@NestingUpNorth

Documenting Britain's nesting birds through photography. Nest recorder for the BTO Nest Record Scheme.

 Durham, England
Joined December 2023
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A pair of Red-necked Phalaropes, thought extinct as a breeding bird on mainland Britain, copulating on a small pool in the Scottish Highlands. (Observed with an S1 Licence holder) Located with @BirderSouth.
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A Yellow #Wagtail nest, concealed amongst a ripe wheat crop on County Durham farmland. ​A brood of four well-developed chicks, just ready to fledge before the harvest. Located with @BirderSouth.
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A #Yellowhammer nest with a recently hatched brood of three, low to the ground in a dense patch of bramble. ​Plenty of insects around, adults repeatedly returning with a selection of caterpillars, grasshoppers and the odd juicy moth.
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A #Linnet nest, heavily lined with sheep's wool, tucked into a gorse bush on a stretch of rough ground bordering a County Durham farm. ​Brood of four well-feathered and in great condition.
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A #Yellowhammer nest, concealed in the thick vegetation off the side of a rural County Durham farm track. ​A cracking brood of four, all looking healthy and well-fed.
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A juvenile Red #Kite taking a break from the sun in a mature Scots Pine, Northumberland. ​A superb and unexpected moment. While I was concealed monitoring a Tree Pipit nest, it dropped onto the branch right above and stayed just long enough for some cracking photos.
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A Tree #Pipit nest, well-concealed under a young bilberry bush on regenerated clearfell in Northumberland. ​Four young chicks well-fed with the abundance of grasshoppers on site yesterday.
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A #Linnet nest, nicely constructed in the fork of a mature gorse bush.
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Nest of the whitethroat located this evening with @NestingUpNorth in Co Durham.
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Distant Kingfisher seen yesterday while out nest recording with @NestingUpNorth also a pleasure to see.
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A #Whitethroat nest, deeply concealed low down amongst dense rough vegetation and field-edge scrub.
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Second Reed Bunting nest 🪺 Today with @NestingUpNorth this one is busy laying up.
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The nest 🪺 of the linnet around 4ft up in a young alder tree found in Northumberland this morning with @NestingUpNorth
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One of two Reed Bunting nests located today with @NestingUpNorth in a lovely flower meadow in Northumberland 🪺🌻 also a beautiful spotted orchard.
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Snipe, young pheasants and a Marsh Harrier successfully hunting in the northern Pennines, Co Durham yesterday with @NestingUpNorth
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Some footage of the Marsh Harrier in the northern Pennines captured by my friend @NestingUpNorth yesterday
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A #Stonechat nest, tucked away within dense heather on an upland moor. An exceptional original clutch of eight eggs, with six healthy young hatched and two eggs remaining unhatched. With @BirderSouth.
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A #Lapwing nest, camouflaged amongst the stubble of a recently harvested field.
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Fantastic brood of Short-eared owl chicks x8 in total in the Northern Pennines with @NestingUpNorth yesterday 🐣
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An Arctic #Tern nest, somewhat precariously balanced on open coastal rock, with only a handful of sea pinks for cover. With @BirderSouth.
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One of Britain's scarcest and most localised breeding waders, the Wood Sandpiper, with recently hatched young in a remote Highland peatland. (Young photographed briefly for record purposes only. Located alongside a Schedule 1 licence holder and @BirderSouth.)
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