NORTHUMBERLAND

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    TYNESIDE BIRD CLUB

        Registered Charity No.  517641

Red-flanked Bluetail  -  near St Mary’s Island  16th October 1960

© David Parkin

This first year male was the first record in the county and was photographed with a Voigtlander camera using Kodak black and white film as the photographer could not afford colour!  This species remains a  true mega rarity in the county.