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sarahdalgulls

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Seabirder in north east England, working to improve the lot of our coastal birds, particularly large gulls.

RSPB Species lead for Herring Gull, but my posts here are entirely my own opinions

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#drones #uav
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#lgbtqi
#Northumberland
#Hiking
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O! The what-ever-it-is have hatched! Wonderful. There was a tight row of 1 cm. of yellow dots on the outside of a window for at least a week or so, and today it looked like this. Meaning: All day. This picture is from this morning and 12 hours later they are still there. It is also hard to see where they should go from this sea of glass.
I thought those eggs belonged to flies, and maybe they are, but the young ones are too small for my eyes and camera.

sarahdalgulls ,
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@Orewoet ooh! Do you have a picture of the intact eggs? might they be ladybirds?

sarahdalgulls , to random
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Showing my colleague Newcastle's finest landmarks

An ornate white plaster doorway with pink highlights in a red brick building. A round window above the door is topped with an infamous gargoyle of a rabbit with blood-drippintlg pointed claws and fangs

The library of the Newcastle Literary & Philosophical Society. The room has a high ceiling and is well-lit by daylight. On either side 3 large wooden stacks of books. The wall opposite is lined with books, and a mezzanine near the ceiling holds more books. To the left is a marble bust of a Victorian Gentleman on a pedestal. In the centre of the room are long tables and chairs. A few people are sat at them.
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    RolloTreadway , to random
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    Morning everyone. Four day weeks are such a good thing, and I wish more people had the ability to do them (where appropriate and desirable).

    Unfortunately, some things have given me the 'despair at my life having been taken away' feelings, so I'm not doing well right now. I shan't wang on about them here again because it's the same story as many times before.

    Also, I had a dream about my Dad being an alcoholic, which is weird, because Dad drank very sparingly and I never saw him even slightly tipsy. Dreams, eh? Odd things.

    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @RolloTreadway sorry to hear this, and hoping things feel better for you soon x

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    @loren thought you might like to see some sandwich terns I saw today, doing their thing

    A video of two sandwich terns, white seabirds with black caps and a spiky black tuft of feathers and black bills. They are on grassy ground, and have their wings dropped slightly, bobbing their heads and walking about together

    loren , to random

    Duck duck go fuck yourself

    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @loren fuck fuck no

    loren , to random

    i got to press the fish doorbell!!!!

    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @loren omg omg omg!!!

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    Great day on The Island, carrying out a test drove flight to assess disturbance amongst the species currently present (no disturbance behaviours seen, which is great!)

    The puffins are back too! But best of all, the weather turned so we hopped in the little Rib and bounced back over the waves, getting absolutely soaked with the driving rain.. only to spot a pod of dolphins around the harbour mouth! Too wet by far to risk getting my phone out for a pic tho..

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    going to brave the weather tomorrow and hike deep into Kielder Forest to look at a tree, wish me luck

    sarahdalgulls OP ,
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    @RolloTreadway there are? shit. Although I have heard it is quite easy to see the wood for the trees

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    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @RolloTreadway you can buy them in bulk cheap, because stamps with pictures on them don't need barcodes - so now we are all getting delightful pictures on our packaging! it's great

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    Live Kittiwake Webcam from the Batlic on the Tyne

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TubTP1qWgI

    #seabirds #kittiwake #gulls

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    This is glorious - the Northwoods Frog Chorus, a phenology of frog calls

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsiVH7Bg0tQ

    From https://www.cablemuseum.org/school-field-trips/museum-mobile/museummobile-spring-programs/first-grade-spring-a-northwoods-frog-chorus/

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    There's some bird data I could really use, but all the references I can find to it point to a wikispaces site - wikispaces closed down in 2018 and I don't know here they went!

    loren , to random

    a frog for you

    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @loren Thank you I love him

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    Happy St Cuthbert's Day! Post your pics of Cuddy's (eider) ducks; they're named for the saint protecting them when he lived as a hermit on Inner Farne off the coast of Northumberland

    #Eider #Northumberland #Duck

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    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @RolloTreadway ha! Simpson Sing The Blues was one of the first albums I bought too! Alas the first single I bought (on vinyl so at least that's cool) was Timmy Mallet's Itsy Bitsy etc

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    The excellent North East Heritage Library has just put online the Des Kelly Collection, Photographs taken by Des in the 1980s and 1990s of the Durham coalfield as it started to close down.

    https://www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/photoarchive

    #IndustrialHistory #Durham #CoalMining #History #NorthEastEngland

    sarahdalgulls , to random
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    I really should start keeping a collection of "don't feed the seagulls" signs
    #TeamGull #Seabirds

    The same picture but close up on the Seagull but, it looks terrifying
    The face of the gull in close up, with wild eyes and gaping bill

    loren , to random

    corn crake cereal

    sarahdalgulls ,
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    @loren nice bowl of golden orioles

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