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Cait Searl

@caitsearl.bsky.social
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Doctor, keen amateur photographer of bees, birds & whatever, gardener & Mam to @ben-cat.bsky.social, living in North East England but Scottish to the core!

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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
And the annual 'how many rowan berries can a blackbird get in its beak at one time' competition has begun. Its a good crop this year & so far just 2 pairs of blackbirds have turned up to enjoy the feast. #wildlifegarden #birdphotography #birdwatching
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Its #MallardMonday so here is a handsome drake to start the week with. #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
Mallard drake with head in profile
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Another dunnock for #SparrowSunday in the Magic Garden. #birds #birding #birdwatching 🦉🪶
Duunock
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#blog #gardening #cat #photography www.caitsearlphotography.com/bens-magic-garden/sunday642025
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Sunday — Cait Searl Photography
Today has been lovely and sunny but with a chilly bite to the air with winds off the North Sea. The insect life is becoming more apparent again with a mix of bumblebees, hoverflies and flies enjoying ...
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A spot of yoga to start the week for #MallardMonday! #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching 🦉🪶
mallard drake with foot to head
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
A dunnock in amongst the sprouting leaves in the Magic Garden for #SparrowSunday. #birds 🦉🪶
Dunnock bird in a tree with sprouting leaves
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Bangamaine & I had a lovely afternoon enjoying the sun in the Magic Garden #blog #gardening #cat #photography www.caitsearlphotography.com/bens-magic-garden/sunday3032025
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Sunday — Cait Searl Photography
The clocks have gone forward and we were treated to an extra hour in the Magic Garden. Today was about enjoying the garden and a bit of tidying & putting supports in. Ben enjoyed the sunshine &amp...
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
#blog #photography #wildlifegardening www.caitsearlphotography.com/bens-magic-garden/sunny-tuesday2532025
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Sunny Tuesday — Cait Searl Photography
It has been a really lovely day today. I got the washing dry today which is a first for this spring. I planted out some wildflower plugs today around the pond while the solar fountain worked its magic...
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Starting the week off again with #MallardMonday #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography 🦉🪶
Mallard ducks
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Flapping their way into the weekend #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding #birds 🦉🪶
Canadian geese
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Stonechats at RSPB Saltholme #birds #birding #birdphotography 🦉🪶
female stonechatmale stonechat
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Great Crested Grebe at RSPB Saltholme yesterday #birds #birding 🦉🪶
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Happy afternoon at RSPB Saltholme watching the lapwings dance. #birdwatching #birdphotography #WildlifeWednesday #birds 🦉🪶
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Skylarks were busy announcing spring's arrival in the remaining fields in North Tyneside. #birdwatching #Spring2025 #birds 🦉🪶
Eurasian skylarkSkylark in sky
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
A house sparrow hiding in the hedgerow today for #SparrowSunday. #birdphotography #birdwatching #birds 🦉🪶
house sparrow in hedge
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A pair of blue tits on the peanuts for #TwosDay in the Magic Garden. #birds 🦉🪶
A pair of blue tit birds on a peanuts wire birdfeeeder
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I think she was making her feelings plain in Leazes Park today for #MallardMonday. #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching 🦉🪶
Two drakes and a female mallard duck - the female is flapping her wings at the drakes
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Beautiful red sunrise today- hoping the shepherd’s warning is of metro delays only. #sunrise #Monday
Red sky at sunrise
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A trio of dunnocks in the Magic Garden for #SparrowSunday. #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
DunnockDunnockDunnock
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
No hedgehogs out & about yet in the Magic Garden to film but I've set the cameras up ready. The blackbirds are the main stars so far & have been enjoying splashing around & washing in the water bowls. This one seemed to be jumping in an awkward formal dance. #birdwatching #birds #wildlifegarden 🦉🪶
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Having a splashing time! Here's my contribution for #MallardMonday @rookman.bsky.social #birds #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Mallard drake splashing in water
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
No sparrows in the Magic Garden so one of the dunnocks instead for #SparrowSunday. #birds #wildlifegarden #birdphotography #birdwatching 🦉🪶
dunnock perched
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A drake & his reflection for #MallardMonday #birdphotography #birdwatching #birds 🦉🪶
A mallard drake and his reflection
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A dunnock in the Winter border to celebrate #SparrowSunday. #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
Dunnock in front of a red dogwood
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The goldfinches weren't nervous of me but were watching the male blackbird who has become a bit territorial about the bird feeders & the back fence. #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifegarden 🦉🪶
goldfinches on bird feeder
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A rather jaunty redshank providing a bright spot of colour in this gloomy weather. #WaderWednesday #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching 🦉🪶
A redshank on the edge of water
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A pair of sparrows for #TwosDay. #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
2 House sparrows perched on a hedge
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
No mallards in evidence when I was out with the camera yesterday so here's one of the tufties who were gracing Tynemouth boating pool for #MallardMonday. #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography 🦉🪶
Tufty drake duck
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I spent some time the Magic Garden today & Ben came to keep me company & to check on his nip. #blog #photography #gardening #wildlifegarden www.caitsearlphotography.com/bens-magic-g...
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Feeling spring in the air — Cait Searl Photography
It was a feeling cold out today and the air was damp. I had a final hellebore to plant into the winter border - a lovely rose coloured one to fill in the gap at the back. I removed a self seed & h...
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I'm up to 6 dunnocks now in the Magic Garden with a couple who are so used to me that they ignore me totally but they keep a beady eye on Ben if he comes outside. #SparrowSunday #wildlifegarden #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
Dunnock perched on black elder twig
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A wee blue tit braving the cold in the Magic Garden. #birds #birdwatching #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Blue tit perched on fence
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
No mallards today so heres a bashful tufty for #MallardMonday. #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
Male tufty duck
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Happy #SparrowSunday! A wee dunnock brightening the Magic Garden. #birdphotography #birdwatching #birds 🦉🪶
A dunnock perched on a twig
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Sometimes the way ahead is not always clearly seen. Here's a buzzard intent on finding some remaining hedgerow in North Tyneside for #FlyDay. #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Buzzard flying into a hedgerow
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Another week, another drake for #MallardMonday. #birdphotography #birdwatching #birds #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Drake mallard duck
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A dunnock in my winter border in the Magic Garden for #SparrowSunday. #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
dunnock bird  with primroses in front and a red dogwood behind
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
#gardening #photography #macrophotography #blog www.caitsearlphotography.com/bens-magic-g...
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Another Saturday after another storm — Cait Searl Photography
Another set of gales and chilly weather but spring is becoming more of a suggestion. Today I planted out more supermarket primroses, the last of the allium bulbs and refilled the bird feeders. The sno...
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Love a robin! #birds #birdphotography #UKBirding 🦉🪶
robin
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Not quite dancing on ice: a turnstone for #WadersWednesday! #birds #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Turnstone
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Today's most numerous visitors to the seed feeders were the goldfinches. #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Goldfinch on a twig
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Just a quick check of the feathers for #MallardMonday! #birds #UKBirding 🦉🪶
Mallard drake on pond checking his feathers
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Have to admit the #birdwatching was a little disappointing today but I was pleased to see a wee flock of linnets in the field beyond Rake Lane, North Tyneside. #birdphotography #birds
9 linnet birds in a hedge against a blue sky
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The Tynemouth Priory kestrel enjoying the sunshine for #FlyDay. #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography 🦉🪶
Kestrel in flightkestrel sitting in grasskestrel perched on lamp post
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Moving on to real estate! The Beach Road Tynemouth kestrel is clearly inspecting local properties! #birdwatching #birdphotography #UKBirding #birds 🪶🦉
kestrel perched on top of a birdhouse
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Two Tynemouth purple sandpipers for #WadersWednesday. #birdwatching #birdphotography #WildlifeWednesday #birds 🦉🪶
Purple sandpipers
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
A pair of stonechats for #TwosDay. #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birds #UKBirding 🦉🪶
A pair of stonechats sitting on a metal railing fence
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Pleased to see some fieldfares locally in North Tyneside - has thought I was going to miss out on this treat this winter. #birdwatching #birds #UKBirding 🦉🪶
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Another week starts so its #MallardMonday. #birdwatching #birdphotography #UKBirding #birds 🦉🪶
Mallard drake
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Tonight's #FullMoon was shining through cloud creating a corona. Ben came out to moon-worship with me but we both resisted the urge to howl or yowl at the #WolfMoon. #moonphotography 🎑🐺
Full MoonFull moon with corona
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Cait Searl @caitsearl.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
It's still pretty chilly here. The dunnocks don't seem put off by the frost though. #SparrowSunday #birdwatching #birdphotography #birds 🦉🪶
Dunnock standing on frosty fencepost
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