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Sunday, 29 September 2024. Another Northeast England Beached Bird Surveys survey on the NE coast of England. Here, I sadly show six individually bagged fulmars collected today from the northern section of Whitley Bay beach (Tyne and Wear) – part of a wreck of this super seabird species. @NENature_ Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club

This evening HPAI (bird flu) strain H5N5 has been confirmed from 5 of our fulmars collected at Druridge Bay (25 Sept) and from a further 3 collected at Seaton Sluice (28 Sept). A sad picture is emerging. This is the likely cause for the whole incident. So many fulmars affected.

Fri, 27 Sept 2024. Late pm Northeast England Beached Bird Surveys survey at Tynemouth (Tyne and Wear): low tide, 11 degrees. Six beached & intact fulmar corpses were collected, with remains of another seen. This was part of an unhappy fulmar wreck along our NE England coastline (bird flu has been identified).

Thurs, 26 Sept 2024. Fulmar FGLA-NEE-2024-001 is shown: collected by Mo Dewar yesterday at Druridge Bay. My brief examination today included culmen (40.9 mm) and head&bill (95.7). This bird tested (by APHA Thirsk) positive for HPAI H5N5 i.e. bird flu. From late Sept fulmar wreck.

Sat, 28 Sept 2024. Relaxing at the Rendezvous Café (Whitley Bay) with special butterscotch ice cream. This was most welcome after a prolonged and difficult survey during which I collected a dozen deceased beached fulmars, recently washed up. Light westerly breeze, nine degrees.

Friday, 25 Oct 2024. This afternoon we walked Tynemouth Longsands on a beached bird survey (photo: Linda ahead of me). No beached birds to be found, but we spotted individual flight feathers from… herring gull, great black-backed gull, black-headed gull, kittiwake and gannet.

Thurs, 24 Oct 2024. Afternoon beached bird survey at Whitley Bay (photo). No beached birds, but individual flight feathers included those from … gannet, swan sp. and herring gull. Live birds to entertain included pied wagtail, rock pipit, goldfinch, sanderling and golden plover.

Sunday, 27 Oct 2024. Surveyed my section of Druridge Bay (Northumberland) today and found the remains of a fulmar (wings and bones) plus remains from a great black-backed gull. Weather was dry, sky cloud-filled, tide falling.

Wed, 20 Nov 2024. I worked with Elayna Daniels on razorbills at NCL Dove Marine Lab. The photograph shows a first-winter male found in Northumberland by @desiccated_matt in Oct 2020. The cause of death was inconclusive. We collected feathers and tissues. Francis Daunt Jon Green

North Tyneside. This winter (2024-2025) we Northeast England Beached Bird Surveys are collaborating with PhD student Elayna Daniels (photo; of Liverpool University) and working NCL Dove Marine Lab (Cullercoats) on historic auks esp. razorbills: necropsies and feather / tissue sampling. Francis Daunt Jon Green

Saturday, 28 Dec 2024. The day brought an introductory beached bird survey for Anna Temple at Druridge Bay on the wonderful Northumberland coast. There were remains from a likely herring gull (photo, with Anna), great black-backed gull and unknown sp. (partial skull, collected).

Thursday, 5 Dec 2024. Analysis of a razorbill begins NCL Dove Marine Lab. This bird was collected Feb 2021 by Peter Collins along the Whitburn to Roker coastline (Tyne & Wear). A first-year female, emaciated. Assisting with necropsy was volunteer Julia Black (in photo by Dan Turner)

Thursday, 5 Dec 2024. Beached Bird surveyor / volunteer Jane Hardy (Crazy seal lady/ BDMLR Medic) travelled many miles this icy morning to help NCL Dove Marine Lab. Jane helped by recording, labelling, bagging, weighing, etc. We processed a first-year male razorbill, found Feb 2021 by surveyor Peter Collins.

Following Storm Darragh (Dec 2024), beached bird surveyor Tom Patterson found remains of five little auks on the Northumberland shore. He collected two intact specimens with care in case of bird flu (photo: Tom with two bagged little auks). @NENature_ Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Wednesday, 22 January 2025. It is great that we are able to progress our beached bird studies, currently with collaboration from Elayna (Liverpool University). We are currently processing historic razorbills. Francis Daunt Jon Green @NENature_ Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Friday, 24 Jan 2025. Working NCL Dove Marine Lab this week we processed 8 razorbills in detail and gathered many tissues for further study. The days passed well in good company. It is always great to be there! Such a marvellous location. (Photo: 21 Jan 2025). @NENature_ Northumberland Wildlife Trust