A little allotment update 😊 I’m creating a herb area and a small path using the bits of stone / pottery I find whilst turning over. And trying to be as plastic free as pos. Radishes, lettuce, peas, potatoes, spring onions planted 😍 #Allotment #Allotmentlife #Veg

For the love of dippers ☺️ The only thing better than seeing a dipper is seeing a dipper having a little late afternoon yawn as the golden rays from the sun kissed stream shimmer against those chestnut feathers 😍 #TwitterNatureCommunity #BirdsOfX RSPB

The heron gulls nesting on the roof top opposite now have a little chick 😍 Look at its little spotty head. I’ve named the male Sid, he protects the nest day and night (mainly from other gulls) and the female, Sally. Need a name for the chick☺️ #BirdsOfTwitter BBC Springwatch

Just some of the lovely birds and wildlife spotted on my walks in the North East countryside so far this Spring 😍🎶 #TwitterNatureCommunity #WildlifeAdventures RSPB Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Seals at sunset 😍 Looking North West over Hartley Bay from St Mary’s Island, Whitley Bay, last night. It was quite windy here, but back on the beach it was calm and still, the low tide waves lapping the shore. #SunsetLover #NorthEastEngland #TwitterNatureCommunity

First harvest from my allotment 😍 I love growing my own food. Being close to the land and soil just feels so natural, in many ways, so human. They taste delicious too! If anyone knows how to get radish seeds from radishes please let me know! #Allotment #Allotmentlife

Wow, spotted my favourite barn owl this evening on the path ahead! Thought she was going to fly straight in front of us, but she saw us and diverted rather quickly 😍 She’d had a bit of a fracas with a lapwing seconds before! #BirdLover RSPB Barn Owl Trust

Now I know why this lapwing was so defensive around the barn owl the other evening… a little baby lapwing 😍 There’s also a grey partridge having a stroll around. #TwitterNatureCommunity #BirdsOfTwitter RSPB

The stunning Viper’s Bugloss spotted in the dunes at Druridge Bay, Northumberland. A native wildflower and favourite of bumblebees, the purple flowers stand out against the green of the dunes and blue of the sea 😍 #Wildflowerhour #Bythesea wildflowerhour The Wildlife Trusts

A heron gull gliding with the wind at sunset this evening - maybe, for no other reason, than it’s fun! Such beautiful colours in the clouds too 😍 #TwitterNatureCommunity #sunset RSPB

When your allotment gives you raspberries… Sunday afternoon making raspberry lemonade 😊 there’s a possibility I might turn into a raspberry at the rate at which I’m eating them. Any other raspberry recipe ideas please let me know 😁 #Allotment #Allotmentlife #Raspberries

Mesmerised by this spiders web, blowing effortlessly in the warm breeze this afternoon 😍 The distance between the tree stump on one side and the oak branches on the other must have been about 3 metres. Nature’s mastery at its absolute best. #NatureBeauty BAS

The strong winds we are having have blown this little nest out of one of the trees. Luckily no longer in use. It’s so intricately beautiful. Does anyone know which bird may have made it? I’m thinking a tit or one the finches as it’s so small ☺️ #BirdTwitter RSPB

Have any fellow allotmenteers ever dug up a huge, deformed potato the size of a head before? Or know what could have caused this? I’ve just dug it up today and have never seen anything like it 😅 #Allotment #Allotmentlife #Potato #GardeningX BBC Gardeners World

Say hello to one of the most colourful birds in the Uk - the parakeet 😍 There’s a family of five or six flitting across the trees near my street. Like green magpies, they are beautiful, curious, cheeky and playful☺️ #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WhitleyBay

Good morning from Northumberland, where the shadow of a leaping roe deer can be seen on the horizon as the sun starts to rise over Bamburgh castle☀️🧡 Peace and tranquility at its Northumbrian best. #Northumberland #Bamburgh #Sunrise #StormHour

Sunrise walk in the fields of Weardale, this morning then this happens 🥹 One of the most beautiful nature moments of my life. A few seconds of pure beauty, we locked eyes before she flew away. #TwitterNatureCommunity #Sunrise #BirdsSeenIn2024 Barn Owl Trust

Sat out on my balcony at midnight last night, with a blanket and a hot chocolate, and watched the best display of the aurora I’ve seen yet. Normally cameras pick up the lights better than the naked eye, but last night the camera didn’t even do justice 😍 #aurora #WhitleyBay

The shadow of a fisherman, under the light of the full moon, at Whitley Bay yesterday evening. Full moon beach walks feel like a dream at times. The clouds, the stars, the moonlight shimmering on the sea. A peaceful end to a busy week 🌕 #FullMoon

Half of the nature book display in Waterstones Newcastle. Could easily read all of them, but picked only three. Two as Christmas presents for friends and family and the other for me. I shall be back. #TwitterNatureCommunity #Naturebooks #Naturewriting