Category Archives: Birds

Night (slightly) Ajar

Posted on June 17, 2011 by AlanTilmouth

An opportunity to head down into the south west of Northumberland to listen and look for Nightjars is always a treat. I’m always on the look out for suitable areas for different species and I had previously found an area … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on May 21, 2011 by AlanTilmouth

Late Spring nearly summer and I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to update the blog. Last week found me in the Cheviot foothills and a fantastic day seeing just about all our target species including Ring Ouzels, Cuckoos, … Continue reading →

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Busman’s Holiday

Posted on April 15, 2011 by AlanTilmouth

Today has been just that a ‘Busman’s Holiday’ on the North Northumberland coast. With Britain’s eighth Black Scoter , a rather rare American sea duck found just north of Bamburgh yesterday there was only one place to be this morning, … Continue reading →

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Seek And Ye Shall Find… Sometimes

Posted on April 4, 2011 by AlanTilmouth

I read quite a few blogs and websites of other tour companies before I set up this site and was impressed with what they find. Truth is it isn’t always like that, sometimes you set off looking for a particular … Continue reading →

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Tracking Black

Posted on March 11, 2011 by AlanTilmouth

Nick Moran is the head of the British Trust for Ornithology’s Birdtrack project and was in the North East yesterday to deliver a talk on the subject to Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club ( and an interesting one it turned … Continue reading →

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