Paul Anderson

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@NestingUpNorth Sadly so nowadays. In my youth like a number of other species, migrant and resident, they were widespread and not at all uncommon in much of lowland Durham. Lovely birds.

#YellowWagtail chicks today. A pretty rare breeding bird in County Durham.

@durhambirder @birds_and_me 👍 the other two can fight it out!

@PaulAndersonDBC @birds_and_me Well you've named my character Paul, so I'm okay

Still one of my favourite ever pics

@birds_and_me @durhambirder Great soundtrack.

@Reefpaths Well done everybody. Great job but grieves me it is necessary.

Thank you to the amazing team of community volunteers who spent hours collecting rubbish on #TunstallHills this morning 🤗 We collected BBQ’s, fast food refuse, cans & broken glass to keep this area safe & special 4 everyone. Please have a 💚& take stuff home #LoveWhereYouLive

Our family will be supporting another litter-pick on #TunstallHills tomorrow morning led by volunteers from the amazing #TunstallHillsProtectionGroup 💚 Found this pic created by our daughter, Abi, aged 5. Says it all #LoveWhereYouLive

@ScarecrowNeste1 Might be to keep Swallows from nesting?

Don’t often see these nowadays 🪰

@BarryStidolph Was chasing after passerines along the cliff edge between Markham Avenue and Minchella’s and gave cracking scoped views sat on cliff edge. Lovely bird.

@PaulAndersonDBC Yes Paul. However in my post l forgot to note the bird was at the Steel and not the flats. It was sat on one of the large rocks in the muddy bay.

Boldon Flats at least 6 green sands possibly 8, common sand, 5 avocets, 9 snipe, greenshank. Last night super views of a female Merlin.

@Mikepastycarr Happy Days indeed. My first visit and it blew my mind. That Parula in The Parsonage was an absolute stonker. I remember seawatching from Peninis in torrential rain and a F12 thinking we would see all sorts. We got 4 Gannets and 2 Mallards 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@PaulAndersonDBC Remember the Sunset discos on the Pier where you got a pasty on entry? I used to scavenge all the unwanted ones - and subsequently slept well under the porch of the Primary School - still rate that Parula as one of the best birds I’ve seen in Britain

It would be rude not to - Philps pasty showing well, The Hayle

@Mikepastycarr Yes they are very substantial as we used to live primarily on one of those a day on our first Scilly visit back in 1983. We were camping on The Garrison to save cash too so we had more 🍻 in the evening. It was a great year too yanks galore Cliff Swallow Parula Grozzer Sora etc

@PaulAndersonDBC Excellent value - just over a fiver and they’re the weight of an average house brick or about 12.67 Greggs pasty equivalents🙂

Whitburn Steel at high tide Roseate Tern 2ads 1 juv Merlin 1 juv YWag 1S

@Colonelbirder 👍🤣👍🤣👍

Decent passage of Gannets today in the strong WSW winds.

@Colonelbirder They are underrated by some but l find them brilliant.

@PaulAndersonDBC No, just a wander around part of the coast. Hard not to notice Gannets passing.

@HowatStephen @MacNavin1 Two letters too many there mate (one U one N) ! 🤣🤣

@MacNavin1 @PaulAndersonDBC You smooth talker you Unfortunately I forgot my camera so no pics 🤣

Sandplover just reappeared at Beacon point after flying south an hour ago

@HowatStephen Yer need to get to Barmston for some proper birds! 🙄

@PaulAndersonDBC Stephens fault had to go over his today and seeing as we where already over the dark side would have been rude not to

@AndrewBoydMusic @JVMonte2 Good one!

@JVMonte2 It's a Long Way to the Top if ya Wanna Rock N Roll.... just hear those guitars and bag pipes now...

What song do you still crank up the volume for every time it comes on?

@cotayesquearts @JVMonte2 An eclectic mix there!

@JVMonte2 MR. CROWLEY by OZZY OSBOURNE I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT by CUTTING CREW I WANT TO DANCE WITH SOMEBODY by WHITNEY HOUSTON LET THE MUSIC PLAY by SHANNON WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER by THE POLICE SULTANS OF SWING by DIRE STRAITS TENDERNESS by GENERAL PUBLIC ...M-A-N-Y....