Early reports suggest that Little Tern has enjoyed a successful breeding season in parts of Britain in 2023, despite many seabird colonies being devastated by bird flu

https://www.birdguides.com/news/early-signs-of-successful-little-tern-breeding-season/

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Free gif(t) for any birders (or birder-adjacent folk) who need a skeptical, go-to #gif for "completely nondescript."

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HxwPH4gvkB2Myb9dwUfqpBfgXwraPKv/view?usp=drivesdk

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Unlike my beloved juniper #titmouse, which is described in my guide as "possibly the plainest bird in North America" 🤦, this oak titmouse (who popped out on the trail yesterday to say hi, as these charmers are wont to do) is merely "completely nondescript" 🙄.

Silly assessments aside, here is a wonderful (and equally beloved) little bird I saw yesterday (and "somehow" managed to describe with #AltText) 😄.

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Goswick/Beal Marshes (landward side of coastal path) #LindisfarneNNR #NorthumberlandCoast
09:15-15:15
#ukbirds #britishbirds

Of possible interest to #BirdGuides
Twite 41

The nerdy stuff

Pink-footed Goose 1250+
Barnacle Goose 575+
Mute Swan 14
Golden Plover 380+
Lapwing 406
Curlew 146
Snipe 1
Buzzard 1 weird looking pale phase bird
Rook 49
Stonechat 1
Yellowhammer 2
Reed Bunting 2

A quiet dreary day

Goswick/Beal Marshes, #LindisfarneNNR #britishbirds #ukbirds 11:20 to 15:30 02/01/2023

Of possible interest to #BirdGuides
Twite 2 - at Longbridge End sluice
Jack Snipe 1 - on fresh marsh

Of general interest and a bit nerdy (all birds on fresh marsh)
Greylag Goose 40+
Pink-footed Goose 70+
Dark-bellied Brent Goose 1
Pale-bellied Brent Goose 4
Barnacle Goose 850+
European Golden Plover 1000+
Northern Lapwing 900+
Eurasian Curlew 1000+
Little Egret 1
Skylark 6
Greenfinch 2
Snow Bunting 1