Great to see 3 LR Plovers back on a local pool with 2 Little Grebes, also a Ruddy Shelduck on Cassop Moor Flash this morning 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Waxwing feeding on fallen crab apples locally in a windy East Durham yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Great to see 3 Ring Ouzel’s back in the Durham Dales this morning despite the freezing conditions 🥶 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few of the mobile flock of 10 Crossbill’s feeding in pines at Gore Burn Wheatley Hill yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Female Sparrowhawk displaying in the morning sunshine at Cassop Vale 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Male Crossbill feeding in the Durham Dales from the weekend 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great views of the White-billed Diver in Blyth south harbour after work yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @birdguides.bsky.social

A few of my first local WTE over Cowpen Marsh and as it headed to North Yorkshire also some of the 39 Whitefronts that flew overhead on Sunday 🦅👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Finally caught up with the WTE yesterday afternoon on Cowpen Marsh many thanks for all the updates on the bird 🦅 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

54 Whitefronts and 80 Pinkfoots at Hurworth Burn also a Marsh Harrier hunting fields to the west yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great to see 7 Russian Whitefronts on a local flood field a new species for Wheatley Hill also the Slavonian Grebe still at Hurworth Burn yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few from the Durham Dales at the weekend. Black Grouse at sunrise, Golden Plover back on the moors and still a few Bramblings around Blackton beck 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few of the 59 Whitefronts at Hurworth Burn this afternoon also a single Barnacle goose,3 GWEs and a Marsh Harrier 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Black Guillemots back in Troon Harbour from the weekend on the Ayrshire coast 👍 #birdingscotland

A few from the garden yesterday afternoon 15 species including 3 Siskin, 8Tree Sparrows, 7 LTTits and 3 Greenfinches 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch

A few of the Ring Ouzel at High Moorsley yesterday afternoon a great find for Derek C also 4 RL Partridges flushed from quarry 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great to get my highest pre roost count of 220+ Greenfinches in Peterlee town centre yesterday afternoon 👍 #Nebirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Short clip of the Black-throated Diver feeding in Hartlepool Marina late afternoon yesterday #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

Male Sparrowhawk and plenty winter thrushes at Cassop Vale on Saturday and a feeding Woodcock on coastal path at Blackhall Rocks yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few from Cassop Moor flash last year. highlights included my first local Avocet and Sanderling also 10 adult LRPs, 60+Golden Plover,18 Blackwits ,5 Ruddy Shelduck and Yellow Wag amazing what a bit of water brings even on a busy roadside pool👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Chiffchaff, 7 Goldcrests , Grey Wagtail and a hunting male Sparrowhawk at Cassop sewage works this morning 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few self founds on the Durham coast this year. RN Grebe at Horden, Iceland Gull and YBW at Blackhall and 1 of the 8 Snow Buntings on Crimdon beach 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

60+Golden Plovers dropped into Cassop Moor flash also 7 Pinks and a few Grey Partridges at Hesleden in the afternoon sunshine 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Drake Smew at Hurworth Burn this morning before nearby shooting started also at least 10 Whitefronts with Greylags flew east and a GWE 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Glaucous Gull at Hartlepool also 2 flyover Egyptian Geese and Goldeneye on Crookfoot Res this morning 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

RT Diver, Fulmar, Curlews and a hunting Kestrel in the sunshine at Blackhall Rocks this afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

A surprise Barnacle Goose on a local roadside pool at Cassop Moor also Rock Pipit and RT Diver on the coast yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few of the 5 Waxwing’s in Teeside this afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Marsh Harrier hunting west of Hurworth Burn Reservoir also 2 GWE and a Cetti’s Warbler heard and seen briefly was a site first for me at the weekend 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Sanderling feeding on Crimdon beach yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Brambling in a large mixed flock feeding on farmland in East Durham and great to see a Marsh Tit near cycle route at Wingate yesterday afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

Great watching a Peregrine Falcon hunting a Woodcock coming in off the sea at Blackhall Rocks a first for me. Also a few of the 8 Snow Buntings at Crimdon on Saturday morning 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Finally a few Snow Buntings on the Durham coast 8 at Crimdon and 3 at Blackhall Rocks after plenty failed attempts locally 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social

Snow Bunting in the rocks at South Gare and only a brief view of the elusive OBP in the windy conditions this afternoon 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Little Gull , 2 Grey Plovers and a Knot at Troon beach from Saturday morning on the Ayrshire coast 👍 #BirdingScotland #UKbirds

Great to see LEO, Goldcrest and Stonechat also plenty winter Thrushes flying into the Co Durham coast this morning 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Rock Pipit, Reed Bunting and Meadow Pipit feeding along Crimdon shoreline yesterday morning 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Pallas’s Warbler at South Shields yesterday afternoon a great local bird and find 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

YB Warbler near railway embankment at Blackhall Rocks this morning and 1 of 6 Swallows near fishpond yesterday 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

My first Barnacle Geese of the Autumn around 80 flying low south at Blackhall Rocks late afternoon yesterday 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

American Wigeon at Stoneybeck yesterday afternoon and 3 Grey Partridge feeding by the roadside in a Peterlee Industrial Estate a first for me here 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social

Grey Plover at Blackhall Rocks a scarce bird here this afternoon and 2 Wheatears at Horden enjoying the sunshine ☀️ 👍 #NEbirds #Ukbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

3 Green Sandpipers at Hurworth Burn outflow yesterday afternoon and plenty Goldcrests and Pinks on the move on the coast 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

The recent Isabelline Wheatear feeding on Seaburn beach another great bird to see locally 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

After 5 hrs on a coastal migrant search on Saturday morning counting Chiffchaffs , I popped up to Hawthorn to see the Siberian Stonechat 👍 #NEbirds #UKbird @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great views of Isabelline Wheatear on Seaburn beach a welcome UK tick for me yesterday afternoon also RB Flycatcher at South Shields 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A few more of the Pechora Pipit on Sunday afternoon a bird I thought I would never see locally 👍 #NEburds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Pechora Pipit finally showed on the ground after a few hours of brief flight views a great bird and find for the area and lifer for me 😎👍 #NEburds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great to see a Spotted Flycatcher on passage at Blackhall Rocks last night and my first Little Grebe dropping into a local pool 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Little Stint feeding along shoreline at a windy North Gare with Curlew Sandpipers, Dunlin, Sanderling and Turnstones 👍 #NEbirds #UKbirds @teesbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social