Stewart
@stewchat.bsky.social
Northumbrian Birder, Naturalist, fan of Ennion, RARichardson, Busby, Jarvis, McCanch, Wallace, Watkins-Pitchford and rarest of all, Notebook users... Local Patcher on the Northumberland coast.
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Stewart
@stewchat.bsky.social
· Dec 31
After years on the other place posting my #NotebookAnnual at New Year, this is a debut on Bluesky. Happy New Year all, have a bird and wildlife filled 2025.
#UKBirding #BirdArt #Northumberland
#UKBirding #BirdArt #Northumberland
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This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
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Snab Point, Northumberland - is this a Sab's? Help! #NEbirding #UKbirding
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Snab Point, Northumberland - is this a Sab's? Help! #NEbirding #UKbirding
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One of the Bluethroat at South Gare
#TeesBirds #NEbirding
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#TeesBirds #NEbirding
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One of the Bluethroat at South Gare
#TeesBirds #NEbirding
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
#TeesBirds #NEbirding
#birds #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography
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Eastern Black Redstart at the point near the green beacon.
Pic: T Willoughby.
#spurnbirds
@rarebirder.bsky.social
Pic: T Willoughby.
#spurnbirds
@rarebirder.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Eastern Black Redstart at the point near the green beacon.
Pic: T Willoughby.
#spurnbirds
@rarebirder.bsky.social
Pic: T Willoughby.
#spurnbirds
@rarebirder.bsky.social
Well that's the Robinson retired for winter. Will try any mild day in January for Early Moth but it'll be Valentines Day before we start again.. Some of my best of 2025... #Teammoth#Northumberland
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Well that's the Robinson retired for winter. Will try any mild day in January for Early Moth but it'll be Valentines Day before we start again.. Some of my best of 2025... #Teammoth#Northumberland
3hrs #seawatch #LocalPatch
Pinkfeet 145 S
Shelduck 2 N
Wigeon 21 N 1 S
Teal 2 N
Common Scoter 107 N
Velvet Scoter 4 N
Long t Duck 4 N drakes
Goosander 1 drake N
Little Gull 5 N 1 S
Kittiwake 14 + N
Red t Diver 9 N 32 S
Fulmar 7
Gannet 22 N
Snow Bunting 7 S.
#Lowcarbonbirding
Pinkfeet 145 S
Shelduck 2 N
Wigeon 21 N 1 S
Teal 2 N
Common Scoter 107 N
Velvet Scoter 4 N
Long t Duck 4 N drakes
Goosander 1 drake N
Little Gull 5 N 1 S
Kittiwake 14 + N
Red t Diver 9 N 32 S
Fulmar 7
Gannet 22 N
Snow Bunting 7 S.
#Lowcarbonbirding
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
3hrs #seawatch #LocalPatch
Pinkfeet 145 S
Shelduck 2 N
Wigeon 21 N 1 S
Teal 2 N
Common Scoter 107 N
Velvet Scoter 4 N
Long t Duck 4 N drakes
Goosander 1 drake N
Little Gull 5 N 1 S
Kittiwake 14 + N
Red t Diver 9 N 32 S
Fulmar 7
Gannet 22 N
Snow Bunting 7 S.
#Lowcarbonbirding
Pinkfeet 145 S
Shelduck 2 N
Wigeon 21 N 1 S
Teal 2 N
Common Scoter 107 N
Velvet Scoter 4 N
Long t Duck 4 N drakes
Goosander 1 drake N
Little Gull 5 N 1 S
Kittiwake 14 + N
Red t Diver 9 N 32 S
Fulmar 7
Gannet 22 N
Snow Bunting 7 S.
#Lowcarbonbirding
On Alan Carr's Picture Slam earlier. A picture came up. The answer given, was Walrus. The contestant thought again and said Baby Seal.
Correct answer was.....
Cuttlefish!
I shit you not 😐.
Correct answer was.....
Cuttlefish!
I shit you not 😐.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
On Alan Carr's Picture Slam earlier. A picture came up. The answer given, was Walrus. The contestant thought again and said Baby Seal.
Correct answer was.....
Cuttlefish!
I shit you not 😐.
Correct answer was.....
Cuttlefish!
I shit you not 😐.
I don't think this will be a Waxwing winter. In proper years I'd have seen some by now locally. They always arrive between Halloween and Bonfire night... watch this space...🤔
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don't think this will be a Waxwing winter. In proper years I'd have seen some by now locally. They always arrive between Halloween and Bonfire night... watch this space...🤔
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My all time favorite garden bird, the long-tailed tit. They are just such cute little fluffballs, their beaks so tiny it´s almost ridiculous. Had to paint these little critters in my Steamline Journal!
Watercolor and a bit of colored pencil
#birdart #birdpainting #animalsketchbook #steamlineluggage
Watercolor and a bit of colored pencil
#birdart #birdpainting #animalsketchbook #steamlineluggage
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My all time favorite garden bird, the long-tailed tit. They are just such cute little fluffballs, their beaks so tiny it´s almost ridiculous. Had to paint these little critters in my Steamline Journal!
Watercolor and a bit of colored pencil
#birdart #birdpainting #animalsketchbook #steamlineluggage
Watercolor and a bit of colored pencil
#birdart #birdpainting #animalsketchbook #steamlineluggage
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Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Found another, from Newbiggin, that's 5... also my first in note form, at Druridge...I'm glad to see my drawing has improved since then! A lesson for those who say they can't draw...🙂
#fieldnotes #rare #Northumberland
#fieldnotes #rare #Northumberland
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Found another, from Newbiggin, that's 5... also my first in note form, at Druridge...I'm glad to see my drawing has improved since then! A lesson for those who say they can't draw...🙂
#fieldnotes #rare #Northumberland
#fieldnotes #rare #Northumberland
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Lesser White-fronted Geese - framed ready for my exhibition. A flock of 24 painted at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk in Jan 2025 and one of the highlights of the year. @wildkenhill.bsky.social
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Lesser White-fronted Geese - framed ready for my exhibition. A flock of 24 painted at Ken Hill Marsh, Norfolk in Jan 2025 and one of the highlights of the year. @wildkenhill.bsky.social
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
details jamesmccallum.co.uk
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The spring wasn’t much better! I’m just completing my 25th year on east coast islands and this has been the worse. Dreadful.
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The spring wasn’t much better! I’m just completing my 25th year on east coast islands and this has been the worse. Dreadful.
Back in August I hoped that days South wind wouldn't stick til November. Well, it did, making this autumn pretty near the bottom of the league. Now, as winter starts, no doubt it will be a mild, wet and windy one.. 🤔
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Back in August I hoped that days South wind wouldn't stick til November. Well, it did, making this autumn pretty near the bottom of the league. Now, as winter starts, no doubt it will be a mild, wet and windy one.. 🤔
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Top detour thanks to Great Bustard Group on way back from some non-birdy doings down south- these two big boyz on Salisbury Plain standing tall in sluicing rain I guess so water doesn't puddle on their mighty backs #BirdArt
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Top detour thanks to Great Bustard Group on way back from some non-birdy doings down south- these two big boyz on Salisbury Plain standing tall in sluicing rain I guess so water doesn't puddle on their mighty backs #BirdArt
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RED-BACKED SHRIKE - An adult from the spring, watercolour on Arches paper for the cover of a publication. #birds #ukbirding #birdart
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
RED-BACKED SHRIKE - An adult from the spring, watercolour on Arches paper for the cover of a publication. #birds #ukbirding #birdart
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Birding in the Cairgorm National Park - Common Crossbills, Crested tits, distant Ptarmigan - and a not so distant Capercaillie! #Highlandbirds
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Birding in the Cairgorm National Park - Common Crossbills, Crested tits, distant Ptarmigan - and a not so distant Capercaillie! #Highlandbirds
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Boom! All the 'red-tailed shrikes' done in Suffolk this year with Isabelline Shrike at N Warren this afternoon. Made sweeter as it is a grip back for me too, having missed the previous birds. No matter what anyone says to me, I can't see such pale birds not being isabellinus
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Boom! All the 'red-tailed shrikes' done in Suffolk this year with Isabelline Shrike at N Warren this afternoon. Made sweeter as it is a grip back for me too, having missed the previous birds. No matter what anyone says to me, I can't see such pale birds not being isabellinus
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@teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social OBP
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Proof lightning does strike twice. @beidaihebirder.bsky.social found the second Dusky Warbler at Aylestone Meadows, 100m from the site of the Christmas Eve 2021 bird. Proved patchworking works. #vc55birds #ukbirding
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Proof lightning does strike twice. @beidaihebirder.bsky.social found the second Dusky Warbler at Aylestone Meadows, 100m from the site of the Christmas Eve 2021 bird. Proved patchworking works. #vc55birds #ukbirding
A few in the garden overnight Delicate 1 only my 2nd ever
Nov agg 2
December 2
Feathered Thorn 1
Angle Shades 1
Red green Carpet 1
Square spot Rustic 1
LBAM 1
#Northumberland #teammoth
Nov agg 2
December 2
Feathered Thorn 1
Angle Shades 1
Red green Carpet 1
Square spot Rustic 1
LBAM 1
#Northumberland #teammoth
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A few in the garden overnight Delicate 1 only my 2nd ever
Nov agg 2
December 2
Feathered Thorn 1
Angle Shades 1
Red green Carpet 1
Square spot Rustic 1
LBAM 1
#Northumberland #teammoth
Nov agg 2
December 2
Feathered Thorn 1
Angle Shades 1
Red green Carpet 1
Square spot Rustic 1
LBAM 1
#Northumberland #teammoth
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Sketch book Grackle, Calshot, Hants - a bird with plenty of character #Boat-tailedGrackle
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sketch book Grackle, Calshot, Hants - a bird with plenty of character #Boat-tailedGrackle
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November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A phrase that might be a total one off to me?
Pallid Swift gone past Nicodemus Knob - lost to sight heading south - per Nick Hopper
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A phrase that might be a total one off to me?