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

(Second-cycle) herring gulls, Redcar, this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Herring gulls over a dramatic Redcar sea @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Eiders on the storm. Redcar. @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Bit of a blur, but check out the frog-legs on this merlin! @teesbirds.bsky.social

Red Breasted Merganser, Hartlepool the other day. @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @nenature.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🪶

Male merlin, just now on coastal fields, Redcar. Presumably the bird spotted by @brittonatmarske.bsky.social yesterday. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #ukbirds

Red Breasted Mergansers seen around Hartlepool Marina on Sunday @teesbirds.bsky.social #bird #birdsonearth #birdingdaily #birdsinflight #birdingphotography #bird_captures #birds #birding #yourshotphotographer #yourbestbirds #nikonphotography #nikon #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography

Greenfinch, siskins - Lockwood Beck @teesbirds.bsky.social

Marsh tit / Robin at Margrove @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Scruffy blue tit, Margrove @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Goldfinch madness @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Redcar: 350+ Eider of Zetland slipway, 1 Drake R B Merganser, 3 Common Scoter & 6 Shag. On the coastal field an adult male Merlin & 9 B H Gulls using the flood pool trying to clean off some kind of rusty brown pollution on their underparts. Oil spill? @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

@teesbirds.bsky.social c. 85 Pinkfeet south over Kirklevington at 12.45 very high and calling.

Willow Tit x2, Tree Sparrow x8, Reed Bunting x2, White-fronted Geese x27 this morning at Hurworth Burn Reservoir. Hen Harrier seen by others. No sign of the drake Smew.

Castle Lake - drake American Wigeon amongst 400 Wigeon @teesbirds.bsky.social

Black Redstart, Cullercoats the other day. @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @nenature.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🪶

Noticeably larger Bullfinch on feeders with others. Not sure if it's Northern or just a very fluffed up one. Redcar Garden. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #UKBirding #NEBirding

One of the Lockwood treecreepers @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Margrove this aft. White-fronted goose (albifrons) still present & showing well, 'Polish' mute swan flying circuits - speed absolutely astonishing at close range, plus small flock of redwing & mistle thrush passing through, too quick for photos alas. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.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

Treecreeper this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Blackcap x2 (m&f), Great Spotted Woodpecker x2 (m&f), Bullfinch x5 (4m,1f) this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. Also Red Kite reported this morning over the park near Seal Sands Road. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Great White Egret x4 this morning on Cowpen Marsh opposite Saltholme sub-station. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Purple Sandpiper x8, Red-throated Diver x3, Common Scoter x2, Guillemot this morning at Hartlepool Headland. Also Great Northern Diver by the lifeboat making it's way towards the fish quay. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Greenfinch, Lockwood @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

First winter grey wagtail still knocking about at Lockwood this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #ukbirds

Siskins @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Siskin, Lockwood @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Treecreepers seem to be constantly on the go, but this one was motionless - apart from occasionally blinking - for about five minutes. Video in real time. Lockwood @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Lockwood this morning, around the feeders: groups of five greenfinch, and five siskin, one marsh tit, one grey wagtail, and approximately one million goldfinch. Also, female goosander on the reservoir. @teesbirds.bsky.social

The Tees Ringing Group are ringing at Lockwood Beck Reservoir from 10.00 tomorrow, Sunday 28th. Teesmouth Bird Club members are invited to attend. @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

White-fronted goose still at Margrove in with greylag this afternoon, plus distinctive BoP at Sleddale I'm not 100% about, presuming common buzzard due to sp. variability but happy to be corrected. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Goldeneye, Killingworth the other day. @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @nenature.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🪶

Common buzzard, Sleddale @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Treecreeper, Blackcap, Tree Sparrow, Mistle Thrush this morning at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Kingfisher this morning at Wildlife Watchpoint at RSPB Saltholme. Also Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret and Water Rail. Fieldfare & Redwing c.80 in Discovery Zone plus a single Siskin. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Single Pink-footed Goose on Cowpen Marsh. Another 60-80 flew low down over RSPB Saltholme heading south @teesbirds.bsky.social

14 Red Breasted Mergansers (5m, 9fm) in Hartlepool Marina yesterday pm. @teesbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #NEbirding #birds @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Purple Sandpiper at Hartlepool Headland. @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @nenature.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🪶

Fieldfares, today, near Commondale @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birds

100+ fieldfare currently flitting about around this location @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Barnacle Geese x11 this morning on Back Saltholme from Navigator. Great White Egret x2 & Marsh Harrier x3 on Cowpen Marsh. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Black Redstart at the very end of Ferry Road on the left hand side @teesbirds.bsky.social

Nice to have a fieldfare visit the garden this morning. Certainly stood out amongst the starling flock. Nice to have blue sky & bright light too, makes such a difference. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

The Hooded Crow still at Acklam cemetery south side, this morning. @teesbirds.bsky.social

The albifrons white-fronted goose, found yesterday by @ciaranshaman.bsky.social at Margrove is still present this morning. Presumably the same bird found the other day in Redcar by @macrodactyla.bsky.social. Lots of shooters here too, alas. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #ukbirds.

Rock Pipit at Skinningrove recently @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Nice to catch up with the Hooded Crow in Acklam this afternoon. @teesbirds.bsky.social

Some high-quality moves from this bathing herring gull at Coatham Marsh today @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds