Mullein moth

A surprise this morning - just three moths, a Diamond-back, a LBAM and this beauty #TeamMoths

There were no 'shouts' in my Spurn days back in the 70s and 80s, pre radio days.

Reed Cormorant and Yellow-billed Stork are two great species to find - what else are you hoping for? Skimmer presumably, African Collared Dove?

Or leeks even.

Or info about accessibility for those with mobility problems. Even simple things like how far the bird is from where you start, something Birdguides occasionally include.

I'm wondering how many of the multitude of early Garden Warblers being reported are due to Merlin getting Blackcaps wrong and people not bothering to check.

Nice example of Merlin's fallibility. Watching and listening to a calling Chiffchaff and Merlin is identifying half the calls correctly and half as Willow Warbler !

My first Holly Blue in the garden just now on a fantastic still and warm morning. Oddly the only butterfly though.

Surely he has to give a reason for the appointment, daughter or not. What was it?

Does anyone know why she is there?

Just read the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are splashing out £300,000 on yet another pointless supposed reintroduction of guess what?
Yes, White Storks.
If I was a member I would be resigning. #birds #derbyshire

I think they originate from a private reserve near Ely, a guy called Tony Martin if I remember right.

Apparently itis a Magpie-lark. I was thinking some sort of Lapwing.

Melbourne for non -F1 followers. #Birds #AustralianBirds #BirdsID

Anyone ID the black and white bird flushed by Verstappen's F1 qualifying crash?

It knows you are not 'new to Spurn' Stuart. Powerful stuff this AI !!

Age 8 will be a code not a number of years - no way could an eight year old Oyc be aged.

And me.

Some birds do look as if they are AI creations - the two picathartes spring to mind.

Definitely worth keeping an eye on woodland just across the county boundary too Dave. Goshawks suddenly appeared in Charnwood Forest last year and at least eight showing there on good days recently.

I see it was on the roof of the Penzance Lidl at one stage - beats Waxwings in Sainsburys carpark.

I prefer this type of numbers to when people claim ridiculous accuracy such as 7003 Grey Plovers. Years ago at Spurn the roll call included 10,001 Knot as there were about 10,000 on the Humber and one somewhere else.

Sad to learn yesterday that Marj Cunningham passed away on Friday after a difficult couple of years. One of the long term characters of East Yorkshire birding, as interested in birders as birds. Condolences to Peter and her other relatives. #YorkshireBirding

Lots if blue sky for the first morning in ages and I was hoping for a bit of passage but absolutely zilch so far #PWC2026

Sunrise? That must be a southern thing. No sign of one here for ages, just dismal grey clouds and drizzle.

Don't we have suitable 'ambassadors' already? Spoonbills, three species of egrets , Cranes, and not forgetting Little Ringed Plovers, are all naturally using UK wetlands. If the habitat is there and conditions are right then suited species will colonise in time.

And now closed after a great response.

Appeal launched to save East Yorkshire Little Tern project A crowdfunder has been launched to help secure the award-winning Beacon Ponds [[Little Tern]] Project ahead of the 2026 breeding season.

A crowdfunding appeal has been launched to secure the future of the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project – one of the UK's most successful seabird conservation programmes:

Running for a week or so and over £10,000 raised so far. Includes a great donation from the Global Birdfair of £1000 linked to last year's saving seabirds theme.

The onl luggage problem I ever had in 40 years of world birdibg was when KLM list my wide's case when we were rerouted from Amsterdam to Lima via New York. Fortunately the case caught up with us four days later in Arequipa.