A male Wheatear standing on a mossy rock, looking over its shoulder. Grey over the back with jet black wing-tips and a black "mask" through its face.
Wheatear male in the #YorkshireDales yesterday (pic). Lots around but not all of them up in moorland territories yet.
Merlin chasing Meadow pipits before they've had chance to do much about making more mipits too.
Still Fieldfare and Golden plover, in wintery weather.
#Yorkshirebirding
Male Marsh Harrier hunting at Adwick Washlands this afternoon #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
Great visit to RSPB Adwick Washlands. Highlights - 5 Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, my 1st Reed Warbler of the year, LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier and this Cattle Egret being chased by an inquisitive cow. Thanks to the Adwick regulars for letting me tag along #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
♀.Common Scoter @tophilllow.bsky.social on D res. Black-necked Grebe on O res still at 4.45pm but no further sign of Little Gull [♂.Ruff +Avocet on South Marsh East]
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♀.Common Scoter @tophilllow on D res. Black-necked Grebe on O res still at 4.45pm but no further sign of Little Gull [♂.Ruff +Avocet on South Marsh East] @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #YorkshireBirding
Pre-work visit to #Swinemoor pleased to pick up Spotted Redshank found by @wildlifegeekpix.bsky.social yesterday (thanks) and add a second (see video on previous post). Also Ruff, Snipe, Kingfisher
see full @birdtrack.bsky.social count: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #YorkshireBirding #UKBirding
Short wibbly wobbly snippet of 1 of 2 Spotted Redshank #Swinemoor this morning #YorkshireBirding
Skein of c100 Pink-footed Geese north over Cottingham just now
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First Sedge Warblers of the year today, Firecrest still at the Blue Bell, 2 Great White Egret south, plus Wheatear, Sand Martin, Swallow & a Black Redstart on Terminal Rocks. 📸 @bethclyne
#Spurn #Birding #Migration #YorkshireBirding #Birdwatching
Last event in the Wharfedale Nats winter calendar was my Grassington walk at the w/e.
Fittingly, Whooper swans (38) flew over plus Golden plover and Fieldfare still.
Curlew singing all day, Lapwing displaying but missed out on Redshank and Snipe. Wheatear plus mipits & Skylarks.
#Yorkshirebirding
When the Black-necked Grebes return to RSPB St Aidan's I always get a little lift. #Yorkshirebirding #birds #Ukwildlife #phonescoping
Melanitta nigra
Melanitta nigra
Melanitta nigra
Melanitta nigra
An Easter #SuperSeabirdSunday!
A sea duck features for me this week with the long staying Common Scoter at Roundhay Park, UK.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social #Seabirds #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #UKWildlife 🪶
A circuit of @northcavewet.bsky.social today added me a couple for the year list, which is a bonus, but is is always a real pleasure to visit.
My full @birdtrack.bsky.social list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...
Have an Avocet too... #YorkshireBirding
Had a nice recovery walk at Ulrome this morning. Not loads birdwise but some wandering Canada's were new for the patch year list. #yorkshirebirding
Pre-work visit to #Swinemoor
Water level down, big reduction in Wigeon & Teal (both down to double figures, poss more Teal than Wigeon) spread across the site.
Still good number of Shoveler. A smattering of Redshank, Lapwing and Oycs.
My full count: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #YorkshireBirding
2♀.Common Scoter @northcavewet.bsky.social still at 6pm on Main Lake @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #YorkshireBirding
Just reported on @birdtrack.bsky.social an Oystercatcher flying over #Hessle East Yorks to then discover it was a Starling sat on a TV aerial doing a masterful impression! 😅🤦♂️ #YorkshireBirding
Best amend that!
♀.Smew still
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on O res at 3.49pm. Also my 1st Sand Martin over D res.
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Bit of a surprise after picking up Ada from school - as we were walking back a Cattle Egret flew very low over Paull and out over the Humber.
I'd been expecting one in the fields around here at some point, but wasn't expecting it over the garden!
#YorkshireBirding #PWC2026
Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis
The male Black Redstart showed well in Pontefract on Saturday. Big thanks to Hep & Abi for allowing me and @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social access to their garden.
I never thought I'd hear one singing in the UK!
#BirdingUK #YorkshireBirding #UKWildlife #UrbanBirding 🪶
Bombycilla garrulus garrulus
Bombycilla garrulus garrulus
Bombycilla garrulus garrulus
Bombycilla garrulus garrulus
I guess you could say at the eleventh hour @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I managed a pair of Bohemian Waxwings for the season near Goole, Yorkshire on Sunday.
#BirdingUK #YorkshireBirding #UKWildlife 🪶
Close up of yellow flowers on a spiky evergreen plant.
Light brown reeds with a bit of water behind. Blue-grey sky.
Common gorse and common reeds at RSPB St Aidan’s yesterday. 54 bird species, including avocets, bearded tits (😍), black-necked grebes, little owl, Mediterranean gulls, red-crested pochard, and whooper swans. Bitterns in fine voice but elusive. #yorkshirebirding #UKbirding
North cave this morning, 3 Common Scoter, Redcrested Pochard, LRP, Siskin, Great White Egret, plenty of singing Chiff Chaffs being the highlights #yorkshirebirding
I'm sure I got unnecessarily excited earlier this afternoon when I put out "Red Kite over Oss Wash"
Not something I ever expected to say and in its own way a magical experience.
#Hull #YorkshireBirding
Had to go back for more views of the Waxwings this morning on my way to RSPB Blacktoft Sands. What a lovely bird - just love the quiff! #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
Crane
Ruddy Shelduck with Common Gull and Herring Gull
7 Crane flew W along Leven Canal at 1.20pm then S over High Eske NR. The ♀.Ruddy Shelduck was #Cottingham on Orchard Park Lagoon Saturday morning
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Stopped on the way home to see the Waxwings as the mist had lifted.
Light not great but don't know why people think it's ok to go tramping in a farmer's crop field! #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
"How do you do - is this seat taken?" Mediterranean Gulls at North Cave Wetlands today @northcavewet.bsky.social #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Recce in the #YorkshireDales for a Wharfedale Naturalists walk above Grassington in two weeks.
Curlew, Lapwing, Snipe, Redshank, Oystercatcher and Golden plover all the waders I hoped to find. Bonus flock of Fieldfare and Starling. 🤞they're still there April 4th.
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A bit atmospheric but Waxwings showing really well at Goole Fields this morning #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
