The Avocets have returned to the North Tees Marshes – a good sign that winter is nearly over and spring is beginning. When I was a young birder (40 years ago – eek) the Avocet was an almost mythical bird to me. I knew what they looked like, thanks to them having been...
As well as the three familiar thrushes that are with us all year round on Teesside - Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush and Blackbird - there are three others which are only ever here for part of the year. One of those, the Ring Ouzel, is a scarce summer visitor which breeds...
Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna) growing beside the River Tees, January 2021. The plants in this photo were no more than 5cm tall and about the size of a 5p piece from leaf-tip to leaf-tip. (photo © Colin Conroy) January is not normally month that people associate...