snipe still present on Top Tank 12.10 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Nine Jack snipe in cut area on Top Tank 9.30 @rspbsaltholme. Please stick to the path. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Jack snipe still showing well from Watchpoint hide 12.30 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Two Little stints by sluice on Back Saltholme Pool 8.30 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

2 Little stints currently distant from Pools hide on Back Saltholme Pool 10.02 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Little stint on Back Saltholme Pool 8.45, also Green sandpiper on Paddys @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

7 whooper swans landed in on Back Saltholme Pool 10.29 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

17 Whooper swans flying South over Back Saltholme Pool 10.40 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Two Redwing over Discovery Zone @rspbsaltholme 10.30 Also still small numbers of Redpoll and Siskin flying South @teesbirds.bsky.social

At least three Bearded tits worked their way through the discovery zone west now in reed at the back of the Main Lake 9.05 @rspbsaltholme Also small groups of siskin and redpoll still flying south over the reserve this morning. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Seven more Whooper swans landed in on Back Saltholme Pool 13.18 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Whooper swan on Back Saltholme with five Pink-footed geese and White-fronted goose. 34 Golden plover (now headed north), Ruff, Bar and Black-tailed godwit, Ringed plover, Dunlin, Curlew, Lapwing, Snipe on Saltholme west 8.45. Bittern showing in flight Haverton Viewpoint. @teesbirds.bsky.social

19 Curlew sandpipers still on Saltholme West Pool with dunlin, ruff, greenshank, bar-tailed and black-tailed godwit 16.20. Multiple groups of siskin and redpoll flying South over Saltholme through the day. ~120 Pink-footed geese lovely to see flying over this morning too 😊 @teesbirds.bsky.social

White-fronted goose and bar-tailed godwit on Saltholme West Pool 8.00 @rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Lesser redpoll flying South over walled garden. @RSPBSaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

27 Curlew sandpipers on Saltholme West Pool 8.45 @RSPBSaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Whinchat on fenceline up to Dorman's hide, RSPB Saltholme 9.00 @teesbirds.bsky.social

Green sandpiper on the Main Lake at RSPB Saltholme 9.35 #NEbirding

Pectoral sandpiper Margrove ponds yesterday evening before it got dark #NEbirding

8 Spoonbills feeding on Back Saltholme this morning #NEbirding

Bottlenose dolphin pod out from Seaton Carew 8.45 @teesbirds.bsky.social

Lovely morning already! Little terns and a decent Bottlenose dolphin pod out from Seaton Carew, loads of Dingy footman caterpillars at Dormans and a great view of Spoonbill in the scrape at Saltholme Pools Hide. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Sandwich tern over Saltholme car park 9.25 @teesbirds.bsky.social

Curlew sandpiper just out from Saltholme Pools Hide 9.05 @teesbirds.bsky.social

Glad they hung around! 5 dotterel still on the North gare golf corse this morning, lovely @teesbirds.bsky.social

Nice amount of waders on Saltholme west causeway 17.15 Little stint Ringed plovers x43 Wood sandpiper Dunlins Avocets Lapwings @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great views of Green hairstreaks at Commondale this morning

Lovely drake Garganey sleeping out from watchpoint hide 9.00 found by residential volunteer Josie. Reserve opens 9.30 #rspbsaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Grasshopper, Cetti's, Sedge, Reed and Willow warblers with Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Whitethroat all singing around Haverton Viewpoint this morning plus x3 Marsh harrier #RSPBSaltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Stone-curlew still out on seaton common 10.20 @teesbirds.bsky.social

70+sand martins over Dormans including at least six swallows #Saltholme @teesbirds.bsky.social

Blackcap singing on the wilderness trail, RSPB Saltholme #NEbirding

White-winged tern on Saltholme West Pool! 10:20. Ace find by hide guide Bert. What a corker 😁 Also water pipit showing nicely in scrape this morning and sand martins in the sand martin bank. Lovely stuff #northeastbirding

Had the first couple of macros of the year within the last week. Started off with a March moth and then an Engrailed! New for me, lovely stuff. Both at Saltholme. #teammoth

57 Whooper swans just flown north over #saltholme 9.46 #NEbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

First post on bsky so I thought I might post some highlight pics from the last month. So much cool stuff I see at #rspbsaltholme that I don't get chance to take pics of so nice to get a few recently. @teesbirds.bsky.social