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2 years

Common Tern on the Northumberland coast, taken with my phone!

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2 years

Roseate Tern on the rocks at Coquet Island! @BBCSpringwatch

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6 months

Balloons don't fly up into space or get to your loved ones in heaven. They come back to earth and choke wildlife. Don't release them! 🎈

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1 year

Hawfinch in the garden!

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5 years

A vid of some of the 120,000 White-fronted Geese and 1500 Red-breasted Geese pre-roost flight near Burgas, Bulgaria.

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3 years

‘Where do I hide?’ Nest training for Large-billed Tern and family!

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3 years

One for birdwatching pals.

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2 years

One of my all time favourite, of my own, bird pictures is this one of Roseate Tern taken on the jetty of RSPB Coquet Island, Northumberland.

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3 years

This year is my 30th season helping to monitor Roseate Terns on Coquet island by ringing. What an honour and privlege to work on a species in such jeopardy and with a group of superb and committed people. Both photos by @Captaincoquet what a stalwart he is. #notchangeabit

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1 year

Hawfinch, for at least it’s third day in our garden. Quite happily feeding on the discarded, by the ‘spuggies’, black sunflower seeds! It’s obviously wary of cats and sparrowhawk, but also Jackdaws! ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @BTO_GBW ⁩

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2 years

Never thought I'd utter these words but thank goodness some Roseate Tern are heading away to winter quarters from the Northumberland coast, and some have even managed to get young off!

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2 years

Seventy years ago today my Dad cycled the few miles from the family at Choppington, to Mona Taylors Maternity Hospital, near Morpeth in south east Northumberland. For on that very snowy morning my Mum had just given birth to me and I saw the world for the very first time!

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2 years

With my newest best buddies, showing my patch, the Aln Estuary, to the fabulous Nancy and Jim! And onward to Holy Island of Lindisfarne!

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4 years

Roseate Terns on the Northumberland coast, just stunning! @SteelySeabirder @northcoastaonb @NorthEastTweets @VisitNland @NTBirdClub @NatureUK @WildlifeMag

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1 year

Had a run in with a Pheasant shooter this morning. I was on a public path, he shot his quarry in my direction. I suggested that it wasn’t a good idea to fire in direction of PROW, he said he wasn’t. I asked, then why did the bird fall within 25m of me?

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11 months

Sandeel fishing banned for 2023 in UK waters

Sandeel fishing banned for 2023 in UK waters

The ruling will be implemented for the third consecutive year, benefitting seabirds and other wildlife.

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2 years

Bl**dy Balloons! They, and Chinese lanterns, should be banned!

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4 years

Sooty Tern on the Northumberland list. Made all the sweeter after all the years of hurt! Good to see so many of the North/land birding community connecting with it.Only 10 mins drive but a convoy of 8 agricultural vehicles blocking the junction in the village got my heart racing!

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4 years

Arctic Tern. 'When the Boat comes in'! The Northumberland coast. @SteelySeabirder @NTBirdClub @northcoastaonb @NorthEastTweets @VisitNland @WildlifeMag @NatureUK @angelaford99

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1 year

Found this ‘blue plaque’ during my walk on the Aln Estuary this morning.

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2 years

The mighty Inner Farne!

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3 years

Another for my birding pals.

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2 years

Forty years ago today (15th October 1982), Muriel and I went on our first date. We went to the Keel Row pub in Seaton Delaval. What an amazing journey we’ve had so far.

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3 years

Another of the most fantastic species; Diademed-Sandpiper Plover, Chile.

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6 years

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca) It is the only member of the genus Larosterna. It is uniquely plumaged and breeds on the coasts of Peru and Chile where it is largely restricted to the Humboldt Current. A fabulous 'looker' and seeing it in Arica Harbour fulfilled a small ambition.

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3 months

‘Back Home’ discharged from ⁦ @NHSMillion ⁩ Wansbeck General Hospital this afternoon. Great Surgery team led by Mr M Sangster and fantastic Ward 10 crew including porters, cleaners and medical staff! You all looked after me so well. Thank you.

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4 years

Roseate Terns on the Northumberland coast, a special place for special birds. @northcoastaonb @NorthEastTweets @SteelySeabirder @VisitNland @NatureUK @WildlifeMag

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3 years

Holy ‘Crabalocker fishwife’! Like everyone who has seen or heard about the Walrus in Seahouses Harbour It wasn’t what I expect to see in Northumberland at any time, but there you are. That’s birdwatching for you. ⁦ @wyliehorn ⁩

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1 year

This day last year on RSPB Coquet Island, Northumberland. Fingers crossed for this year.

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3 months

Home, upright and in canny fettle. Thank you to the brilliant @NHSMillion for outstanding work and care in #WansbeckGeneralHospital . And a massive thank you to all of my friends for their thoughts, good wishes, and information. I'm not worthy! Onwards and upwards!

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2 years

Exodus continues! Puffins making their way to pelagic winter quarters from Northumbrian breeding grounds! ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @WildlifeMag ⁩

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2 years

The future is Rosy! A ringed Roseate Tern near the jetty at the ‘mighty’ RSPB Coquet Island, Northumberland. Let me introduce 96P4, ringed as a chick on the Island on 07/07/2011 ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩

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2 years

Roseate Terns, life is getting rosier!

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11 months

Celebrating my 30th season of ringing Roseate Terns on Coquet Island in 2021. Who was to know what 2022 was to bring? And 2023 doesn’t bode well!

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2 years

The County bird of Northumberland, the Eider! Now to be seen, and heard (OoOoOoOo) displaying in harbours and inshore waters, this one at Amble on the only calm day of the weekend! ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @N_landCouncil ⁩

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2 years

And our birding adventures continued to The Holy Island of Lindisfarne!

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4 years

Northern gannet found on Norfolk trampoline BBC News -

Northern gannet found on Norfolk trampoline

The RSPCA is caring for the gannet and suspects it was "blown off course".

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4 years

A huge shift of Pink-feet again this morning over Alnmouth. These birds went South over the Bay. Obviously birds held up by yesterday’s poor weather. Standby for two minutes fix of exhilaration, at least it was for me! ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @NatureUK ⁩

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5 years

Not a murmuration of Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) but of Russian White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons albifrons) near Burgas, #Bulgaria .

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1 year

Just caught up the the Sky Arts programme ‘Painting birds with Jim and Nancy’. Great to spend time with these two and the production team. Also, we got the chance to show off bits of the Northumberland coast and it’s birds. Great experience. #mypatch

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3 years

Hunting Barn Owl in early evening light, Aln Estuary, Northumberland. ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩

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2 years

Oystercatcher chicks on the Northumberland coast.

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4 years

Oh yes!

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4 years

In the final year of the EU LIFE project, we're delighted to announce that the Roseate Terns of Coquet Island have broken the breeding pair record for the 5th consecutive year! Today we discovered our 126th nest and there could still be more to come.....

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1 year

Hawfinch in the garden today was a welcome but, obviously, unexpected visitor!! #gardentick @NTBirdClub @NEE_Naturalist @_BTO

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4 years

Almost all gone for this year - Puffin, on the Northumberland coast. @SteelySeabirder @northcoastaonb @NorthEastTweets @NatureUK

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6 years

When I said I didn't manage to get a 'wings open shot' of the Sunbittern, well I did get just one. Not the best but you get the idea.

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2 years

So taken aback that the brilliant ⁦⁦ @AnnCleeves ⁩ gave me a name check, unless there is another, in the latest ‘Vera’ epic ‘Rising Tide’. Funnily enough Ann, I have seen Paddyfield Warbler in Northumberland, but it was in 1974.

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2 years

‘May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again’ ‘Gan canny’ my friends love and peace to everyone! X

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2 years

Some young terns have made it! Northumberland coast. ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩

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3 years

Sorting out some pictures for a talk, is this Pied Plover chick cute enough?

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2 years

‘A Pandemonium of Puffins’, Northumberland coast. ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩

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4 years

I will not forget that the MP for Berwick @annietrev voted against giving free school meals to the most vulnerable children in our society whilst enjoying the benefits of subsidised, at taxpayers expense, food and drink in the House of Parliament

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6 months

Purple Sandpipers on the Northumberland coast.

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2 months

Happy St Cuthbert’s Day, Eider, or Cuddy’s Duck named after St Cuthbert is the county bird of Northumberland.

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5 years

Otter just swam under the Duchess Bridge, Alnmouth, Northumberland. @alnwickgazette

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2 years

Thirty-eight years ago today on a snowy afternoon in Morpeth, Northumberland, Muriel and I got married. We’ve had some fantastic adventures together, pictured in the early 1990’s, around the world. Happy anniversary sweetheart!

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4 years

More than happy to wear a face mask and show some respect for others.

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1 year

November retrospective: Inca Tern. Chile 2015.

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4 months

The five Long-tailed Ducks currently inhabiting Berwick upon Tweed harbour. Nice to see a mini flock of Old Squaw.

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6 months

Bought this painting of Roseate Tern (the reason for purchase) and Arctic Terns by the wonderful Ian Wallace a number of years ago, but I misplaced soon after. A random rediscovery this morning of it tucked in a book was quite amazing, I’m delighted! ⁦ @Stewchat ⁩

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2 years

This time last week I started two days of Birding and filming, looking for Curlews, with the splendid Jim Moir and wonderful Nancy Sorrell for Sky Arts (Painting birds with Jim and Nancy) on the Aln Est and Holy Island. Jim and Nancy gave this picture as thanks! A treasure!

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2 years

Closer and closer they come, the advancing hordes of Puffins waiting to get their breeding season underway; who will be the first to break ranks and land on RSPB Coquet island, off the Northumberland coast.

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4 years

'Now, just stick close by me and don't be distracted by the highlights of Newbiggin and St Marys. Just follow me to Ghana' Final instructions for migrating Roseate Terns as they prepare to leave Coquet Island. @CocoRosy90 @SteelySeabirder @NatureUK @NTBirdClub @northcoastaonb

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1 year

First frost of the winter this morning here on the Northumberland coast!

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2 years

What is it with some people, why can’t they just take the stuff they’ve brought into the countryside home with them?

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3 years

My young protégé!

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1 year

#SuperSeabirdSunday A Black Guillemot with snack! ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩

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3 years

It was 37 years ago today! We may have had snow showers on the day but its been sunny ever since! It has often been said that Muriel deserves a medal the size of a dustbin lid and I cannot disagree with that!

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4 years

Holy Island fulfilled eastern promise again today with this Red-flanked Bluetail at the Snook which gave such a show! The supporting cast of birds and birders was superb!⁦ @Mikepastycarr ⁩ ⁦ @andymould10 ⁩ thank you. ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NatureUK ⁩ ⁦

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4 years

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Seaton Point, Boulmer Northumberland. @NTBirdClub @NEE_Naturalist @BirdGuides

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10 months

What a very pleasant surprise this evening. A Northumberland and British tick of not one but two Caspian Terns at East Chevington. Well done to John Thompson. Yes another example of how poor a digiscoper I am, but you can recognise the birds. They never stay long! @NTBirdClub

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3 years

Puffin off the Northumberland coast. @SteelySeabirder @NEE_Naturalist @NTBirdClub @BBCSpringwatch @northcoastaonb

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3 months

25/02/1984 The Best Day of My Life! Happy Anniversary Muriel. 40 Years, just like that!

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3 years

Where have all of the terns gone from Inner Farne? This is walkway from the jetty, the air is usually full of Arctic Terns with them nesting alongside the path. ⁦ @NTNorthd_Coast ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @northcoastaonb ⁩

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9 months

#SuperSeabirdSunday Inca Tern! Nothing more needs to be said! ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩

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3 years

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks, ‘Is this stool taken?’

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1 year

Glad to be back onto Coquet Island today, for my first visit of the year, but not before seeing the fantastic first for Britain, Grey-headed Lapwing found by ⁦ @Gary_D_Woodburn ⁩ at Low Newton. Plenty of Puffins and my first Roseate Tern of the year. Good luck to the Rosies.

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5 years

A totally unexpected visitor to our garden, near Alnmouth Northumberland, this morning; a male Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri). These birds are considered a pest in 'the south'. However, here in the north and away from Newcastle, they are still a bit of a 'novelty'.

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7 years

Over 50 Tree Sparrows in our garden in Northumberland this morning. @BTO_GBW

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2 years

Still food for Roseate Terns on the Northumberland coast. ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩ ⁦ @IALFARWI ⁩ ⁦ @Captaincoquet ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @WildlifeMag ⁩

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6 months

Grey Plover, on the Northumberland coast.

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4 years

Happy Worlds Oceans Day! #WorldOceansDay @SteelySeabirder @WildlifeMag @BBCSpringwatch

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3 years

Waiting Puffins. Coquet Island. ⁦ @IALFARWI ⁩ ⁦ @Captaincoquet ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩ ⁦ @SteelySeabirder ⁩

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3 years

This fabulous male Citrine Wagtail that was at Lynemouth Flash pool, Northumberland, on Saturday.

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4 years

Five different age plumages of Gannet, off Holy Island, Northumberland. ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NatureUK ⁩

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2 years

Reminiscing iconic birds: Torrent Duck in Argentina. Evocative birds in an amazing landscape.

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2 months

Dark chanting Goshawk is a smart looking bird, this one in The Gambia

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2 years

‘Land Ho’ leaving Coquet Island last night. The island certainly had a late August feel as many birds had already left, either on migration or sadly died! The breeding season of 2022 will, for all the wrong reasons,long live in our memories. I hope it’s not repeated!

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6 months

‘Bittersweet Symphony’ Clouds over Boulmer, Northumberland.

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4 years

Sad news just in, Brian Little has passed away! For many Brian will be synonymous with Northumbrian ornithology. He leaves a fine legacy of inspiring many birdwatchers/ornithologists (me included) and groundbreaking work on Merlin, Goosander and more. And love of Kielder. RIP BL

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4 years

A fabulous Little Stint on the shore at Boulmer, Northumberland, amongst the throng of waders which included Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, Knot, Sanderling and Redshank.

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3 years

The ‘Bamburgh’ Great Shearwater gave us an excellent flyby this morning. Unfortunately, I wasn’t prepared with camera but still got a few record shots. ⁦ @BudleBirder ⁩ ⁦ @AlanAlanhall4 ⁩ ⁦ @dawn_mission ⁩ ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩

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4 years

Hoy! who do you think you are, Sweep? You’ve nicked my place? Said Kitty to Sooty! ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NatureUK ⁩

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3 years

Unprecedented (?) numbers of Razorbills still in near shore and many just sitting, like this, and not feeding, whilst RT Divers nearby catching fish. Odd! ⁦ @NTBirdClub ⁩ ⁦ @NEE_Naturalist ⁩