Sunset today coincided with 7.4 metre high tide at Paull Holme Strays @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #Sunset #hightide #PaullHolmeStrays #Holderness #EastYorkshire #nature #photography

Sunny but very windy on #PaullHolmeStrays today.

Last few waterfowl are still around - down to c120 Wigeon now and a lone Pink-footed Goose on the main stray. First Ruff of the year was by the lighthouses - and just as I was leaving, the first Chiffchaff started singing!

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Barn Owl at Paull Holme Strays @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #BarnOwl #PaullHolmeStrays #owl #birdphotography #burd #photography #Holderness #EastYorkshire

Sunset at Paull Holme Strays @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
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Birds at sunset Paull Holme Strays @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
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The tides out at Paull Holme Strays @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #tides #PaullHolmeStrays #Paull #Holderness #EastYorkshire #photography

Nice to see #PaullHolmeStrays featured!

Not sure who the local was though - the Roe Deer have no problems with the gullies - they're often out on the saltmarsh - and sometimes right next to the Humber.

I've even seen them out on the mudbanks IN the Humber

The main stray at Paull Holme Strays

A Russian White-fronted Goose

Just a few of the hundreds of Greylags

Probably well over 1k geese on #PaullHolmeStrays today. And for once some are on the Main Stray offering great views - including some White-fronted Geese.

Several hundred Greylags, and several hundred more Pink-footed. Loved it.

A few Snipe flying around too.

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#PWC2025 was not so good - 114 birds for 137 points,

#PaullHolmeStrays was quiet - American Golden Plover was the best bird (not seen by me). Only ticks for me were Grey Partridge and a surprise Purple Sand.

Easily my best patch bird was an American Wigeon at Newton Garth.

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Frozen pond at Paull Holme Strays, a few geese and a stonechat Frozen pond at #PaullHolmeStrays #geese #stonechat #Humber #EastYorkshire #Holderness #birds #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Sunset across the Humber from Paull Holme Strays #Sunset #Humber #PaullHolmeStrays #Holderness #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

That'd be a nice addition to the #PaullHolmeStrays list. It's not far away!

A photo showing the mudflats and Saltmarsh at Paull Holme Strays

Apparently it was World Saltmarsh Day yesterday, so here's a photo looking over the #PaullHolmeStrays mud to the saltmarsh.

Not a lot about this lunchtime, but I did see a Short-eared Owl flying over the adjacent farmland.

Normally more of a winter bird here, so nice to see!

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Four-spotted Chaser

Nice to see a few dragonflies around the Car Park pond at #PaullHolmeStrays.

A very short walk today at #PaullHolmeStrays, the Tawny Owl still in the same roosting spot, a single Avocet on the inlet, a dozen or so Brent Geese and a #PWC2025 tick of Short-eared Owl. No Wheatear today.

Also a Common Seal near the car park.

A Tawny Owls asleep in an Ivy-covered Tree

Windy lunchtime walk on #PaullHolmeStrays, but one that brought 4 #pwc2025 ticks. Whimbrel, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail and this sleeping Tawny Owl.

That'll do.

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Short walk today at #PaullHolmeStrays.

A nice walk starting in the woods where I found A Mistle Thrush (nfy) and then out onto the Strays where I found my first Patch Tick of the year - a Purple Sandpiper tucked into the rocks by the Humber.

Also a single Peacock butterfly.

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View over the inlet and salt marsh at Paull Holme Strays

Definite spring-like walk at #PaullHolmeStrays this lunchtime. Waterfowl numbers dropping, singing Skylarks, and at the last minute the first Chiffchaff of the year.

Also the first Butterfly (Peacock) of the year too.

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First lunchtime walk at #PaullHolmeStrays on the year yesterday - a freezing walk (compared to my last few...) produced a species not seen at all last year in the form of 2 White-fronted Geese.

Also a Marsh Harrier hunting over the Saltmarsh before crossing the Humber.

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Fog over the main stray

Fog over the salt marsh from the bird hide

Odd weather for birding, but I actually enjoyed it.

Walked the 5km round trip to the bird hide at #PaullHolmeStrays, not something I often do.

Very eerie with waders (inc Greenshank!) calling in the fog. But also a flock of Corn Bunting appeared out of nowhere for a patch tick.

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

I'm celebrating at the in-laws, where I've just seen a Great Northern Diver flying down the Humber. Nice patch tick and first since I started listing properly.

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Paull Holme Strays pond #PaullHolmeStrays #pond #water #clouds

Quieter walk today at #PaullHolmeStrays, but I love it when the Humber is calm.

Finally added Yellow-legged Gull for #PWC2024.

Gulls, especially immatures are a struggle. I need a good view and a bit of time to work out what's what.

Wasn't as much of a problem in Leeds!

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Patch ticks like buses.

6 months since my last at #PaullHolmeStrays, then 2 in 5 minutes! First, my first ever Little Auk (anywhere!), even gave me a little loop so I got a longer look. Then, 8 Gannets flying down river in 2s & 3s.

Really glad I decided to brave the elements!

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Ada waving at the pigs at Tophill Low

Fungus and moss growing on a log

Roe Deer through the trees

A wet walk at Paull Holme Strays

Been a busy time, but we've managed some birding over the last week.

A great walk at #TophillLow on Wednesday with 59 species, Red-Crested Pochard was NFY.

Then an hour or so at #PaullHolmeStrays yesterday, in the rain. Sadly, no sign of the male Hen Harrier I'd seen last week.

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Many, many hundreds (thousands?) of Pink-footed Geese flying into or over #PaullHolmeStrays this morning.

Meanwhile the House Martin nest on the new house is still occupied. With parents regularly visiting to feed young. Need to get a move on guys!

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First post-holiday walk at #PaullHolmeStrays this lunch.

Nothing too unusual. But as I was walking back crow alerted me to a female Merlin low over the Main Stray, which I thought was NFY, but turns out I saw one on 1st January!

Also found another winged Roesel's Bush-cricket!

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Haven't been onto #PaullHolmeStrays since I got back from Cyprus, but I see autumn has arrived whilst we were away. Not just the weather, hundreds of Pink-footed Geese overhead this morning.

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Common Redshank hot-spot found on Humber A RSPB survey on the Humber Estuary has revealed an area is a hot-spot for breeding Common Redshank. The charity collected data across both East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire between April and June 2024 ...

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I bumped into the guy doing these surveys. The irony being I've seen fewer Redshank on #PaullHolmeStrays this year than any other time I can remember.

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Kestrel on a yellow signpost

Nice hour on #PaullHolmeStrays this lunchtime. Nothing amazing, but a Greenshank and a Red Kite provided a bit of interest. Plenty of Blackwits and a single Barwit.

Thousands of other waders on the Humber mud, but too distant to ID.

Also nice to see 2 recently fledged Kestrels.

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