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So thanks to @paulbagguley.bsky.social can confirm that we saw at least 6 bottlenosed dolphins for over 20 mins in the Tees estuary this lunchtime. Plus countless terns, loads of guillemots and probably over 100 seals hauled up on seal sands. We got a great view of the female smew at Saltholme too.
July 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
So thanks to @paulbagguley.bsky.social can confirm that we saw at least 6 bottlenosed dolphins for over 20 mins in the Tees estuary this lunchtime. Plus countless terns, loads of guillemots and probably over 100 seals hauled up on seal sands. We got a great view of the female smew at Saltholme too.
Anyone I’d the “dolphins “ in the tees estuary today? @teesbirds.bsky.social
July 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Anyone I’d the “dolphins “ in the tees estuary today? @teesbirds.bsky.social
Grandad will we see Puffins?
July 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Grandad will we see Puffins?
We have a second/another brood of moorhen chicks which are mingling (makes me think second). The smaller ones approach the older birds to be fed as if they were parents but are nonplussed.
July 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We have a second/another brood of moorhen chicks which are mingling (makes me think second). The smaller ones approach the older birds to be fed as if they were parents but are nonplussed.
I’ve never been less interested in a World Cup - is it just me?
June 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I’ve never been less interested in a World Cup - is it just me?
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My final blog about my visit to Cadiz is on the dark history that lies just below the surface regarding the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) & the subsequent decade of repression. Even in translation, a poem to the victims I came across is deeply moving birdingcadizprovince.weebly.com/cadiz-birdin...
Casa de la Memoria La Sauceda - a historical diversion
This spring I fled Alcala de los Gazules to avoid the noise, mayhem, and, sadly, the exhibition of animal cruelty on display during celebrations for the pueblo's patron saint, San Jorge . The "bull.....
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May 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
My final blog about my visit to Cadiz is on the dark history that lies just below the surface regarding the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) & the subsequent decade of repression. Even in translation, a poem to the victims I came across is deeply moving birdingcadizprovince.weebly.com/cadiz-birdin...
First fledged swallow of the year
May 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
First fledged swallow of the year
We have 4 very hungry chicks
May 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
We have 4 very hungry chicks
Wood Sandpiper, Las Marismas de Barbate, today
May 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Wood Sandpiper, Las Marismas de Barbate, today
Nice day at Marismas de Barbate a passage osprey and a black tern were the highlights though
April 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Nice day at Marismas de Barbate a passage osprey and a black tern were the highlights though
Great afternoon at Laguna de Medina
March 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Great afternoon at Laguna de Medina
Probably our best ever day at the straits for constant migrant crossings. We had just about everything except harriers, black storks and Egyptian vultures and in big numbers. Did get 2 Merlin though which was a first! And then a lifer in a black eared wheatear at La Janda.
March 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Probably our best ever day at the straits for constant migrant crossings. We had just about everything except harriers, black storks and Egyptian vultures and in big numbers. Did get 2 Merlin though which was a first! And then a lifer in a black eared wheatear at La Janda.
Listened to Physical Graffiti through last night for certainly the first time in the best part of 50 years. It’s an amazing piece of work and I think better than I thought as a teenager.
March 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Listened to Physical Graffiti through last night for certainly the first time in the best part of 50 years. It’s an amazing piece of work and I think better than I thought as a teenager.
Albert Park Middlesbrough this morning
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Albert Park Middlesbrough this morning
So we are 3 days back in the UK and are watching the fabulous Eva Longoria discovers Spain on the telly and wanting to go straight back (by a longer and slower route)
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So we are 3 days back in the UK and are watching the fabulous Eva Longoria discovers Spain on the telly and wanting to go straight back (by a longer and slower route)