BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Nesting kittiwakes on the north wall of BALTIC Centre.

NewcastleGateshead Quayside is home to an estimated 800 pairs of breeding kittiwakes. This colony is recognised as being the furthest inland kittiwake colony in the world. Kittiwakes have used the NewcastleGateshead Quayside as a breeding site since the 1960s.

Kittiwakes are usually coastal birds, however, the kittiwakes that breed along the River Tyne nest, not on cliffs, but on man-made structures like the Tyne Bridge and BALTIC.

Classic Tyne shot for the Extra.