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Chris Knox

@budlebirder.bsky.social

Birder with over 45 years patch watching #BudleBay in NE #Northumberland. Opinions are own.

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White-tailed eagle spotted exploring North East coast Bird watchers speak of their amazement at seeing a young white-tailed eagle roaming the North East.

BBC News - White-tailed eagle spotted exploring North East coast - BBC News #NEbirding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

24.02.2026 21:56 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looks a good candidate Paul

16.02.2026 17:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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This leucistic Barnacle Goose has been present since the autumn of 2025. Still a pitfall when viewed at distance for the unwary. This individual has a particularly delicate bill for a Barnacle IMO.... #BudleBay @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #NEbirding

17.01.2026 19:36 — 👍 24    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Brent Geese numbers peak in the pastures around #BudleBay in the New Year once their preferred saltmarsh food eelgrass / Zostera is depleted or dies back on the main part of the NNR. Three hundred and Fifty were present today. @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #NEbirding

17.01.2026 19:31 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Nominate philomelos ?

12.01.2026 08:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

24.12.2025 22:29 — 👍 1578    🔁 676    💬 29    📌 64
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10-15 Snow Buntings have been feeding at the point this last week #BudleBay #NEbirding

21.12.2025 15:14 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Up to three Little Egret have regularly been reported this winter #BudleBay #NEbirding

21.12.2025 15:13 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not online but Birds of Portugal: An Annotated Checklist - 2022 edition by Gonçalo Elias is pretty reliable and can be bought online for a reasonable price

29.11.2025 18:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Lush

06.11.2025 19:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kestrel #BudleBay 06/11/25 #NEbirding

06.11.2025 17:02 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spotshank, Greenshank and four Blackwit today, hopefully all will overwinter. Also 110 Twite. #BudleBay #NEbirding

06.11.2025 17:00 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A classic backdrop; two very vocal Tawny Owls this evening #BudleBay #NEbirding

05.11.2025 19:07 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Here's why we need to fight for Britain's right to roam

Only 3% of the UK is common land, compared to 50% four centuries ago. How can we get back our right to roam?

05.11.2025 17:27 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1

A good old 1970s "bonny" i remember them well..we used to pinch nearby estates wood !!!

05.11.2025 18:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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British.

16.10.2025 17:03 — 👍 8594    🔁 2902    💬 356    📌 652
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Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK

14.10.2025 16:26 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Being doing the same today at #BudleBay, says alot about how quiet this autumn has been thus far..

11.10.2025 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice !

09.10.2025 16:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thats visit one of my Winter Bird Survey done in NU1343. Thirty-five sp recorded but not a single Song Thrush @bbs-birds.bsky.social @tomcad.bsky.social #NEbirding

09.10.2025 15:56 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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We dont see many Coot in #BudleBay nowadays. This mornings was only the 8th known record in this
millennium #NEbirding

07.10.2025 16:07 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A day total of 143 Whooper Swan also 2 Pintail #BudleBay #NEbirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

06.10.2025 16:39 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An Eider sheltering from the gale well inside the bay #BudleBay #NEbirding

05.10.2025 16:26 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A confiding Wigeon #BudleBay #NEbirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

05.10.2025 16:23 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A big 4.5 metre tide brought many birds onto the saltmarsh inc a handful of Blackwit #BudleBay #NEbirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

05.10.2025 16:20 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First of the autumns Whoopers (19) thro today #BudleBay #NEbirding @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

05.10.2025 16:16 — 👍 36    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Black-tailed Godwits #BudleBay #NEbirding

04.10.2025 14:50 — 👍 20    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Marsh Harrier & pair of Raven playing in the gale today #BudleBay #StormAmy #NEbirding

04.10.2025 14:50 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Light diurnal mvt this am before wind got up and rain. Noteworthy was eight Reed Buntings in/off, briefly dropping into cover before moving purposefuly S #BudleBay #NEbirding

03.10.2025 12:57 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Roosting Common Gulls have been regulalry monitored over the years with a high of 14,000 in Sept 1993. Since then peaks have fallen with a mere 1,100 this evening #BudleBay #NEbirding

02.10.2025 17:38 — 👍 33    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0