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We see all sorts when we are down the wood & up the moors The various places Woodcocks thrive here are filled with birds One of the most beautiful has returned this week, the stunning Redstart Redstarts Singing on 10th & prospecting nest boxes on 11th Stunning birds 🥰

Roders are getting going in better light now Eg these setting out at 20:15 over Knitsley Fell & at Redgate Bank both locations near Wolsingham in Wonderful Weardale. South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds

Masterclass in Woodcock field study Nest finding & confirmation of successful breeding. #Scolopax25

Further confirmation of successful hatching coming in from our network of field ornithologists 🎯👍🏻 South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds Tony McGuire

Horrible bent beaked freaks 😄

One of the nesting hens which has been followed up & hatching confirmed 🐣👍🏻 #EasterEggs

More positive news & excellent fieldwork from John Dodsworth in Co.Durham #Scolopax25 🎯👍🏻

New beginnings while others fade away

A timely reminder to keep dogs on a lead or under close control 🪺🐕🐕🐕🥰 A hen lifted from the side of a path taking one with her, leaving 3 chicks on the ground #Scolopax25

This is what the Birders call “Jamming in” What a beauty & Such good Luck 🎯👍🏻 #Scolopax25

Brood of 4 on the woodland floor #Scolopax25

One from Teesdale this weekend Amazingly, this was the photographers FIRST EVER experience of a Scolopax ! Can you imagine… Your eyes would just pop out ! 😄 #Scolopax25

We were just about to head off after watching a couple of Roders when this one appeared & put on a show ! 🤩😵👍🏻 Nightjars are back ! Durham Bird Club

Remains in close proximity to this Weardale Sparrowhawk nest. UK Sparrowhawk South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds Tony McGuire Dave Locke #Scolopax25

Distraction display & interaction 🧐🤩 Well done Alan, that’s one encounter you you forget in a while ! (Presumably small chicks on the ground 👍🏻) #Scolopax25 South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds Tony McGuire

Following the recent (much needed) rains, a number of birds are appearing in woodlands in core areas that have been blank so far this season🧐 We routinely see this in the peripheral areas (blanks in dry springs) but this appears to be an almost immediate response to conditions

Recent increase in Scolopax activity in Staffs 👍🏻

One that got away We tend to look up here, rather than down & have walked by this one several times 😵‍💫😳🥴🤣 A hatched nest with an addled egg. #Scolopax25 South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds Tony McGuire Alan william Gregory

Healthy numbers South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds #Scolopax25

Result 🎯🙌🏻 A wet bird with a youngster found by one of our correspondents with Pulsar Thermal in Yorkshire last week. NB: This is the observers first experience with young & also the first ever Scolopax he’s found with his Axion XQ30 Pro 🎯😊👍🏻 #ThermalBirding