Beautiful, love an Eygptian Goose!

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This event is now fully booked.

The Rarity Garden - Flamborough Bird Observatory Join us for a very special afternoon at The Living Seas Centre, South Sea Road, Flamborough, Sunday, 15 February 2026, 2pm – 5pm. Free Entry • Seats are limited, booking is essential. To book, please ...

FBO is hosting a talk by Richard Baines on February the 15th on his excellent book ’The Rarity Garden’.
Book artist Ben Green has generously donated original artwork from the book for auction to raise funds for FBO.
Please follow the link for details
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Well that’s Christmas dinner done… @flamboroughbirder.bsky.social

The teatime Christmas trifle is done! @flamboroughbirder.bsky.social #trifle #christmas

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Dusky Warbler again at South Landing between picnic site and the whale bridge.
Please park at the car park not on south sea road as this may impede access to the lifeboat station
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Tree Sparrow (Passer Montanus)

I'm going to call this a Lesser Redpoll and leave it at that.

Again @flamboroughbird.bsky.social triumph with todays #Migweek ringing session. Perhaps the 5th year we have returned, at my eldests request (which alone speaks volumes).
Huge thanks to everyone involved. Seeing all ages & levels of interest genuinely engaged is heatwarming.
Ringed under licence.

Black-faced Bunting yesterday at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

Well that’s #Migweek 2025 all done, dusted and packed up.
See you for #Migweek 2026 starting Saturday the 10th of October

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Migweek events for Thursday the 16th

Ringing demonstration at the Living Seas Centre, South Landing from 8am-12pm.

The guided migration walk (for those booked on it) is at Flamborough, please meet in the lighthouse car park, starts at 10am.

Vismigging will be at Hunmanby Gap from 7.30am.

#Migweek events for Tuesday the 14th
Ringing demonstration at the Living Seas Centre, South Landing from 8am-12pm.
The guided migration walk (for those booked on it) will start from the lighthouse car park at 10am.
Vismigging will be from Bridlington links car park from 7.30am.

13th October 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory That’s better …. passerines arrived in numbers as high pressure nudged further east into the North Sea. There was thick mist and light drizzle at first light and a heavy overcast for the majority of d...

Today was what #Migweek is about- migration.
6100 Redwing made landfall with 560 Fieldfare, 675 Blackbird, 80 Brambling, Red-breasted Flycatcher and 7 Yellow-browed Warbler while a record count of Barnacle Geese flew over.
Full details here-

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/13...

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

Tomorrow evenings talk is by FBO chair @craigcthomas1.bsky.social
with “Headland Highlights-an alpine melody “ looking back at the many fantastic birds that have graced the headland this year so far.
A few places still available, follow the link to book

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

The FBO migration station will be open 9am-1pm in the Living Seas Centre, South Landing.
The evening talk by Mark Pearson (now fully booked) at the Living Seas Centre, doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Sadly the vismigging is cancelled tomorrow.

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

Attention,Attention
Migweek starts tomorrow!!
Events taking place-
The ringing demonstrations are going ahead at RSPB Bempton and South Landing, both 8am-12pm.
The guided walk for those booked on it is going ahead (meet at the lighthouse for 10am start).

8th October 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Light winds, sunny intervals and a high of 16 degrees C – benign conditions that didn’t raise expectation. However, it is October when the headland’s birding can deliver in spades … … when news broke ...

What more can be said- White-throated Needletail performed superbly late evening at RSPB Bempton, also Barred Warbler and Yellow-browed Warbler at South Landing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler and 11 Whooper Swans.
Full details here

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/8t...

The Needletail was showing rather nicely.

Me too, was at work till 5.30, Wednesday’s normally my day off!

Mental!!!!! White-throated Needletail phone video!!! @flamboroughbird.bsky.social #yorkshirebirding

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

Migweek is less than two weeks away !!
Follow the link to book events, please note that only the walks and talks require booking

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

Only a few days to go… please share!!!

Been great fun visiting @flamboroughbird.bsky.social last week, and am super excited to be back in a few days! Awesome start to the project with 4 birds sampled in the last 4 days, we're hoping to use #genomic data derived from feather samples to see where these enigmatic birds come from ☺️

Another stunning Yellow-browed Warbler sampled for @joewynnbirds.bsky.social Trans-Siberian genoscape project today at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social caught & ringed under license from @btobirds.bsky.social #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding

We’ve been delighted to host @joewynnbirds.bsky.social this week at FBO as part of the
Trans-Siberian
genoscape project
tracing geographic
origins of vagrant birds with 3 Yellow-browed Warbler sampled.

Our chair @craigcthomas1.bsky.social in this month’s birdwatch magazine writing about east coast autumn birding

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

New migweek event added!
An evening of mothing with Keith Clarkson and Allan Rodda.
Due to the nature of the event, the date will be announced at short notice during migweek when there will be conducive conditions for mothing.
See link for details
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

8th September 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Another warm, sunny day with a light south-westerly and a maximum temperature of 21°C. Highlights from both morning and evening seawatches included 317 Teal, a Whimbrel, a Black Tern, 244 Common Terns...

A gem of an early autumn day with a flyover Pacific Golden Plover at RSPB Bempton , 2 Greenish Warbler, Spotted Crake, Wood Sandpiper with Pied & Spotted Flycatchers, Whinchats, Redstarts , Goldcrests plus much more
Full details here

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/8t...