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Tom Cadwallender

@tomcad.bsky.social
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“I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now!” And birding in Alnmouth, the county of Northumberland and beyond, is my game.

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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ Foxton Bend, Alnmouth, #Northumberland this bright sunny morning.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
A rare bird on the Alnmouth patch is the Whinchat, thanks to Ian Fisher for the shout. Here is a poor, but i think atmospheric, record shot.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"Orange is the happiest colour” Sum Plum Bar-tailed Godwit at Boulmer #Northumberland, yesterday. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The bird I wanted to see most on our recent trip to Malaysia was this, the Rail Babbler. This bird lives deep in the rain forest, easily heard but hard to see. Even though it was very tricky lighting, I feel I was very lucky to have got a picture of it, one out of a series 25!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
‘Is that Tom over here?, Where?’ #SuperSeabirdSunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social Puffins on the #Northumberland coast.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"Abra-Ca-Dabra" Sunrise over Coquetmouth, Amble #Northumberland
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
‘Take it Easy’ morning over Alnmouth Bay, #Northumberland
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A smart male Shoveler a rare, but regular breeder, on the Aln Estuary #Northumberland. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
‘Heart of Gold’ early morning light in north #Northumberland
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Mountain Hare, on a mountain in Scotland.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sandwich Terns are now returning to their #Northumberland breeding haunts. #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Ringed Plover on the beach at Boulmer, #Northumberland #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A fine male Ring-necked Duck on Hedgeley GP, #Northumberland, in super light yesterday morning. #nebirding #ukbirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
"Livin' on the Edge" First light in rural #Northumberland
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
On a riverbank nearby!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Rufous-crested coquette at Moyobamba, Peru. #birdsoftheworld #birding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Sanderling on the Boulmer shore. #Northumberland. #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#SuperSeabirdSunday If I had a favourite bird the Razorbill could be a contender, but I don’t. Soon to be seen on a cliff on the magnificent Northumberland coast, and plenty offshore presently! @steelyseabirder.bsky.social #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Marsh Tit (hard bird to get around these days), Dipper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, several Swallows, and 25-30 Sandmartins along the river Aln near Lesbury. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Bar-tailed Godwit at Boulmer, #Northumberland #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Utterly impressed at seeing (just) White-tailed Ptarmigan on the slopes of Colorado. These Ptarmigan are famous for being virtually invisible when you can’t see them! 😀😀
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Magnificent restoration of Carliol House in Newcastle. I first went there for an interview, in 1967, with the Gas Board, as was!! Fortunately, I didn’t get the job, otherwise life would have been so, so different.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
What’s down when it’s up, and up when it’s down? = The crest on a Lapwings head. #ukbirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
‘All You Need Is Love’ Alnmouth Bay, #Northumberland.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The amazing Marvelous spatuletail, restricted to a small range in Peru. #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A nip and a punch for the first of the month! Happy April, and don’t get fooled today.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Fourteen years ago today a new era was dawning for me, I was leaving the welcoming family of ‘Protected Landscapes’ - Northumberland coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and joining the ranks of a freelancer! What an adventure? Thank you to all my ex colleagues and new ones and Muriel.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Towards Virabhadrasana for Ringo on the #Northumberland coast. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
'It won't be long' #SuperSeabirdSunday before Roseate Terns are back on the #Northumberland coast, David @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
It won’t be long for this!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Black-necked Stint in Peru back on this day in 2018. #wonderfulwaders #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
More Super Whoopers on the Aln Estuary, #Northumberland #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Super Whoopers! Aln Estuary, #Northumberland #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Striped Owl in Costa Rica.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Bar-tailed Godwits at Boulmer, #Northumberland. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ Alnmouth Bay from Alnmouth, #Northumberland
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Black Redstart at Boulmer on the #Northumberland coast. Certainly not the most colourful but certainly one of the most elusive! #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Ringed Plover on the beach in #Northumberland #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
‘A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You.’ Afternoon light from Seaton Point, #Northumberland
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Male Goosander on the River Aln at Lesbury, #Northumberland #nebirding #birdsoftheworld #birding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
‘Monday, Monday’ early start to the day as the sun rises above Alnmouth Bay, #Northumberland.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Two rare and contrasting year ticks on my Alnmouth to Boulmer #patch this morning - Coot and Black Redstart. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Grey Heron taking a breaking from nesting duties on #Northumberland coast. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#SuperSeabirdsSunday Wintering Slender-billed Gulls in The Gambia, David @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Still plenty of Tree Sparrows coming into our #Northumberland coast garden today. #ukbirding #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This Red-breasted Merganser certainly wasn’t Floundering on the River Aln at Alnmouth #Northumberland #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman dies aged 76
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Dipper on the River Aln at Lesbury, #Northumberland. #nebirding
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy St Cuthbert’s Day. #nebirding #ukbirding #birding #birdsoftheworld
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
‘A toot for a hoot’. Spectacled Owl on this day in Costa Rica in 2023. #birding #owls #birdsoftheworld
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