Curlew, Starling & Rabbits in a sunny morning at Nosterfield on Friday morning @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

First Common Sandpiper of the year for me @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday. It probably felt more like a Purple Sandpiper in the wind😂. Thanks to Tim Scott for pointing it out. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

🌿 Exciting news! 🌿

The new Kiln viewing screen was officially opened this week 🥳

The screen was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and built by LUCT's volunteer team.

You can find out more about the project in the case study below:

www.luct.org.uk/blog/2026/3...

We're hiring! Assistant Reserves Warden

We're looking for an enthusiastic candidate to play a role in protecting & restoring one of North Yorkshire’s most important wetland nature reserves.

To find out more, visit:

www.luct.org.uk/blog/2024/4...

Photography: Whitfield Benson

One of three Ruff @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this morning. Also of note on the reserve was a single Whooper Swan, 52 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Mediterranean Gulls and a Sand Martin. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Typha‐based paludiculture offers potential for greater bird species abundance and diversity than drained agricultural grassland Re-wetting drained peat for Typha paludiculture provides a productive, low-emission land use that can support diverse bird communities. Across 28 sites in the Netherlands, breeding bird abundance in ...

New research shows that farming adapted to wetter soils could benefit bird communities

Sites contained 3X more birds than drained grasslands

Story: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/2688...

Read on for a summary…

@clr-cambridge.bsky.social
@aer-ese-bes.bsky.social

Juvenile white fronted goose with greylags @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social today along side 10 whoopers and pinks 84 @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Ok, they're not the best images, I wasn't ready of course, and heavily cropped due to the distance. My 1st green sandpiper (i.d.'d by knowledgeable people), and marsh harrier #Flask lake reeds @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social OM-1 & 1.4TC & 300mm f4

Barren Strawberry, Blackthorn and female Hazel flower @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Close-up of a European robin redbreast with its head raised.

Robin at Nosterfield Nature Reserve. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Side view of a song thrush standing among green grass and looking into the camera lens.

Song thrush at Nosterfield Nature Reserve. #ThePhotoHour #birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

A baby rabbit sits among green vegetation. The animal has its ears back and its whiskers drooping.

Baby rabbit enjoying the spring sunshine at Nosterfield Nature Reserve. #ThePhotoHour #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social

Great Crested Grebe pair at Nosterfield this morning also Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit x2 and Goldcrest in the car park @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Campaigners, overlooking Parliament in London, holding placards calling for an end to peat sales

Five people in front of No 10 Downing Street holding a petition box

Person in a bog costume with a box holding 16,742 signatures

Campaigners, overlooking Parliament in London, holding placards calling for an end to peat sales

We’re telling the Government to put an end to peat sales now! 📢

The destruction of peatlands has got to stop! We've handed in a petition with 16,000 signatures, calling for the government to ban peat sales in 2026.⚠️

Read more👇
https://loom.ly/KMRiz34

& email your MP to support

@bsky.app Adult and 1 cy Red Kite at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social today

Bittern heard booming at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social flasks reedbed hide 13:40, 15:02 & 15:05

Nosterfield Tuesday 3rd Feb in the morning had pair of Goldeneye, plenty of Oystercatchers, Curlews and x1 Ringed Plover @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social

An imposter amongst the ducks. One of two Shags seen @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social at the weekend. Unusual to see them inland. Part of a small influx of birds seen on North Yorkshire lakes following Storm Chandra and recent foggy weather.

Celebrating World Wetlands Day, 2026

Photography thanks to Whitfield Benson

#worldwetlandsday
#wwd2026

23 new moth species for Nosterfield Nature Reserve were recorded in 2025, taking the total number of species recorded to 703!

Find out more in the 2025 Moth Report, written by Charles Fletcher:

www.luct.org.uk/blog/2026/1...

Photography: Charles Fletcher and Helen Hays

Please be aware that the Main Reserve car park will be closed for the morning on Monday, 26th January. Many thanks for your understanding

Photography: Whitfield Benson

2 Bitterns on show today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed screen both in flight and slipping around on the ice. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Bittern on the ice today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed screen. I may have missed this bird at first but thankfully Tim Scott pointed it out to me. It finally crept out of the reeds after we'd watched in for abut 20 minutes @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Aconites & snowdrops already in flower in Masham Churchyard and a fleeting male Firecrest at the end of the rainbow, Green Lane @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social
Bonkers!

Swarovski-Optik AT Balance Image Stabilised Spotting Scope

HikMicro Habrok HQ50L Multi-Spectrum Binocular (Optical/InfraRed/Thermal)

Try both the NEW Swarovski-Optik Balance AT/ST Stabilised Spotting Scopes @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social DL8 2QX this Sunday 10-1pm?
Also HikMicro Habrok Thermal/Optical/IR Binocular range - All available to buy - RSVP @teesbirds.bsky.social @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

3 of the 8 Grey Partridge seen in front of the main hide @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this morning #northyorksbirds

LUCT's next community work day is on Saturday 8th November, 10am -1pm!

For more details, visit:

www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Red-crested Pochard on Kiln lake @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this afternoon @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Birds and Words — The Lower Ure Conservation Trust Join Caroline Matusiak, winner of the 2023 Ripon Poetry Festival for this free, family-friendly workshop at Nosterfield Nature Reserve

Join us for 'Birds and Words' with local poet Caroline Matusiak

28th October, 10am - 12pm

We'll explore the reserve, listen to readings from Caroline’s poetry collection and work on writing activities inspired by what we see and hear

www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Great to see almost 2000 plants for Nidderdale National Landscape leaving the habitat creation nursery at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Much of the material was collected in Nidderdale, bulked up in the nursery, and will be used to enhance a network of new upland ponds & scrapes.