As the first #Arcticterns arrive back at the #FarneIslands the rangers have been busy creating extra nesting habitat using gravel and decoys.

Fingers crossed that they approve!

Credit Sophia Jackson & Holly Appleby

#seabirds #nature conservation #northumberland National Trust in the North

We got a lovely email from a supporter recently to show us the bird boxes that his Grandsons, George and Danny, built from the instructions on our website!

Well done George & Danny - you did an amazing job!

Learn how to build your own bird box here: nwt.org.uk/actions/how-bu…

Caught in the act! Kittiwake smash and grab - raiding a dummy nest for nest material and leaving a decoy Kitt a bit lopsided at the Kittiwakery beside the Gateshead Saltmeadows tower.

Warmer weather coincided with a big influx of adult #Kittiwakes at the Gateshead Saltmeadows Tower today Max count 170 up from average of 90 in previous weeks. Tyne Kittiwake Partnership KittiwakesOnRTyne Dan Turner

Found in our Learning Lounge on level 2, Baltic Stars brings together the creativity of young people in local schools and explores colour, shape, nature and dance.
Learn more: baltic.art/whats-on/As-ba…

Baltic Stars is kindly supported by NorthStandard.

What will happen to creative industries in the wake of funding cuts? ❌ Be part of the discussion with leaders of creative industries in our next Education in Crisis talk with Northumbria Uni

23 May | 6pm – 8.30pm
Tickets: baltic.art/bxnu-talk3

Look Out For Swifts !!!
Swifts will soon be screaming our skies this summer if you see one post your sightings on Swift Mapper App.

‘If you’re prepared to put yourself out there, to be uncomfortable, be vulnerable, do all the hard work, just because you love something, then you will be absolutely amazed about what happens’.

Lowestoft's lovely kittiwakes today - always a privilege to see and hear them. SuffolkWildlifeTrust RSPB Minsmere 🌍 KittiwakesOnRTyne

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday. Today we are celebrating Puffins because from tomorrow, we are counting the puffin population on the Isle of May as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com but keep on sharing seabird videos/photos to make people smile #SuperSeabirdSunday

One of our Eco influencer groups is making great progress in building their very own outdoor eco classroom! ♻️🔨

We can't wait to see what it looks like when it's finished! 😄

Sell your prints, ceramics and handmade bits and bobs alongside other hobbyists, makers and artists at our Summer Art Car Boot Fair 🌞
Applications close Sun 19 May, apply here: …treforcontemporaryart.submittable.com/submit/290926/…

Swifts will return home after 9 months on the wing next week.Our home is their home.Without swift bricks there's no safe nesting habitat for swifts&there never will be.45k pairs remain after 60M years cos of us. Michael Gove COULD save our icons of summer with a🧱What a #legacy

As always our guests were treated to a delicious stottie picnic lunch 🧺 by Shieldfield social enterprise, Big River Bakery (we all ate it too quickly for photos! 😆)

This was our final Quayside Wildlife Safari of spring, more dates coming soon 🍂

From the Cycle Hub by Ouseburn to Dunston Staithes, we delved into urban Sand Martins 🪹 the story of the #TyneKittiwakes 🐟 importance of the Tyne Estuary for species such as Shelduck & Redshank 🌊 and enjoyed chance encounters with a male Kestrel and cruising Buzzard.

The Newcastle-Gateshead #Quayside is an incredible place to watch wildlife!

On Friday we hosted one of our Quayside Wildlife Safaris to explore the wilder residents along this urban stretch of the River Tyne.

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Kittiwakes from Hartlepool today. A couple of colour ringed birds AVV and ABT. Anyone know if these were rung locally? Chris Brown teesbirds NERings

Wake up Kittiwakes! Time to start collecting nest material (mostly seaweed/dry vegetation) for these 'Red Listed' highly sociable and colonial nesting gulls!
Sizewell, Suffolk (27th April 2024)
Suffolk Bird Group BTO Suffolk SuffolkWildlifeTrust RSPB England

Elsewhere, the Baltic & St Mary's Heritage Centre in Gateshead and the Tyne Bridge & Guildhall Clock Tower remain a fav for the Tyne Kittiwakes. Season developing slower with nest building just starting. Likely due to colder spring weather.

Up to a dozen Tyne Kittiwakes resting on the High Level Bridge yesterday pm where pairs have previously nested. Whilst on Phoenix House no further changes with anti-bird deterrents & enough surfaces remain for birds to nest there.