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Happy Birthday 🥳 Mr Evans aka Dr Cherry Picker. Here he is, spending his birthday in his natural habitat 😁. I managed to find him a few Jack snipe too, but I’ll let him tell you todays final count 😊

Reporting on #InternationalWomansDay for the Northern Counties Woodcock Survey Roding birds active in tree-less North Pennines locations from 18:10. This clip in a strong Easterly & just above freezing temperatures🥶 with a male pitching down at the roadside. 🙋🏼‍♀️GirlPower💪🏻😉

My first fledglings of 2024, getting well fed, great record for our Tyne Tees Bird Study group 😊 Also Grey wag building and a very naughty Merlin dog 🫣 Dr Cherry Picker Tony McGuire South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds NestingUpNorth Paul Coombes 📷

Brief clip of roding Woodcock over a typical tree less North Pennines landscape. He just happened to land at close range on the cropped trackside turf . Scolopax24 South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds NestingUpNorth Alan william Gregory Tony McGuire Paul Coombes 📷 Paul Anderson

Eeeeeek #spottyfly24 coming very soon ⚫️🪰🥰Dr Cherry Picker Tony McGuire South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds I’m so excited 😁

Today is my birthday 🎈& I finally had a chance to go to one of my favourite places to see if my most favourite bird had returned…. And they didn’t disappoint 🥰⚫️🪰 bring on the season 😁#spottyfly24 @SpotyFlycatcher Dr Cherry Picker Catrin Eden Paul Coombes 📷 Tony McGuire

The #spottyfly2024 season has started off very well for me & my ‘husband’ Dr Cherry Picker 🤣🫣☺️4x nests in the past 2 days 😄 c3, c4, c4 & c5 so far 😁@SpotyFlycatcher

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At times they make it easy for us to spot their nests (pic 1) 🥰 yet at other times the nest can be completely invisible! Understanding what the adult birds are telling us, patiently & secretively watching do we find it (pic 2) mossinacrotch # 🫣 @SpotyFlycatcher Dr Cherry Picker

Yesterdays aim was to find 1 new Spotted flycatcher nest. Tried a new location and amazingly at this time of year, we found 5!! All found by patiently watching the bird 😁1-4 pics, vid clip nest 5. Dr Cherry Picker @SpotyFlycatcher

And they’re back! A welcome return for these beautiful summer visitors. 11 Spotted Flycatchers seen today in various locations in North Pennines Spotty Fly UK

Great to see this 1 of 5 new returners to our usual spot yesterday, just chilling with a full tummy from the abundance of flies available Spotty Fly UK Dr Cherry Picker

Another great afternoon watching our favourite Spotty flys, 5 new confirmed pairs, all returning within the same territories, males feeding females, some refurbished nests, some new nests and our first eggs 🥚 😁Spotty Fly UK Dr Cherry Picker

Birthday c3 Spotty Fly UK 🥳 refurb in one of last years successful nests👍🏻

Incubating female, mid May Northern Pennines. Quirky nest sites are often encountered, even when she is surrounded by beautiful lichen encrusted trees 😀

Lots more pairs back on territory & prospecting for nest sites. First clutches are complete.

What an amazing privilege to see this beautiful lady attending so tentatively to her newly hatched young. 1 egg remains, fingers crossed all 4 chicks will be there next time we visit. 15 min clip speeded up to 45 secs with Dr Cherry Picker Spotty Fly UK

Some of the Spotty Fly UK nests we come across are often super obvious, others though we have to look hard…… spot the spotty 😁