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Tom Cadwallender

@tomcadwallender.bsky.social
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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 · 3h
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay Lesser Spotted Eagle migrating south through Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve, Egypt.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 3h
Whooper Swans, here from Iceland, near Lesbury.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 3h
Redwing, a recent arrival from Scandinavia enjoying hawthorn berries near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Bird on a Wire’ Starling in Lesbury.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What felt like 1000s of ‘Northern’ Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) were migrating S and west through Estonia this time last year.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Female Eider on the Aln Estuary.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
European Honey Buzzard migrating south through the Red Sea nature reserve of Ras Mohamed, Egypt.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Short-toed Snake Eagle migrating south through the Red Sea nature reserve of Ras Mohamed, Egypt.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#WonderfulWaderWednesday Grey Plover on the Aln Estuary.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks Rob
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Great Spotted Woodpecker in Lesbury
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A half asleep Long-eared Owl in a thicket near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Catch the Wind” Early morning over the Aln Estuary.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tree Sparrow in our Hipsburn garden, Northumberland.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goldcrest, many of these tiny birds are currently on migration from Fennoscandia to join the UK population for winter. This one near Alnmouth. Along with Firecrest these are the smallest of European birds.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#SuperSeabirdSunday Great Cormorants in The Gambia. These must be the white-breasted sub-species David? @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
‘I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now’ India 1981.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you Rob
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dunnock (Hedge Sparrow, Hedge Accentor) in a hedge near Alnmouth.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy birthday Peggy.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you Rob.
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wonderful! One of my favourite sounds!
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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
I got a brief view of the Shore Lark Mark, then it disappeared again.
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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
Thank you Rob
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank you.
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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
Yes, it’s mine. Thank you
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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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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very good question!
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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At least you appreciated them Fred.
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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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