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Patch birder rarely straying from the Cleveland/North Yorkshire coast. Self-found birds rather than chasing rarities
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I don't usually bother to photograph Barn Owls but already had my camera out when this one landed nearby @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

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A nice springlike morning around Staithes and Cowbar. First signs of vis-mig with small numbers of Linnets and Meadow Pipits moving north. Single Twite and Snow Bunting in the area. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

Water Pipit still at Cowbar this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

Med Gull portrait from Scarborough @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

Med Gulls at Scarborough today @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

Distant views of a Humpback Whale off the Marine Drive at Scarborough this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

Sanderling from Redcar in better weather @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #NEbirding

Local Barn Owl @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Pair of Goosanders from last week @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Local Mandarin pair from yesterday @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Willow Tit at Margrove this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Local Barn Owl from this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Signs of Spring this morning with 17 Razorbills below the colony at Cowbar

2 Puffins on the sea east off Marske this afternoon

Water Pipit still at Cowbar early morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Purple Sandpiper at Redcar yesterday @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #NEbirding

4 Gadwall and 6 Wigeon on the sea off Marske. Jack Snipe in the cliff-top fields. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Water Pipit still at Cowbar this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Finally caught up with one of those 'rogue' Capercaillies this morning

Without a doubt my favourites of the year

That's my birding done for 2024. Best patch self -finds of Golden Oriole,R-b Shrike, Icterine and Barred Warblers, Richards and Water Pipits and a Corncrake. Autumn failed to return any real quality to repay the effort put in on what must be one of the toughest to work patches on the east coast

The last sunrise of 2024, from Skelton this morning

The returning Svalbard ringed Purple Sandpiper at Redcar this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #NEbirding

The first-winter Caspian Gull at Redcar this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Just on the slim chance that anyone is aware of anyone magically acquiring a new pair of binoculars or you see them offered for sale .... my Leica Ultravid 10 x 42 binoculars were stolen from a hide at WWT Slimbridge on 11 December. The serial number is 1593393. #BirdingGear

Caspian Gull currently on the scars at Redcar @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Reed Bunting at Margrove yesterday @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Reed Bunting at Margrove Ponds yesterday. The distant phragmites behind providing a lovely warm bokeh @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding

Nice to confirm a Water Pipit at Cowbar this morning after having a very brief glimpse of it last Saturday. Associating with Rock Pipits around the muck heap opposite the car park. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding