Buff-fronted Owl NW Argentina Jan 24 was a heart stopper!

Dark-eyed Junco in a small garden at Hartlepool this morning was a surprise addition to the county list!

Joe Tobias GMKirwan Ian Mills Toby Austin The roast chicken on a bed of special Puli creamy rice was awesome. The Pork Belly bacon was the best I've ever had. The vegetable and mushroom stew which we cooked ourselves was superb. I could get into foodie/birding trips 😋

Four endemics from our January trip to NW Argentina, clockwise Salinas Monjita, Yellow-striped Brush Finch, Sandy Gallito and Tucuman Mountain Finch.

A fine male Redstart at Boldon Flats this morning.

Male Indigo Bunting in a Whitburn garden coming to feeders. Another shocking new bird for the county!

Another great day in the Mubwindi swamp bwindi impenetrable national park Uganda as we watched 2pairs of Grauer's broadbill, three Grauer's swamp warbler this Rwenzori batis ( batis diops) kept sing for us. Life of birding. Ian Mills Long Nab Birder 🇵🇸 John Lee Steven Wignill .

Delighted to finally see Buff- bellied Owl at Finca la Montana on our trip to Argentina.

Just had to get my back garden pub sign into the act.

No sign of Whinchat in Trow Quarry, late afternoon. Ian Mills However it or a different bird seen distantly on the Mound. Sadly heavy footfall and pawfall meant the bird did not hang around. Durham Bird Club

1/4. The light was awful, it was very windy, the birds are distant, there were regular flushes etc etc. Anyway, mega gull-sesh at the flooded field opp. SAFC Academy this a.m., starting with these - 2cy Glauc and an awesome 2cy Glauc x Herring. Peter Collins Ian Mills

Do you remember these from Ecuador Ian Mills

3cy mich currently at the Flats Peter Collins Barry Stidolph Ian Mills

2/4 One of two 3cy Casps, this one a huge and impressive beast Ian Mills Peter Collins

One of two 2cy Casps, the other was the bird present yesterday p.m. Ian Mills Peter Collins

Ian Mills Did anyone else look at that one & think of Dennis Healey ? 🤓

4/4... and 3 1cy Casps, inc 1 of yesterday's birds. This is a really dinky one. Plus the 1cy presumed Casp x Herring again, 2 LBbs and a Rock Pipit Peter Collins Ian Mills

It’s absolutely outstanding out there. #Sunderland folk get yourself to the coast and find somewhere dark. And look to the north and east. #Auroraborealis