Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) Coquet Island, from the chartered boat trip out of Amble harbour 03/08/2026 #NEbirding #RarebirdsUK #UKbirding
Tom Tams
@sibechat.bsky.social
Birds, Moths, Natural History, Travel and camping.
Thoughts on these dragonflies from Rhodes, if anyone can help. I was thinking of Black Pennant ♂ & ♀ for two of them
Two Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) caught overnight, Tynemouth VC67 #MigrantmothUK #Teammoth #VC67moths
26th February. Sketching white-billed divers at Blyth. A blog at www.jonathanpomroy.co.uk Thank you to the finder @sudswatcher.bsky.social
White-billed Diver. Blyth Harbour. 24 February 2026. Found by my mate @sudswatcher.bsky.social this morning. #NEbirding #UKbirding #RarebirdsUK
Part of the Russian White-fronted Goose flock at Holywell, Northumberland this morning before being spooked by the eagle. #NEbirding #UKbirding
White-tailed Eagle this morning at Holywell pond, after looking for it all day yesterday without luck, we struck gold this morning when it flew over our heads. #NEbirding #RarebirdsUK #UKbirding
Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous), Wall Brown (Pararge aegeria) & Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria). Calas de Mallorca
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Chourdon Point, Co Durham this morning. With @b0bh.bsky.social #NEbirding #RarebirdsUK #UKbirding
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) Seaburn 25/09/2025 a few action type images of your wheatear @birds-and-me.bsky.social #UKbirding #RarebirdsUK #NEbirding
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) A very obliging bird in a scrubby area on the links, Whitley Bay this evening. #NEbirding #UKbirding #RarebirdsUK
A Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) on the Links at Whitley Bay this afternoon, sitting next to the footpath with people walking past not ten feet away #NEbirding #UKbirding
Sandwich Tens (Thalasseus sandvicensis) St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay this afternoon #NEbirding #UKbirding
Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) at St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay this afternoon. #UKbirding #NEbirding
Bar-tailed Godwit's (Limosa lapponica) Whitley Bay links golf course this morning. #NEbirding #UKbirding #Birdingnorthumberland
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) found today by Stephen Egglestone, in Trow Quarry, South Shields. I got there just after 12pm, saw it many times in flight but it was over 5hrs later that I managed to get a few images. #UKbirding #NEbirding #RarebirdsUK
I apologise for bringing up the C word… but Christmas is coming, and I only have a couple of spaces in my calendar for mini pet portraits! Please pop me a message if you would like to book one in! #petportrait #petdrawing #petcommission #customdogportrait #customcatportrait #petportraitartistuk
Two Black Terns present at Druridge Bay CP this afternoon. They are so acrobatic and very fast in flight #NEbirding #UKbirding #BirdingNorthumberland
The amazing Red Arrows at the finish of the Great North Run, taken from my garden in Tynemouth
Migrants overnight 29/08/2025 Beet Moth (Scrobipalpa ocellatella) 1 Palpita vitrealis 2 Golden Twin-spot (Chrysodeixis chalcites) 2 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 4 Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) 1 Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon) 1 Tynemouth. #VC67moths #MigrantmothUK #Teammoth
Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) always brighten up a trap. 28/08/2025 #Teammoth #MigrantmothUK #VC67moths
Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) quite a variable moth These were taken overnight in Tynemouth #VC67moths #MigrantmothUK #Teammoth
Migrants from this mornings traps. Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) X 2, Beet Moth (Scrobipalpa ocellatella), Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon), Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) & Silver Y (Autographa gamma) Tynemouth #VC67moths #MigrantmothUK #Teammoth
Migrant moth action in the garden overnight with Golden Twin-spot (Chrysodeixis chalcites), Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis), Palpita vitrealis & Silver Y Autographa gamma. Tynemouth #VC67moths #Teammoth #MigrantmothsUK
Webb's Wainscot (Globia sparganii) my 3rd record for the garden and only the 4th Northumberland record, Pictured with a Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) both taken overnight, Tynemouth VC67. 17/08/2025 #Teammoth #VC67moths
Ear Moth (Amphipoea oculea) & Saltern Ear (Amphipoea fucosa), both taken overnight in garden. Tynemouth VC67 #Teammoth #VC67moths
Acleris cristana, this beautiful tortrix moth visited my garden overnight. It has many named forms, I think this one is f. subfulvoviittana. Tynemouth VC67 #Teammoth #VC67moths
