First clue to White-billed Diver (left) yesterday was
'vanishing bill', giving impression bird apparently lacked a bill. But dark bill Great Northern Diver (right) still visible at long range.
22.02.2026 17:08 ā š 5 š 0 š¬ 0 š 0
Home from Norfolk now, and no geese at all in the Honey Hills field when we checked yday. Tuesday evening's Todd's Canada was a dinky little cracker, and plumage details make it the same as @mcbuckland.bsky.social's Burnham Overy bird from mid Jan bsky.app/profile/mcbu... #norfolkbirding #ukbirding
19.02.2026 08:06 ā š 30 š 1 š¬ 0 š 0
Names used on a local WhatsApp for same goose taxon. My fave is last. AviList name ā Greater White-fronted Goose ā unused
Eurasian White-fronted Goose
Russian White-fronts
White-fronted Goose
R.White Front
WFG
GWF
GWFG
Euro White-front
Whitefront
RWFG
RWFronts
WF Goose
Russian WFG
RW Front
eggplns
19.02.2026 15:58 ā š 7 š 0 š¬ 1 š 0
As you say, a decades worth of continental geese in one day!
16.02.2026 11:19 ā š 1 š 0 š¬ 0 š 0
Memorable goose day!
16.02.2026 08:17 ā š 1 š 0 š¬ 1 š 0
North-east birders! The talks continue this week with a face-to-face presentation for the lovely folk of North Northumberland Bird Club:
Filey International - Migration Magic and Madness on the North Yorkshire Coast
Bamburgh Cricket Pavilion; 1915 for a 1930hrs start - visitors welcome!
11.02.2026 20:06 ā š 11 š 3 š¬ 2 š 0
Nice one Tim not seen since October
18.01.2026 15:10 ā š 1 š 0 š¬ 0 š 0
Looking forward to it!
13.01.2026 15:51 ā š 0 š 0 š¬ 0 š 0
Patch birder rarely straying from the Cleveland/North Yorkshire coast.
Self-found birds rather than chasing rarities
āI was so much older then, Iām younger than that now!ā And birding in Alnmouth, the county of Northumberland and beyond, is my game.
Birds, conifers and some green & pro-European politics.
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Durham birdwatcher,Hetton/Houghton patchbirder,occasional twitcher.
Gateshead birder I Loves radio I Trustee
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Birder usually found around Hartlepool & the North Tees Marshes. Cleveland County Recorder. Cleveland and Co. Durham lister. Not averse to taking a few photos
25 year old birder & naturalist. Northumbrian now living on the edge of the Norfolk Broads. Ornithologist and bird tour leader. UEA graduate.
Retired Engineer chasing wildlife on the Costa del Blyth. Mainly rambling about colour-ringed seabirds and NUFC.
I like birds, I like finding my own birds, I like filming birds.
Durham Birder | Hillwalker
Mainly Dungeness birds and moths, sea watching.
Teesside Birder, Cleveland and Co. Durham Lister, Failing Twitcher and Record Collector.
Birds, Moths & Natural History from Porthgwarra & St levan ( West Cornwall)
Birds, Moths, Natural History, Travel and camping. Northumberland VC67/68 County Moth Recorder
Mainly local patch birding / vismig Hartlepool and Teesmouth, but interest in all aspects of nature.
Birds, cetaceans, seawatching, nocmig. Based in NE England.
Sunderland and Durham Birder
