While changing trains on the East Coast mainline, a pair of Black Redstarts were chasing about the train station and nearby derelict buildings, all shivering-of-tail and buzzy-of-song.
From the train window I also saw Red Kite and Marsh Harrier.
In Newcastle, the amazing urban Kittiwake colony was a real treat: their calls normally associated with much 'wilder' places. Indeed, the CCTV images of the Kittiwakes on the Baltic Mill Centre for Contemporary Art was the best thing about the place which, in its expansive six storeys otherwise only managed to find the space for a dozen very unimpressive monochrome watercolours and a single video installation!
And a surprisingly suburban pair of Peregrines were wonderful to watch at their nest, as they prepared for the imminent hatching of their eggs, while keeping a beady eye on passing dog walkers and kids on bikes.
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