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.
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
Why didn't you lift it onto the water? They're as placid as can be in the hand...I found this juv in the woods and drove it back to it's pond in my car boot...
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Why didn't you lift it onto the water? They're as placid as can be in the hand...I found this juv in the woods and drove it back to it's pond in my car boot...
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...🤔
Drawn in the field and some colour added back home...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Drawn in the field and some colour added back home...
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
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.. 🤔
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If it's good enough for young Rupert it's good enough for Bedlington...
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If it's good enough for young Rupert it's good enough for Bedlington...
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Compare the two together. CS with neatly scalloped upper parts obviously white supercillium with darker border. Dunlin, bland plain face other than darker lores.
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Compare the two together. CS with neatly scalloped upper parts obviously white supercillium with darker border. Dunlin, bland plain face other than darker lores.
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Humpback is on my patch list too ....🙂
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Humpback is on my patch list too ....🙂
An hour seawatch on the #LocalPatch this morning had -
Long t Duck drake 1 S
Sooty Shear 1 N
Great N Diver 1 N
Red t Diver 4 N
Arctic Skua 1 N
Common Scoter 1 N
Little Gull 7 N
Otherwise quiet.
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
Long t Duck drake 1 S
Sooty Shear 1 N
Great N Diver 1 N
Red t Diver 4 N
Arctic Skua 1 N
Common Scoter 1 N
Little Gull 7 N
Otherwise quiet.
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
An hour seawatch on the #LocalPatch this morning had -
Long t Duck drake 1 S
Sooty Shear 1 N
Great N Diver 1 N
Red t Diver 4 N
Arctic Skua 1 N
Common Scoter 1 N
Little Gull 7 N
Otherwise quiet.
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
Long t Duck drake 1 S
Sooty Shear 1 N
Great N Diver 1 N
Red t Diver 4 N
Arctic Skua 1 N
Common Scoter 1 N
Little Gull 7 N
Otherwise quiet.
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
True, but Id hate to hand back an empty pyjama case after she's ragged it. We do a patrol to make sure they aren't hiding then she can have a play.
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
True, but Id hate to hand back an empty pyjama case after she's ragged it. We do a patrol to make sure they aren't hiding then she can have a play.
24/10/99 the 2nd ( I think?) Black faced Bunting for Britain spent one afternoon in weeds behind Woodhorn Church, Newbiggin. Found by the late great Jimmy Steele.
#Northumberland #UKBirding
#Northumberland #UKBirding
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
24/10/99 the 2nd ( I think?) Black faced Bunting for Britain spent one afternoon in weeds behind Woodhorn Church, Newbiggin. Found by the late great Jimmy Steele.
#Northumberland #UKBirding
#Northumberland #UKBirding
Around the #LocalPatch today, 3 YBWs, a very late Willow Warbler, 2 Willow Tit, Woodcock, 6 Little Gulls, 9 Whooper Swans, 145 Pinkfeet, 18 Crossbills, 18 Siskins, 11 Redpolls, drake Pintail. Not bad...except for my dire photos.
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Around the #LocalPatch today, 3 YBWs, a very late Willow Warbler, 2 Willow Tit, Woodcock, 6 Little Gulls, 9 Whooper Swans, 145 Pinkfeet, 18 Crossbills, 18 Siskins, 11 Redpolls, drake Pintail. Not bad...except for my dire photos.
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
#Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
My only Tissue, much bigger than expected, hiding almost under the trap...
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My only Tissue, much bigger than expected, hiding almost under the trap...
Our lovely Peggy came from @dogstrust.bsky.social when she was 4. Now 12, she runs our household.. 😊
October 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our lovely Peggy came from @dogstrust.bsky.social when she was 4. Now 12, she runs our household.. 😊
Another, fresher, Pearly Underwing was good but rarer still was only my 3rd record of Streak. #Northumberland #Teammoth
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Another, fresher, Pearly Underwing was good but rarer still was only my 3rd record of Streak. #Northumberland #Teammoth
6th Oct, my 5th Pearly Underwing was the highlight and here is a better picture of the Delicate from the previous night too.
52/21 #teammoth #Northumberland VC68
52/21 #teammoth #Northumberland VC68
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
6th Oct, my 5th Pearly Underwing was the highlight and here is a better picture of the Delicate from the previous night too.
52/21 #teammoth #Northumberland VC68
52/21 #teammoth #Northumberland VC68
What's happened to the Frosted Orange? The rise fall, rise and fall again. 17 yrs in my North Northumberland garden. Need more Thistles!
#teammoth
#teammoth
October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What's happened to the Frosted Orange? The rise fall, rise and fall again. 17 yrs in my North Northumberland garden. Need more Thistles!
#teammoth
#teammoth