Nice summer plumaged Barwit and juv Med gull from South Shields. Tern and wader numbers slowly increasing #patchbirding

My grand daughter just found this in the garden. Nearest I can get is Old Lady but happy to be corrected

It's always struck me as strange that cutting of trees and bushes after March is strongly discouraged to protect breeding birds, but you can do as much damage as you want with a mower. Not much left of this Stonechat territory in Trow Quarry #nebirding

Busy over the garden at dawn today Redwings Fieldfare and Brambling #vismig #nocmig

Nice Covovulus Hawkmoth in the Souter moth trap this morning

Singles of Spot fly, Willow warbler, Wheatear and Stonechat (locally bred?) in Trow Quarry this morning