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Tom Cadwallender

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‘I was much older then, I’m younger than that now!’ Birding the magnificent county of Northumberland, particularly walking my home patch of the Aln Estuary and environs. Combined with a little wanderlust.

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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 18h
Dunnock (Hedge Sparrow, Hedge Accentor) in a hedge near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pink-footed Goose have been arriving in Northumberland, from Iceland and Greenland, during the last couple of weeks or so.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Northern Wheatear, a few were moving south through the Northumberland coast yesterday.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Nip and a punch’ for the 1st of the month. Have a great October everyone.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#WonderfulWaderWednesday Hudsonian Whimbrel roosting in mangroves in Costa Rica
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tawny Eagle in Kenya.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Roadside Hawk in Brazil.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Little Egret at the Aln Estuary showing off its yellow feet.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Collared Dove near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A not so Red Knot at Seaton Point.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#BirdMigration White Storks resting in the desert around Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, before their onward journey south.
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LPO is calling for permanent shooting ban for #Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit. This would provide protection for thousands of both species that winter in and migrate through France. Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/b... Map shows tracks of Curlew returning from France to breed in UK.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘Tribes’ of Long-tailed Tits are now flitting through hedges, woods, and our gardens. This picture was taken between Hipsburn and Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday David, The wonderfully named Belcher’s Gull off the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rook gathering ‘cones’ from the mud of Aln Estuary.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meadow Pipit at Buston Links, near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Stoatally Different’ near Alnmouth.
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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This Whimbrel was at Boulmer tonight. Its the nearest I've seen to a chick! It cant be very old looking like this, I wonder where its from? #Northumberland #UKBirding @wadertales.bsky.social @markgolley.bsky.social @markaeaton.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘Plenty to Crow about’ Carrion Crow near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kestrel keeping an eye on food at Seaton Point.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#WonderfulWaderWednesday Bar-tailed Godwit at Seaton Point.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jackdaw ridge, near Seaton Point.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Feeding on the wing - Red-footed Falcon (not that you can tell, or perhaps you can).
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sokoke Scops Owl at the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in east Kenya.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
European Turtle Dove at Hauxley NR.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Black-tailed Godwit at the Aln Estuary. @wadertales.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday Inca Tern in Chile. This was one my top five ‘want to see’ species after seeing a picture in John Gooders mag ‘Birds of the World’ back in the 1970s. Finally got to see it in 2015. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dunlin at Seaton Point.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ruff at Seaton Point.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Little Stint at Seaton Point OTD in 2020.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Stonechat at Buston Links, near Alnmouth
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rosy-patched Bushshrike in Kenya. Taken with a Panasonic DMC FZ18.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kori Bustard in Kenya. Taken with a Panasonic Bridge camera.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#WonderfulWaderWednesday Crowned Plover in Kenya. Taken with a Panasonic Bridge camera in 2010.
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Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS) @bbs-birds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
(1/) It has been something of a Quail ‘year’ this year. This mysterious species is sometimes recorded on BBS squares, almost exclusively detected by its loud and distinctive ‘Wet My Lips!’ call that is typically delivered from deep cover. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social #Ornithology
A Quail is shown. It is small brown game bird with streaked plumage. It is perched on the ground.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Southern Ground Hornbill and Eastern Chanting Goshawk in Kenya
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Black Jacobin in Misiones, Argentina.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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A bird called a Redstart perches on top of a post, showing its bright orange-red underparts, grey upperparts and black face and bill. Wording above reads: We're hiring! Science Communications Manager.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Red-rumped Cacique in Iguazú National Park, Argentina.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Plush-crested Jay at Iguazú National Park, Argentina.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Moorhen, and chick at Buston Links.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vulturine Guineafowl in Kenya.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday Three terns, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian in Costa Rica. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Down from northern Scandinavia for the winter - a Curlew on the Aln Estuary.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Think this may be Methona themisto, common name Themisto amberwing near Iguazú Falls, Argentina.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Guira Cuckoo in eastern Brazil.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Savanna Hawks in central Brazil.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chotoy Spinetail in central Brazil.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Swallow-tailed Kite on migration through central Brazil.
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