Ian Foster

Cheers Paul, thanks for the info. Shame I couldn’t get there yesterday. Going to call in on the Sibe Chat. 👍🏼

Grey Partridge feeding on the recently mown grass verge, precariously close to the road by the start of the Zinc Works Road this morning. #NEbirding

A peach of a Curlew Sandpiper seen on Seaton Snook this morning amongst the 100’s of Dunlin and Ringed Plover. Was also joined by a brief Little Stint. #NEbirding

A fair few locals missed this bird whilst out of the country. Another would be very popular indeed!

Great photo of a great bird in typical South Gare habitat! 19 years ago though!

What a bird that was!

Saw this bird when it visited Saltholme East, Cleveland/Durham. Always felt it deserved the benefit of the doubt…remember the day it came in off in Norfolk or Lincs and thought if that gets re-found I’ll twitch it! Think it was accepted as wild in Germany? Think it’s in Cat D here so maybe one day…

Been watching a pair of Oystercatchers that nested by the Transporter Bridge (North side). Started off on June 1st with three young, this had reduced to just the one by the 8th, still going strong on 14th and starting to look the part today! Guess one out of three is a success? NEbirding

Two Wood Sandpiper seen at Saltholme today. Showing rather well! #NEbirding

Was thinking the same today. Where do the years go?!? Still a great resource though! 👍🏼

I really should remember to check the Big Book of Durham Birds in future before commenting. It’s all there in black and white! 👍🏼

Glad you connected! 👍🏼

Ah right! Can’t remember that one at all?!? You have a better memory than me! 👍🏼

Was very fortunate to find Cleveland/Co.Durhams 2nd record of Pacific Golden Plover tonight. 30 years since the 1st! A few pics that show most of the identification points. I can remember being only a few hundred meters away from the 1st bird when it was found back in August 1995! #NEbirding

A few different takes on today’s Song Sparrow at Thornwick Bay, East Yorkshire and a crowd shot taken as I left at 17.30, a great afternoon off work!

Song Sparrow from Thornwick Bay, East Yorkshire this afternoon. Went from being skulking and elusive to showing really well at times! Not a British Tick but my 1st since the Seaforth Docks, Liverpool bird way back in Oct 1994! #NEbirding

Tricky subject this. I am sure the local Gamekeepers will be well aware of the presence of this bird without looking on here. So is it better for the reports to keep coming and more observers keep looking? Makes it riskier for them to Kill it, and I’m sure they would given the chance unfortunately!

Glossy Ibis still present on Bowesfield Marsh, Cleveland tonight. Great to see after a blank 2024 for this species. Once a real County Mega but now almost expected! I can still remember my first at Haverton in May 1992! #NEbirding

Any idea what the coloured beads are about? Presumably to identify the individual or is just a bit of a Hippy? 🤔✌🏼

Two Adult Kittiwake flew upstream past the Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough this morning. Quite a scarce bird for the Borough! Although four were seen on 21-04-25 and one on 26-04-25 along the same stretch of river, could a pair or two be nesting not too far away? #NEbirding

Thanks for the reply! If only I had the space and that size of collection…👍🏼

Looks amazing! What material is it made from?

Nice photo! A Co.Durham Tawny Pipit would be more welcome! 👍🏼

Time flies...10 year ago today started with a dash to Norfolk for Britain's 2nd Citril Finch (my 500th British Tick at the time), then a very frantic dash back home for the superb Red-throated Pipit (a Major Cleveland Grip Back) on Seaton Common found by @coldodsworth.bsky.social quite a day...

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Black Redstart and Wheatear from South Gare tonight. The Black Red was very elusive, only managed these two pics before it flew and vanished! Seen between the Bomb Hole and Pilot Station. #NEbirding

My first view of the White-tailed Eagle watched from the Middlesbrough side of the Transporter yesterday! Totally fluffed getting decent pics by switching from Bins to Camera too much! It now appears there were two WTE on Teesside yesterday, so certainly reintroduced birds as expected! #NEbirding

Goosander from the River Tees, just downstream of the Tees Barrage tonight. This bird has been hanging around for quite a while now and was joined by a Drake Red-breasted Merganser yesterday. #NEbirding

The Haverton Hill Road Iceland Gull made a surprise reappearance today. I don’t think I’ve seen it since March 29th! #NEbirding

Two pair of Egyptian Geese on Cowpen Marsh today. They were showing very well tonight. Hard to believe some people think these are ugly! Will be interesting to see if they breed again this year. #NEbirding