Mark James Pearson
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Yorkshire-based birder, ecologist, guide, writer, speaker, educator, comms for conservation orgs. #ZeissBirding. He/Him. Birding - Northernrustic.blogspot.com / Music - morningbride.bandcamp.com
I spent much of this week back on the coast, inc. couple of sessions on the clifftop at Bempton and Buckton were high quality - one of which was spent guiding the fabulous RSPB Bempton Cliffs volunteering team with Will (our first of the year). More here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I spent much of this week back on the coast, inc. couple of sessions on the clifftop at Bempton and Buckton were high quality - one of which was spent guiding the fabulous RSPB Bempton Cliffs volunteering team with Will (our first of the year). More here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
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Holy Island, Hogmanay and the Highlands - a summary of the festive period: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/holy...
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Holy Island, Hogmanay and the Highlands - a summary of the festive period: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/holy...
A beautiful morning at #Buckton with lots of quality birds, including 24 Snow Buntings, a Russian White-fronted Goose north-west with 18 Pink-feet, a total of 165 Pinks in three flocks, 160 Corn Buntings, 21 Rock Pipits, 120 Skylarks, 25 Yellowhammers, 260 Starlings, six Redwings, 28 Fieldfares
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A beautiful morning at #Buckton with lots of quality birds, including 24 Snow Buntings, a Russian White-fronted Goose north-west with 18 Pink-feet, a total of 165 Pinks in three flocks, 160 Corn Buntings, 21 Rock Pipits, 120 Skylarks, 25 Yellowhammers, 260 Starlings, six Redwings, 28 Fieldfares
Holy Island, Hogmanay and the Highlands - a summary of the festive period: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/holy...
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Holy Island, Hogmanay and the Highlands - a summary of the festive period: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/holy...
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Happy to share our new paper published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social We deployed 300+ multi-sensor loggers across 17 species to investigate how different species adapt their flight strategies when crossing deserts and marine areas during migration. tinyurl.com/2c8y8xvf #ornithology #birds
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Happy to share our new paper published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social We deployed 300+ multi-sensor loggers across 17 species to investigate how different species adapt their flight strategies when crossing deserts and marine areas during migration. tinyurl.com/2c8y8xvf #ornithology #birds
A wonderful couple of days guiding on my Winter Warmer Specials over on the coast... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/wint...
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(Pics - Great Northern Diver, Weasel, Kingfisher)
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(Pics - Great Northern Diver, Weasel, Kingfisher)
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A wonderful couple of days guiding on my Winter Warmer Specials over on the coast... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2026/01/wint...
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(Pics - Great Northern Diver, Weasel, Kingfisher)
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(Pics - Great Northern Diver, Weasel, Kingfisher)
Back to work on the industrial south side of the Humber yesterday in biting winds and snow showers - and plenty of cold weather movers and shakers to enjoy along the seawall, including Jack Snipe, Black Redstart, hunting raptors and thousands of waders and wildfowl. More here: tinyurl.com/32xzwwft
January 6, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Back to work on the industrial south side of the Humber yesterday in biting winds and snow showers - and plenty of cold weather movers and shakers to enjoy along the seawall, including Jack Snipe, Black Redstart, hunting raptors and thousands of waders and wildfowl. More here: tinyurl.com/32xzwwft
Black Redstart feeding along the seawall at North Killingholme, in a loose passerine flock with Rock Pipits, Pied Wags, Meadow Pipits and Robins
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January 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Black Redstart feeding along the seawall at North Killingholme, in a loose passerine flock with Rock Pipits, Pied Wags, Meadow Pipits and Robins
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Happy New Year from the heart of the Highlands! We spent the last day of '25 guiding with our dear friend Mike (Dilger) for the good folk up for Hogmanay at the Grant Arms Hotel - a cracking day including seven Golden Eagles, three White-tailed Eagles, Mountain Hares & lots of other local wildlife.
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy New Year from the heart of the Highlands! We spent the last day of '25 guiding with our dear friend Mike (Dilger) for the good folk up for Hogmanay at the Grant Arms Hotel - a cracking day including seven Golden Eagles, three White-tailed Eagles, Mountain Hares & lots of other local wildlife.
Aberbethy's Coal Tits are the BEST tits
December 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Aberbethy's Coal Tits are the BEST tits
Who says romance is dead? When Richard asked for a Best Yorkshire Birding Day of 2025 for the Yorkshire Coast Nature website I was spoiled for choice - until I remembered a uniquely wonderful day back in the early summer which was a privilege to be part of. More here: tinyurl.com/2nsucwas
December 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Who says romance is dead? When Richard asked for a Best Yorkshire Birding Day of 2025 for the Yorkshire Coast Nature website I was spoiled for choice - until I remembered a uniquely wonderful day back in the early summer which was a privilege to be part of. More here: tinyurl.com/2nsucwas
Looking back over the first part of the birding year, it seemed like the sun was always shining - for eagles in the Highlands (White-tail pictured), Goshawks in Berlin, guiding in Yorkshire, and surveying everywhere... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Looking back over the first part of the birding year, it seemed like the sun was always shining - for eagles in the Highlands (White-tail pictured), Goshawks in Berlin, guiding in Yorkshire, and surveying everywhere... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...
Birding Review of the Year, part one - lots happening in the first three months, including a fabulous School of Birding, more guiding, surveying and a memorable Goshawk adventure in Berlin... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Birding Review of the Year, part one - lots happening in the first three months, including a fabulous School of Birding, more guiding, surveying and a memorable Goshawk adventure in Berlin... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...
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Rounding up our best birding in Yorkshire. Five blogs celebrating our 'Favourite Yorkshire Birding Day' by our YCN guides. First up is @markthebirder.bsky.social with a beautiful day in so many ways! Read all about it here:
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/555/my-... Atlantic Puffin photo by Mark
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/555/my-... Atlantic Puffin photo by Mark
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Rounding up our best birding in Yorkshire. Five blogs celebrating our 'Favourite Yorkshire Birding Day' by our YCN guides. First up is @markthebirder.bsky.social with a beautiful day in so many ways! Read all about it here:
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/555/my-... Atlantic Puffin photo by Mark
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/555/my-... Atlantic Puffin photo by Mark
Stuck for a meaningful, special gift for a bird- / wildlife- / nature-loving loved one? Want to contribute to Turtle Dove conservation at the same time? Look no further! This beautiful, inspiring, limited-edition book covers these bases and many more: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/products/139...
December 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Stuck for a meaningful, special gift for a bird- / wildlife- / nature-loving loved one? Want to contribute to Turtle Dove conservation at the same time? Look no further! This beautiful, inspiring, limited-edition book covers these bases and many more: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/products/139...
#Nocmig summary from #Flamborough, autumn '25 - lots of waders, thrushes, plus Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel & Brambling, big movements of Pink-footed Geese, plenty of terns and more.... full round-up here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
#Nocmig summary from #Flamborough, autumn '25 - lots of waders, thrushes, plus Hawfinch, Ring Ouzel & Brambling, big movements of Pink-footed Geese, plenty of terns and more.... full round-up here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
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A full summary of this autumn's rich and varied #nocmig (nocturnal migration) recording from Flamborough village now published here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
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Nocmig update - Flamborough, July - November '25
Arctic Tern - by far the best autumn for this species so far on nocmig Please use headphones for audio clips Recordings recommenced (aft...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A full summary of this autumn's rich and varied #nocmig (nocturnal migration) recording from Flamborough village now published here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
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A full summary of this autumn's rich and varied #nocmig (nocturnal migration) recording from Flamborough village now published here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
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Nocmig update - Flamborough, July - November '25
Arctic Tern - by far the best autumn for this species so far on nocmig Please use headphones for audio clips Recordings recommenced (aft...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A full summary of this autumn's rich and varied #nocmig (nocturnal migration) recording from Flamborough village now published here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
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#Nocmig (nocturnal migration - i.e. stuff flying over our sleeping heads) update for this autumn from our York suburb. Includes lots of audio clips of birds from as far afield as Iceland, Russia and Africa - and the chilling screech of a local Barn Owl! northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
Nocmig update - Wigginton, autumn 2025
Whooper Swan (recorded in October) Please use headphones for sound clips After moving to the northern suburbs of York last summer, th...
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December 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#Nocmig (nocturnal migration - i.e. stuff flying over our sleeping heads) update for this autumn from our York suburb. Includes lots of audio clips of birds from as far afield as Iceland, Russia and Africa - and the chilling screech of a local Barn Owl! northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/12/nocm...
That's our seventh (eighth, including our Outer Hebrides School Trip in the summer) School of Birding done and dusted - another cracker, with a great team, dramatic weather, breathtaking scenery and fabulous birds and wildlife. More here: tinyurl.com/b5jxe22
School of Birding, November '25 - Class Seven dismissed!
"How many?" Yep, that's seven - eight, if you include this spring's fabulous School Trip to the Outer Hebrides - Schools my estimable pa...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
That's our seventh (eighth, including our Outer Hebrides School Trip in the summer) School of Birding done and dusted - another cracker, with a great team, dramatic weather, breathtaking scenery and fabulous birds and wildlife. More here: tinyurl.com/b5jxe22
A jolly to Scarbados with the Mrs, hanging around in a graveyard in hailstorms & eating jacket potatoes while watching frolicking dolphins. By coincidence, there may also have been an Eastern Black Redstart involved. More: tinyurl.com/2utdr7wt
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Eastern Black Redstart, Castle Hill, Scarborough - 28th Nov '25
Another fabulous and accommodating rarity on Castle Hill after last month's Needletail (thanks again, Ben!), this beautiful male Eastern B...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A jolly to Scarbados with the Mrs, hanging around in a graveyard in hailstorms & eating jacket potatoes while watching frolicking dolphins. By coincidence, there may also have been an Eastern Black Redstart involved. More: tinyurl.com/2utdr7wt
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Bobby Dazzler still kicking around St Mary's Churchyard, Scarbados at 1310hrs, favouring the S and W area, in between sleet downpours!
#Easternblackredstart
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November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bobby Dazzler still kicking around St Mary's Churchyard, Scarbados at 1310hrs, favouring the S and W area, in between sleet downpours!
#Easternblackredstart
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#Easternblackredstart
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Filey yesterday - northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/11/snow...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A magical second day in a Highland winter wonderland for our School of Birding class seven!
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A magical second day in a Highland winter wonderland for our School of Birding class seven!
Hello beautiful! Our School of Birding team just found four Waxwings in Carrbridge, Highland (as well as great views of Golden Eagles, Crested Tits, lekking Black Grouse, Red Squirrels, etc)
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hello beautiful! Our School of Birding team just found four Waxwings in Carrbridge, Highland (as well as great views of Golden Eagles, Crested Tits, lekking Black Grouse, Red Squirrels, etc)
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