Tom Cadwallender

an old Northumbrian birdwatcher with a little wanderlust and an open mind to the world!

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“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” Morning over Alnmouth Bay.

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Sayaca Tanager in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Picazuro Pigeon in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Southern Cassowary in Queensland.

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#WonderfulWaderWednesday Black-fronted Dotterel at Cairns Esplanade, Queensland.

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@WillieThePimp20 Cool!

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"Where are my parents?"
Several juvenile Oystercatchers have been tracked from Iceland to Ireland/Britain but where are their colour-ringed parents?
More about project:
https://t.co/LNhMq3riP0
Two examples - dads found in Heysham and at Dawlish Warren!
(amended map)

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Brambling, a winterer from Fennoscandia on the Northumberland coast near Alnmouth.

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‘Grey Heron goes to the beach’.

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Metallic Starling in Queensland, Australia.

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“All Shook Up” Little Egret at the Aln Estuary.

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European Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, or Sea Pie, or Skirly Weeter plodging at Seaton Point.

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“All right now” The sun rising over Alnmouth. Aln Estuary.

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Jay south over Alnmouth. That is something I don’t see every day. A scarce bird so close to the sea.

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Grey Heron at the Aln Estuary.

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#SuperSeabirdSunday Fulmar in north Northumberland. @SteelySeabirder

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As its #ChidrensBookWeek I got to thinking about what book inspired me at school and the big winner was Jack London's 'Call of the Wild'. So vivid are my memories I can still picture it in my mind!

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#WorldMigratoryBirdDay Lesser Spotted Eagle migrating south through Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve, Egypt.

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Whooper Swans, here from Iceland, near Lesbury.

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Redwing, a recent arrival from Scandinavia enjoying hawthorn berries near Alnmouth.