A trip up t'north to not see LEO at RSPB Salthome, not see Twite, not see Snow Bunting and not see Red-necked Grebe at South Gare today.
Normal service resumed on dipping everything.
Consolation Ringed Plover, Turnstone and Sanderling though plus a lovely day,
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Male Mandarin
Male and Female Mandarin
I wasn't expecting a pair of Mandarin on our ponds in North Yorkshire
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I hope that’s the case 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
After almost 2 years to the day. Our Barn Owl box which has only been used by Stock Doves, had a Barn Owl sat on the platform. Really excited and fingers crossed it finds a mate.
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I was @RSPBSalholme this afternoon so I popped down for the Long-eared Owl, it was quite distant.
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This Snow Bunting at South Gare today had been ringed at Zeebrugge on the 23/12/25 @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
A report of 2 Firecrest at Derwent Cottage, York University
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A Snow Bunting feeding on the grass seeds on the South Gare yesterday afternoon.
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Yellow Star of Bethlehem
Yellow Star of Bethlehem. North Yorkshire. Not very easy to locate. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowersociety.bsky.social
Eurasian Curlew
Local Curlew arrived back after winter. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
It’s another world 😮😮😮
Upper Derwent Valley this afternoon. Well over 1200 Geese present with 600+ Pinks, 450+ White-Fronted and 7 Tundra Beans. Flood waters rapidly receding. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Local Goshawks came out to play this morning in Dalby Forest. A gloomy start but eventually it brightened up enough to see them. Also a few Brambling in the forest. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
Try #kowa and then you will have a better chance 😉
Exactly the Moors are a Desert and all we get is rubbish from people with a vested interest in shooting telling us how great the moors are. In reality that is not the case as it’s them who decides what lives and what dies.
North Yorkshire Moors today, bitterly cold with quite a bit of snow on the tops.
Totals as follows :-
Hen Harrier -0
Merlin -0
Common Buzzard -0
Peregrine-0
Any other Raptor -0
Any other birds -0
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Our latest BTO ringing recoveries inc. a young Chiffchaff ringed at #SkipwithCommon NNR (presumably on passage) on 01/09/25, which was then controlled by ringers just 24 days later, 701 km away in Trunvel, Treogat, Finistère, France @yorkbirding.bsky.social
Slavonoan Grebe at Scaling Dam 13.00 @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
The drake Smew again from the Thorganby village hall viewing platform
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White-Fronted, Pink Footed and Barnacle Geese
Upper Derwent Valley :- 139 White-Fronts, 3 Barnacle, 500+ Pink Feet, Good numbers of Wigeon and Teal plus a bonus Raven this morning in North Yorkshire.
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Grey Partridge
Another farmland bird in deep decline. Locally hanging on (just). #GreyPartridge
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150+ White-fronted Geese, 3 Barnacle, 400 Pink Feet, Shoveler and 100 plus Wigeon and Teal at Upper Derwent Valley in the gloom this afternoon. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
Hare
Redwing
Kestrel
Upper Derwent Valley this afternoon :- 450 Pinks, 11 White-Fronts, 1 Barnacle, 120 Canadas, 90 Greylag, 1 Shoveler, 150 Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 100+ Wigeon/Teal. Alot of Flood Water after this weeks deluge.
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Local Upper Derwent Valley Birding today. White-Fronted, Pink Feet, Barnacle, 1000 + Wigeon/Teal, 8 Shoveler, 6 Shelduck and lots of Commoner stuff @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Great Egret
Shellduck
Shoveller
Teal
Lots of Flood Water in the Upper Derwent Valley this afternoon. Poor Light but at least a few Birds around.
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Great Egret
Shellduck
Shoveller
Teal
Upper Derwent Valley this afternoon. Lots of Flood water, horrible light, but a few birds at last. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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View from Dalby Forest across to the Wolds
View from Dalby Forest across to the Wolds. Still snowy and bitterly cold. Birding hard work here.
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Bullfinch
Bullfinch
Bullfinches in Dalby Forest this afternoon. Still 0 "Crossbills" @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Filey Brigg this afternoon on the last day of 2025. Can you spot the Eastern Black Redstart? No, neither could I as it disappeared within seconds of me arriving @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
