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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From the Ministry of Funny Walks - one of two Buff-breasted Sandpipers on Unst today #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Canny Barred Warbler at Skaw, Unst this afternoon, rather obliging, as far as these beasties go #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nice views of the Juvvy Male Pallid Harrier on Unst this morning

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Super Shetland Surfie, Queen Eider and a juvvy Pallid Harrier - a canny start to our Shetland trip #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nice to find a Surf Scoter off Lerwick, next to a Queen Eider at one point - Champion🙂 #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bonny Curlew Sand on Holy Island's eastern shore yesterday #NEbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Male Southern Hawker at Gosforth NR last Sunday @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cause for the Emerald Dance today - Neham Ujumdar and I found a pair of Willow Emeralds at Gosforth NR and watched the female ovipositing on Willow stems, possibly the first naturalists to see this in Northumberland?! @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hemp Agrimony cutting the mustard locally - much appreciated by this Painted Lady and about 30 Red Admirals #butterflyconservation

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Chris Knox @budlebirder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thanks to Birdwatch magazine for their favourable review of my publication the Birds of Budle Bay. Copies are still available for anyone who would like to purchase one #NEbirding #BudleBay @alantilmouth.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Holy Island today, selected totals - GREENISH WARBLER, 8 Pied Fly, 6 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 4 Redstart, 1 Spot Fly, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler (Straight Lonnen), 7 Chiff, 12 Willow Warbler and a Wood Sandpiper #NEBirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Male Migrant Hawker showing in the brighter spells between showers at Gosforth Nature Reserve this afternoon #britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sheltered from the rain on North Ron with @yellowbrow.bsky.social last Friday - we were in excellent company! Many thanks to @georgenorthron.bsky.social @maddyhine.bsky.social and Anna Temple at @northronbirdobs.bsky.social for their magnificent help👏 #UKbirding #OrkneyBirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bit of a belter and worthy of celebration

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Southern Hawker at Gosforth NR, a female egg laying in the moss between gaps in the stones of the SUDS pond's gabion baskets @nenature.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Myathropa florea - Batman Hoverfly at Gosforth Nature Reserve today @nenature.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A pale bellied theme at Beal last Thursday #NEbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Volucella zonaria - Hornet Hoverfly, a male at Winlaton Mill, 19th July 2026

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Good numbers of Grayling on Holy Island yesterday

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

As a kid, I took House Sparrows, or Spuggies as we knew them, for granted. Then they pretty much disappeared locally but recently, there's been a few more around and their nostalgic, happy go lucky chirping, has returned. ..........and boy, do I appreciate them now! #NEbirding #birds

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Good to see a few Small Red-eyed Damselfly last Sunday at Clockburn Drift near Winlaton Mill, Gateshead #britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Normally, Holly Blues never stop in our garden. Today was not one of those days as a male briefly landed. Moreover, I managed to photograph it. I'd say that was a canny result, a result where the pale blues came off worse. An omen perhaps? 🤞

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

An Ancient Murrelet in the Bering Sea off Unalaska back in May this year - it was about 36 years since I’d seen one and that was the bird that graced Lundy #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Emperors bossing the water at Gosforth NR today, how a Hobby might change that dynamic!

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Basking in the 24hr sunshine at Barrow, Alaska, a familiar bird in less familiar plumage

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A bit of bonniness on the thawing tundra at Barrow, Alaska

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

An early Purple Hairstreak at Gosforth Nature Reserve today

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Bossing the SUDS ponds at Gosforth Nature Reserve

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Waiting for me on my return from Alaska was this brilliant book, ‘The Birds of Budle Bay’. It contains a complete list of the species recorded and their abundance in the area. To purchase a copy, DM @BudleBirder.bsky.social Highly recommended!

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Holy Island this morning - lots of fresh Dark Green Fritillary, a plethora of Orchids and at least 7 Quail of which 5 were singing birds #NEbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Vibrance on the Alaskan tundra's melting ice

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Just landed - in glorious technicolour

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Having a preen - almost in black and white

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A stellar experience for me on the melting ice pools of the coastal tundra of Alaska's Arctic Ocean's coastline

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A canny way away but great to see a large male Black Bear - Kenai, Alaska

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Beneath the crumbling face of a glacier in the Kenai Fjords, Alaska - a Kittlitz's Murrelet bobs about in its niche breeding habitat

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Canny Spectacled Eider, Safety Sound near Nome, Alaska

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Wonderful Northern Harrier near Nome, Alaska

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Wonderful to see a Grizzly with three cubs near Nome, Alaska

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A magical day around Nome, Alaska. A brief, singing but unseen Bristle-thighed Curlew subsequently showed itself in flight as it circled around us, too hard to get any photos and we sadly we couldn't relocate it. However, some of the day's supporting cast were more obliging

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Aleutian Tern, Nome, Alaska - another Northumberland record would be canny #NEBirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Arctic Warbler, Nome, Alaska - in a patch of Willow not too dissimilar to the Half Moon Slack

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Coals to Newcastle - a wonderful Merlin on the Denali Highway, Alaska - #NeBirding (sort of!)

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The Mighty St Paul’s in the Pribilofs, twinned with the Mighty Blyth, Northumberland - a bonny RnS showing nicely this afternoon on St Paul’s @yellowbrow.bsky.social @sudswatcher.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Some familiar places, and some less so, Unalaska yesterday @yellowbrow.bsky.social

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