Four years old and nine years old C Terns 👇

We've already had 34 Black-headed Gulls reported across Europe this breeding season, from 8 countries 🇵🇱🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇷🇺🇩🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰 Sightings map now online - waterbirdcolourmarking.org/sightings-bh/

And patience is rewarded

Video clip of Little Terns at Seaton Carew this morning. teesbirds

Some comment from The White Falcon 💙 on the recent Dutch ringed “limosa” Black-tailed Godwit found on the North Tees by Ian Forrest . Many thanks to Mark for taking the time out to analyse this bird. teesbirds Durham Bird Club

Take a 👀 what’s coming to a field near you in the winter.

First Shelduck brood of the year on the #Blyth estuary. #ColourRinged Shelduck (Lime TS ) and 10 ducklings this morning. Ringed at WWT Martin Mere this is his 5th summer on the Blyth but only second confirmed breeding success.Ros Green NERings Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Alan Curry Adam Hutt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Les Hall WWT Martin Mere Ros Green NERings Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Adam Hutt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Already down to at least 8 or poss 9 youngsters.

First trip down the #Blyth estuary for a fortnight & it was Shelducktastic ! 12 adults of which 3 were #ColourRinged. Lime TS looking after a crèche of 19 ducklings. Blue DV still here & LDV NNR Yellow F/Red X which summered on the Wansbeck. Ros Green NERings Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club

Ros Green LDV NNR NERings Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club WWT Martin Mere Lime TS plus crèche of 19, your Teesmouth Blue DV and LDV NNR Red X/Yellow F all still present and correct this morning on the #Blyth estuary this morning. Guessing they’ll be heading off to moult very soon ?

When we started our colour-marking study of the UK's naturalised Barnacle Goose population, we didn't think they would roam as much as they have! Watch till the end...

150+ Black-tailed Godwit on Back Saltholme this morning. I could only pick out one colour ringed bird. GWY // long white with three black dots. Believed to be ringed in W. France. It's from the same scheme I had one from in 2018. Details sent off. RSPB Saltholme teesbirds

Kittiwake chicks on the Gateshead Saltmeadows tower. Adult “ANR” also has a Geolocator that we hope to retrieve so we can learn more about where Tyne Kittiwakes winter. Grateful to Gateshead Council for help and @NENature_ Dickinson Memorial fund for grant assistance.

Just look at the movements of this Scorton Barnacle Goose B70 that has visited Saltholme! teesbirds

5 weeks on and Lime TS is still doing a cracking job with crèche of 19 on the #Blyth estuary Ros Green Russell Boland Alan Curry NERings Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club

Colour flagged Redshank back for its fourth summer on the Coquet Estuary. (Initially ringed on the Humber). Also still 11 Knot and 9 Bar-wit that seem to be staying for the summer and today a Whimbrel, perhaps the first one back? Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club NERings

Just received word from the ringer. Another limosa Bck-t Godwit ringed in nest as a pullus western France. Species : LIMLIM Colour code : G/W/Y//OdN Date of banding : 20/11/2017 Location of the banding : FR, 17, MOEZE Age when banding : 1A

Just checked the one from 2018. Also ringed as a pullus. Espèce : LIMLIM Combination : BDW//Y/G/N Date ringed : 19/12/2017 Location : FR, 17, MOEZE - nr Rochefort, W. France Age at ringing : +1A 10/08/2018 GB Stockton-on-Tees STOCKTON-ON-TEES

First returning #ColourRinged Norwegian Black-headed Gull on the #Blyth Estuary yesterday. Last managed to read the ring code (White J0266) on 1/1/24 but it was almost certainly present until March though always too distant to confirm. NERings Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Alan Curry

C15 is well travelled Most sightings are from Saltholme Jan-Feb 2023 it moved around Kent, Lincolnshire, Sussex & Nottinghamshire before returning to RSPB Saltholme via Scorton in July 07/01/2024 RSPB Saltholme 17/01/2024 - 07/02/2024 Switzerland 04/06/2024 RSPB Saltholme