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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
It is!
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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 · 02/05/2025
thats very magnanimous Graham, thank you.
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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
Fortunately, we are heading the other direction!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Now, steady on Stewart, we are now away for a couple of weeks, so no finding magas with that John lad! 😀😀🙄🙄
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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
Good luck for tonight, and I'm sorry we cant make it as we'll be heading off somewhere.
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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 · 10/04/2025
Shame, but let me know when you come back up, and we could possibly spend a bit of time. That is if you fancy it.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I remember Thursday Common, not been there in 25 year, at least. WW are in here now, so you should fill your boots. Get Kit to take you to the Cheviots for Ring Ouzel as they’ve just arrived.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Yes, a few, and loads of Sand Martins.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In the meantime, here is a picture from me taken during my morning walk this morning at Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
That would be very kind, Will.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Will, are they available to those unable to get to the Fyfe and Hector gig?
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Indeed. It rates with your company.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Rail Babbler would be nice!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
And I wanted to hang out with some cool dudes, but…
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Will, sadly, I’ll miss the gig as we are travelling to Malaysia.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Nice one Will. So are so talented!!
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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
Thank you Dan.
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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
Hope so.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Indeed it is Paul. And great spots are impossible these days on my Alnmouth patch! I used to get them in the garden!!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Hardly ever see, or hear them these days Paul.
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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
Nice! Enjoy your trip!
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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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