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Could well be couldn’t it, if they’re any half decent images of the Whitburn bird, the stage of the moult should easily confirm it.

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You never know but you’ll have to check the Boating Lake before the Supertankers set sail 😂

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I think that Wigeon was on the Wetland Fri evening for what it’s worth! Maybe something totally unexpected might turn up, a Nighthawk in Priors would do nicely!!

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Moulting juv Spotted Redshank roosting on the foreshore @ SMI this morning before relocating to the nearby wetland and still present this evening. A bit of a local rarity these days. #NEbirding

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A dusting of drift migrants around SMI yesterday included a handful of Pied Fly’s, Redstart and a Lesser Whitethroat. All welcome additions to the patch year list! #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Doing exactly the same on the patch this this morning. You got lucky, look at the clip of this one at SMI today, heavily in moult. It couldn’t even muster a tail!!

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And another, when the Green Sand momentarily settled in front of the stone viewing wall. #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My favourite sound of the autumn, this Green Sand paid a welcome brief visit to SMI Wetland this morning #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Scarcer than hen’s teeth around here, this 2CY YLG was off the prom @ SMI this evening #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We strimmed the island and viewpoints yesterday on SMI Wetland and while at it lowered the water level to reveal some mud. Bingo, we got a Greenshank this morning! #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

First juv Casp of the season off the prom @ SMI this morning. #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Another one of the fab Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater, sheltering out of the rain only a few metres away. #UKbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The Fast Action Response Team finally got into gear and made it up to a damp North Ron yesterday. Big thanks to the super helpful @maddyhine.bsky.social and @georgegayl.bsky.social for steering us in the right direction. #UKbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Very true, but all views count!

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ha, of course you do sausage!

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Not to my understanding, a one day wonder by the look of it!

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Delighted to catch up with the Sooty Tern at Coquet Island yesterday evening, happy days! #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Incoming! A group of 23 Black-tailed Godwits dropped in to SMI Wetland yesterday evening. The month’s highlight thus far… #NEbirding

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American Three-toed Woodpecker in an Anchorage park. Not an easy bird to catch up with. #Birding

Drake Lesser Scaup in central Anchorage #Birding

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Solitary Sandpiper breeding alongside Lesser Yellowlegs and Wilson’s Snipe in a central Alaskan bog. Just like a canny day on the Scillies! #Birding

Fem Pacific Golden Plover in breeding habitat on the coastal tundra at Nome, conversely the American Goldie’s seemed to favour higher elevations. #Birding

Stunning Myrtle Warbler along the Old Denali Highway #Birding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Back to sifting thro Alaskan pics now that the world cup is almost done. Glaucous-winged Gull from Dutch Harbor, premier league gullage! #Birding

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Long long long overdue. Hadn’t realised you’d thrown a brick at it before I could get there! 😂

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Rusty Blackbird in a central Alaskan bog. The species is suffering a devastating population decline, a grim fact I was unaware of at the time of the sighting. #Birding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Assumption correct, tho I believe it strayed out of North Tyneside to Holywell earlier this week!

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The wandering Welsh Reef Heron had us up the creek at Sandy Haven last week. My first Brit ✅ since Nov 2024. At this rate I should cancel out the ‘Great Lumping’ in about 10 years time! #Birding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It’s July and that means Med Gulls are now on the move, with several present off the prom @SMI every day this week so far. #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Budle Bay, what a patch! Boasting a species list of 278 and rising, this publication does it proud. Brimful of attention to detail, it is an outstanding effort by the author and a thoroughly recommended addition to any birder’s bookshelf. To purchase DM @budlebirder.bsky.social #NEbirding

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Alan Curry @yellowbrow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

One of the most Northerly hummingbirds on the planet, male Rufous at a garden feeder in Seward, AK. #Birding