North Shields Ferry Landing

We spent a couple of hours filming at North Shields Ferry Landing on the River Tyne on Good Friday.

This is the nesting location of the last remaining North Shields & North Tyneside colony. 13 pairs of kittiwakes raised 16 young during the 2020 spring breeding season.

Their nesting site on the Ferry Mews building was covered in bird-deterrent netting during December 2020.

Filming kittiwakes around the North Shields Ferry Landing where their traditional nesting site has been covered in bird-deterrent netting.

Filming kittiwakes around the North Shields Ferry Landing where their traditional nesting site has been covered in bird-deterrent netting.

Photographing the kittiwakes which are using a building ledge next to their traditional nesting site.

Photographing the kittiwakes which are using a building ledge next to their traditional nesting site.

A trip on the River Tyne ferry to get a better angle to film the kittiwakes at the ferry landing.

Filming kittiwakes around the North Shields Ferry Landing where their traditional nesting site has been covered in bird-deterrent netting.