Andy Rickeard

Thanks Andrew. He’s 11 this year. Ringed as a second year bird at Chester le Street Riverside. He’s also been recorded nearby on Longhirst Golf Course.

Why are they called Goldeneye again?

Whooper Swan TUU. Ringed at Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, Sept 24. Re-sighted on Outer Hebrides Sept 25 and back at Herrington this morning.

I've been updating our collaborative #CootStudy database. I started the study 17 years ago & thanks to a network of bird ringers across Britain & Ireland we've now colour-marked 4,400 Coot & received over 13,000 re-sightings. Pretty cool for a bird you hardly see in flight! #Ornithology #BirdRinging

Kittiwake chicks getting bigger at Gateshead Saltmeadows Tower.

Comma, out in early evening sunshine, Sutherland Park, Benton Lodge.

Gateshead Kittiwake with 3 chicks at the Saltmeadows tower this afternoon. Third chick just peeping over the edge of the nest cup.

Interest shown again from at least two birds so far but no nests.

147 apparently occupied nests at the Gateshead Saltmeadows #Kittiwake tower today

Does size matter to a #Kittiwake? This one seems to be eyeing its neighbour’s pile jealously. At Gateshead Saltmeadows today.

Kittiwakes, defining boundaries at Gateshead Saltmeadows today. #SuperSeabirdSunday

Max 156 Kittiwakes at Gateshead Saltmeadows tower today. Low tide, lots of birds bringing in mud and weed to build up nests. ACC ringed as adult in 2019 rearranging and patting down mud with feet before settling back down.

Poplar hawk-moths at Lockhaugh this morning.

Having returned to Gateshead Saltmeadows to re-establish nest sites over the last few weeks. Evidence today of new nest material being brought in and the start of mating. “AB6” and “ACZ” both ringed at the tower as adults in 2019.

Second calendar year Whooper at Big Waters today. Ringed as a cygnet at Brekkatjorn, Iceland.

Pleased to find this “in the wild” tonight. From Wylam Brewery and @northwildlife.bsky.social

Reading #Kittiwake numbers at the Gateshead Saltmeadows Tower today. ABB ringed as adult 2018, AAV ringed as adult 2016 and ANS ringed more recently in 2023

Darviced kittiwake "ACH" returns to SSE face of Kittiwakery in 2025 » Shoney Wind On 2 April 2025, Andy Rickeard of Northumbria Ringing Group (NRG) observed Darviced kittiwake “ACH” regularly visiting the SSE face of Kittiwakery, on the

Kittiwake ‘ACH’ returns to Gateshead ‘Kittiwakery’ www.shoneywind.com/kittiwakery-...

Maximum of 174 #Kittiwakes at Gateshead Saltmeadows tower and Kittiwakery today. 27 colour rings read, oldest returning bird was ringed at the tower as a chick in 2016. Love that sound!

Ringed at Killingworth Oct 22. Not recorded elsewhere, cheers!

76 Kittiwakes back on the Gateshead Saltmeadows tower this lunchtime. Read 17 colour rings. All 17 birds back on the same face, shelf and area of shelf as they were in 2024. #Kittiwakes #SuperSeabirdSunday

Gateshead Saltmeadows a Kittiwake free zone today. Two Cormorant fishing successfully in the Tyne, 10 Lesser Black Backed Gulls among the Herrings on the North side of the river. The distant chimes of an optimistic Ice cream van drift over from Byker playing Food Glorious Food.

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Sun shining at Gateshead Saltmeadows, Kittiwakes starting to return to the nesting towers with one on the upstream face yesterday and two on the downstream face today.

Well spotted will do.

Ah presumed you were submitting I’ll put it through the site.

Just biding his time.

Norwegian if it’s a J

I think that starts with J if you zoom in on the whole bird photo and look at the tops of the code just showing on the right edge.?