Yeast list indeed! ☺️

An excellent day of hard birding at Fairburn Ings trying to reach 100 on my yeast list before month end. Included Black-tailed Godwit in full breeding plumage on the Main Bay and the resident Eurasian Spoonbills 👍🏼 #birding

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #manmadeperch any bird perched on a manmade object.

Day in the sun at RSPB St Aidans. These Black-necked Grebes and the resident Little Owl to close.

Roundhay Park to catch this Common Scoter. Then on to Fairburn Ings. Chuffed to hear and see a Cetti's Warbler. #birding

#BirdOfTheDay my #ruffledfeathers suggestion Alan!

The Barn Owl is back!

Gannet at Bempton 😁

On to North Cave Wetlands. As always excellent. Today's highlights were Med Gulls, early waders and these Egyptian Geese. #birding

...the pair showing well. #birding

Just out of Old Goole on Swinefleet Road. Fabulous pair of Waxing 👍🏼 #birding

Out at 5.15 to listen to the Dawn Chorus. Fabulous, started up by Blackbird and Wren. But, to my amazement a Barn Owl swept up the field behind our house, turned and flew back. Definitely a #patch sighting. Going out tomorrow with my camera! #birding

At @rspb.bsky.social Fairburn Ings for the morning. First Chiffchaff of the year and possibly my last White Fronted Geese..there were 9 in total. At some distance 😜

Photo copied from ebird

Driving home from work; passing Skipton. Nine Whooper Swans in a field. The long migration home has begun. #birding

Slavonian Greb at Calder Wetlands. Excellent day in the Spring sun. #birding

Iceland Gull at Roundhay Park in Leeds. Coming here again; so many woodland birds and of course the Parakeets! #birding

A dead Puffin lies on wet sand, its black and white feathers darkened and slick against the beach. The bird rests on its side, wings folded, with its distinctive orange bill clearly visible against the pale sand.

Heartbreaking: Right now, thousands of Puffins are washing up along our coasts and further afield.

It is devastating to see.

These birds are Red-listed in the UK and already under serious pressure.

Mass deaths like this, known as a “seabird wreck”, can take years for colonies to recover from...

Birding on patch. Goosander - 4 males, 1 female, fields of Curlew, Lapwing and Geese all hunkering down out of the wind. And this cleverly disguised Moorhen.

Tundra Bean Goose

Dash up to south of Harrogate to catch this beautiful Tundra Bean Goose in a large mixed flock including Pink Footed.

Full day at Fairburn Ings @rspb.bsky.social Sunrise to sunset. Cold but at least dry, and lunch in hide overlooking the Main Lake. 32 species seen in total including this well dressed Great Crested Grebe.

Morning out at Calder Park Wetlands. Excellent view of Black-necked Grebe showing well. Field of mixed geese including White-fronted Geese in Pool on way home.

I think a lot of keen birders have seen more but it depends on a lot of factors.

After 1 month in 2026.
38 birds on patch .. 9 km radius from home.
60 Birds in the UK.

Just seen a Treecreeper on my patch! Sometimes I can go years without catching this master of disguise 🥸 #PWC2026 #birding

My bird of the week. A Little Grebe entertaining; diving and swimming on the River Wharfe #PWC2026 #birding

Marsh Harrier from over half a mile away with Nikon Coolpix p950. Over Wader Scrape at RSPB Old Moor. Enough to id. a bird which was my reason to get this camera . #birding

Drake Wigeon

Good to be sharing space with the overwintering wildfowl at Old Moor @rspb.bsky.social #birding

Out on my patch. Fields of Curlew and Lapwing but pleased to see a lone Oystercatcher in flight. And this Heron.. #PWC2026 #birding

Mystified trying to find the field north of @rspb.bsky.social Adwick Washlands to find the White Fronted Geese. Wandered many a mile. But it was worth the trek! Besides the White Fronted Geese saw Pink Footed Geese and a bonus Treecreeper. 😊

...and to close the day a Tundra Bean Goose on my patch! #PWC2026 #birding