Female Common Scoter on the canal near the Caravan Park at Baswich, Staffs early afternoon @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

Grey Heron and chicks

Little Egret

Tansy Beetle on....Tansy

Been away for Easter but managed a wander on the Ings this afternoon. 1st Sand Martin up the river and 1st Tansy Beetle of the year. Grey Heron nestlings are starting to be visible now and the Egrets are busy. No Osprey for me, but drove past one in the Peaks yesterday! @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Black Necked Grebe

Kestrel enjoying lunch on the crane

Ring-necked Duck with Tufty mates

Bittern! Honest

The eldest's gf lives near St Aidan's so I kindly offered to give him a lift this morning... A few highlights (not winning any prizes) @rspb.bsky.social #SwillyIngs

Little Egret peek-a-boo

Kingfisher

Buff-tailed Bumblebee and Ladybird on Sallow

Roe buck

First Ings walk of the year with no Redwings. Egrets settling in the heronry but being very shy. Plenty of calling pairs of Treecreeper around, too fast for a pic but a Kingfisher posed @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Every home with a licence should have one? You may want to look at the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations re: possession of cetacean remains #sorry

Quick phone video of this evenings hunting Barn Owl near Rufforth. 10 Fieldfare gathered for departure in a nearby tree were the first I've seen in a while as well @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Foraging Chiffchaff

Two Redwings, flashing the iliacs that gives them their specific name

Effing Parakeets

Grey Heron foraging

A few hastily grabbed shots from a partly-flooded Ings. Migration crossroads with feeding Chiffy and Redwings (down to just 8 today), flyby Parakeets and busy Herons. Buzzards, Kestrel and Sprawk about, plus lots of noisy Reed Bunts and a couple of Kingfishers @yorkbirding.bsky.social #UKBirding

I do. Wish the master tapes were available and it could get a proper re-release. Deserves wider acclaim

Pair of Siskins eating sunflower hearts

What's better than a Siskin on your feeders? Two Siskins! The species that kicked off my interest over four decades ago @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #Acomb #UKBirding

Chiffchaff singing in the garden this morning! Beckfield Ln @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Frogspawn. Adults survived the Herons long enough to pass on genes

Sentinel Grey Heron

Two of the 'departure lounge' Redwings

Short walk on the Ings today with dog and child. Busy herons, busy frogs and around 40-50 Redwings still. Male Sparrowhawk and then 2 Red Kites over Great North Way on the way home @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Siskin on a feeder

Spring has sprung! Warm enough to take the dog out without a coat, birds singing everywhere, including full throated Skylarks drifting out from the fields to over Beckfield Lane! Siskin passage overhead and here's one that stopped off for a feed on Monday @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Still getting up to 30 in our garden, not so much on the feeders but sheltering in the shrubs - very noisily. Becky Lane area of Acomb. Reed Buntings only appear in single figures and when it's very cold

Acomb Ings heronry

Grey Herons

Little Egret

At least 17 Herons back in the heronry, plus 3 Little Egrets on Rawcliffe Ings. 16 Lapwings over Clifton Ings dropped down but then circled up and away again, a full summer plumaged Black-headed Gull on the shrinking flood and too many noisy Parakeets! @yorkbirding.bsky.social #UKBirding

Starlings and the Minster

Murmuration over Acomb Landing Waterworks

Splat! Lucky, allegedly

Enjoyed the Acomb Landing-Clifton Ings murmuration tonight, the patterns, the noise of wingbeats and the splat of droppings all added to the atmosphere! @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #UKBirding

Shoveler were displaying a couple of weeks ago but just looked miserable today

Chiffy on floating debris in Lin Dyke

H/lights of an icy visit to @rspb.bsky.social St. Aidan's and Fairburn Ings today. Red Crested Pochard still present, lots of other wildfowl on any bit of open water. Single Blackwit with Curlew, and a Water Rail in flight. Overwintering Chiffchaff feeding on debris in Lin Dyke #UKBirding

Shoveler showing off

Goldeneye

Glossy Ibises

Wandered round @rspb.bsky.social St. Aidan's this morning. Finally caught up with the resident Beardies. Ducks were frisky! And 3 Glossy Ibis dropped in #UKBirding

Red sky in the morning reflecting on a Mistle Thrush

Garden Mistle Thrush enjoying the omens this morning. #ShepherdsWarning #Stormcock @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #UKBirding

Redwing

Pleased to see the influx of Blackbirds had finally settled down to the surplus windblown apples, and then this appeared in the garden @yorkbirding.bsky.social #UKBirds

Whoop. Be interested to find out if my garbled and excited talking head piece outside the CoOp Arena ended up on the cutting room floor - where it probably belongs 😂 #nbl

If you said no, and they said it wouldn't happen again then that's Aggravated Trespass? If they damaged any vegetation, having said they'd not do it again, is that not Criminal Damage? YWT should report them to the police

Visited the patch this morning. Chiffys in with every group of tits, calling Bullfinches, 19 Cormorants in River Ouse roost, Cettis behind Acomb Waterworks, Parakeets displaying at nest holes. Then... Short-eared Owl high over Manor School when I was walking home @yorkbirding.bsky.social #UKBirding

Took the dog for an evening empty with a near constant soundtrack of Redwings overhead #tseep #York

Stonechat on grass stem

GS Pecker hanging out under a branch

Wren on dock stem

Resident pair of Buzzards

Been neglecting the patch so jumped at the chance to get out this am. Lots of migrants either leaving or arriving including Chiffy, Blackcap, Stonechat, Redwing and Pinkies over. A few snaps here #UKBirding

Still a few House Martins over Tadcaster today @nybirdnews.bsky.social

One of my faves!

Also from last week in Scotland, I finally got up An Teallach! And remembered to do a write up for @walkhighlands.co.uk #Munro

From last week's trip to Scotland. The eldest enjoying Maol Chean-dearg, my final Torridonian #Munro

You can tell it's "autumn" when York's feral geese fly between the city centre and the fields to the west every day (volume up) #evening #UKBirding @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Striding Edge

Descending Swirral Edge

Checking his phone mid Sharp Edge!

Sharp Edge

Took advantage of the 'dead time' twixt end of exams and end of school for a bit of bonding time with the eldest. Quick intro to Lakes ridge scrambling in a brief spell of decent weather. Helvellyn then Blencathra on consecutive days