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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
I'm on nightshift tonight (9.45pm till 6.15am then same again Thursday night) so I've spent the afternoon catching up on housework which won't get done over the next few days due to other rubbish shifts (finish nights at 6am on Friday then back in at 6pm till 2am on Saturday ~ no daylight for me...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Friday 22nd October Seen from top deck of X15 bus as it travelled along A1 just before Ulgham 92: Barn Owl ~ hunting across scrubby grassland, 7.23am- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Update from 5th June ~ the Black Tern was, in fact, an American Black Tern so a lifer for me!!! 😀 89: AMERICAN BLACK TERN lifer no. 232 🤩 Other than the completely unexpected lifer it has been a bit of a year for me. Neil and I split up and now live at virtually opposite ends of...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Saturday 5th June Long Nanny, Northumberland 87: Lesser Black-backed Gull 88: Arctic Tern 89: Black Tern my first since 2003! 90: Sandwich Tern 91: Ringed Plover- Gill Osborne
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Thursday 20th May Alnwick 86: Tawny Owl ~ male hooting at 11.45pm behind our flat from overgrown gardens behind us.- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Thursday 13th May Eyemouth, Scotland I cheekily sneaked ower the border whilst Nicola wasn't looking and spent a few hours with my penpal of 3 years, Anne. She lives in Cumbria but loves Eyemouth and tries to visit a couple of times a year. We've been trying to meet up for the past 18 months...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Aww thank you. I just use a basic point-and-shoot digital camera (Canon PowerShot SX430 IS) and hope for the best :ROFLMAO: The joy of digital cameras is that you can take a thousand pictures and it doesn't cost anything compared to the past when we used film.- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Thursday 29th April (cont,) Boulmer 80: Gannet 81: Golden Plover 82: Wheatear 83: Whimbrel- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Thursday 29th April Northumberland Street, Alnwick Summer has arrived!!! :cool: Driving Neil to work I was thrilled to see that familiar manically-flapping zigzag flight of my favourite harbinger of summer - a SWIFT! Earliest I've ever seen one if I remember rightly (I'll check my records...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Wednesday 28th April Alnwick Moor I had an hour to burn before picking Neil up so decided to pop up to the moor. Still not a lot about and no sign nor sound of any grouse but a trio of circling Buzzard were nice...as was a male Kestrel hovering. A couple of Curlew flew overhead calling and...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Saturday 24th April Plot 34, Ratten Row Allotments, Alnwick I spent a pleasant hour pottering around and moving plants and seedlings into bigger pots in the greenhouse as well as belatedly cutting back a very overgrown 'Black Knight' buddleja shrub. All the while I was serenaded by the sound...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Thursday 15th April I've been looking after a friend's four budgies for a week and today I took them back to her home in Lynemouth. I really enjoyed having them in our home but it almost killed my poor husband as he is allergic to their feathers and dust :censored: Poor chap spent most of the...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
A little bit of playing catch up from my notebooks..... Thursday 1st April North Shields & Whitley Bay Neil had to do a first aid course at Royal Quays today so as he cannot drive at the moment I booked the day off work and went off birding in a few of my old haunts whilst he was busy. First...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Sunday 28th March Bailiffgate Court, Alnwick 63: Grey Wagtail ~ male on roof of flat opposite ours! 10.30am. No photo unfortunately as he disappeared off to other side before I could grab my camera.- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Saturday 27th March Northumberland Street, Alnwick 62: Chiffchaff ~ finally! They've turned up singing for the past week or two in Alnmouth & Howick yet not a peep in Alnwick. Last year I heard my first on 17th.- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Wednesday 24th March Green Batt Car Park, Alnwick 61: Goldfinch ~ three in top branches of tree on edge of car park. Usually very common they have somehow eluded me until now!- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Monday 22nd March Boulmer A very pleasant couple of hours mooching around Boulmer between 2.30pm and 4.30pm with the beach to myself. 49: Bar-tailed Godwit 50: Curlew 51: Skylark 52: Cormorant 53: Redshank 54: Great Black-backed Gull 55: Rock Pipit 56: Shelduck 57: Grey Plover 58...- Gill Osborne
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Sunday 21st March In bed! I was woken at 5.50am by the very loud calls of passing Whooper Swans! Sadly no views as I think they passed directly over my flat. There's been a lot of Whoopers moving this weekend with flocks of over 100 in some places. I'm not adding this to my Year List as I...- Gill Osborne
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Thursday 18th March Boulmer Just a quick walk on the beach after picking Neil up from work - my first trip to the coast since November or December despite it only being 4 miles or so from home! It was an unscheduled spur-of-the-moment suggested by Neil walk too so I didn't have my binoculars...- Gill Osborne
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Monday 1st March Allotment, Ratten Row 44: Song Thrush ~ first sighting of 2021 though I've been hearing them sing since 20th February- Gill Osborne
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Monday 22nd February Canongate Bridge, Alnwick 41: Goldeneye ~ 1 female, 2 males 42: Dipper 43: Grey Heron- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Monday 15th February Somewhere in Northumberland... My husband always tells me to listen to the little voices inside my head so I did! After a week of baltic weather the sun came out today and what a difference in both temperature and activity/song levels in the birds! After having Neil at...- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Tuesday 9th February Hulne Park, Alnwick A relaxing (but cold!!!) three hours spent in Hulne Park today as hubby was busy tinkering with his generator in the living room (don't ask!) and it was a choice between birding or housework :unsure: I arrived at just before 2pm and left at...- Gill Osborne
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Wednesday 27th January Ratten Row & down to Canongate Bridge 32: Bullfinch ~ females at Ratten Row & entrance to Hulne Park, male at Canongate Bridge 33: Goldcrest ~ feeding in brambles next to Bullfinch below Canongate Bridge 34: Goosander ~ pair at Canongate Bridge Rubbish pics below... :LOL:- Gill Osborne
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Gill Osborne's 2021 List
Sunday 17th January Sainsburys car park, Alnwick 31: Wren- Gill Osborne
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