Hatched on the Northumberland coast, and soon to be out in the wide, wide ocean!
Tom Cadwallender
@tomcadwallender.bsky.social
‘I was much older then, I’m younger than that now!’ Birding the magnificent county of Northumberland, particularly walking my home patch of the Aln Estuary and environs. Combined with a little wanderlust.
#WonderfulWaderWednesday Ruddy Turnstones on the Northumberland coast. Passage migrants or Winterers?
Yellow tip to the bill means Sandwich Tern; this one on the Northumberland coast.
A Staggeringly handsome fella along the Aln Estuary.
‘Sum plum’ Dunlin on the Aln Estuary. A passage migrant or winterer?
#SuperSeabirdSunday Roseate Tern, 2026 has been a record year on the Northumberland coast with 156 pairs. Highest total since 1970s. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
@bbcproms Ravel’s Boléro this evening on BBC2 played by Spanish Philharmonic Orchestra, is absolutely amazingly wonderful in all sorts of ways.
‘Nip and a punch’ for the first of the month. Have a great August everyone.
‘Stare appeal’ Atlantic Puffin on the Northumberland coast.
About to fledge; young Kitts (Kittiwakes) on the Northumberland coast.
Some Curlews kipping, near Alnmouth, but there is always one on look out.
#SuperSeabirdSunday Roseate Tern engaging in ‘aerial ballet’ on the Northumberland coast. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Caught up with last nights Prog Rock Prom on @BBC Amazing Copeland ELP opener and ELP Mussorgsky Pictures! Brilliant.
Arctic Tern on the Northumberland coast, soon to be heading south, then a bit more south, and then even more south!
Soon they’ll be gone to their maritime winter quarters.
