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· Nov 8
The @yorkbirding.bsky.social 2024 report is now out, covering a great year locally with @wendyredrobin.bsky.social Little Gull on the cover & detailing our first Great Reed & Icterine Warblers. Free to members & also available from yorkbirding.org.uk
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The 'goose-fest' in the #LDV continues with up to 700 White-fronted Geese recorded passing through the site on Sunday (inc. 300 dropping into Wheldrake Ings whilst c400 continued north) - all tracked by local birders over York before u-turning south again @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The 'goose-fest' in the #LDV continues with up to 700 White-fronted Geese recorded passing through the site on Sunday (inc. 300 dropping into Wheldrake Ings whilst c400 continued north) - all tracked by local birders over York before u-turning south again @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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On #NationalNestBoxWeek it was also timely to hear about a Barn Owl (picked up wet/water-logged by a farmer in Wressle) that was kindly dried out overnight and successfully released the following morning, as it now lives to tell (hunt) another day 🦉
February 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
On #NationalNestBoxWeek it was also timely to hear about a Barn Owl (picked up wet/water-logged by a farmer in Wressle) that was kindly dried out overnight and successfully released the following morning, as it now lives to tell (hunt) another day 🦉
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It also turned out that this individual was ringed by our team as a nestling (from a brood of four) in a box near Melbourne in 2014 - making it 11/half years old. This is the oldest bird we’ve recorded from our study around the #LDV (from the 1,349 ringed here since 1989)🦉 @yorkbirding.bsky.social
On #NationalNestBoxWeek it was also timely to hear about a Barn Owl (picked up wet/water-logged by a farmer in Wressle) that was kindly dried out overnight and successfully released the following morning, as it now lives to tell (hunt) another day 🦉
February 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It also turned out that this individual was ringed by our team as a nestling (from a brood of four) in a box near Melbourne in 2014 - making it 11/half years old. This is the oldest bird we’ve recorded from our study around the #LDV (from the 1,349 ringed here since 1989)🦉 @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Definitely a touch of spring in the air, and these Grey Herons are getting on with nesting. Check out how red the rear bird, the male's, beak is! @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Definitely a touch of spring in the air, and these Grey Herons are getting on with nesting. Check out how red the rear bird, the male's, beak is! @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Slavonian Grebe still on Stamford Bridge Flash this morning. Riverside footpath now available, with care, in wellingtons. First field outside the village towards Buttercrambe.
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February 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Slavonian Grebe still on Stamford Bridge Flash this morning. Riverside footpath now available, with care, in wellingtons. First field outside the village towards Buttercrambe.
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CHL. A pair of the loved-up Herons. Display flight with elongated neck, female on nest in Bittern posture, bill pointing to the sky. Both in great plumage and presumed male with red beak.
Pair Ravens in flight NE over Ray Wood.
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Pair Ravens in flight NE over Ray Wood.
46 species on @birdtrack.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
CHL. A pair of the loved-up Herons. Display flight with elongated neck, female on nest in Bittern posture, bill pointing to the sky. Both in great plumage and presumed male with red beak.
Pair Ravens in flight NE over Ray Wood.
46 species on @birdtrack.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
Pair Ravens in flight NE over Ray Wood.
46 species on @birdtrack.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Last WBS of the winter. Copmanthorpe West fields. Cold grey day but the birds know spring is just around the corner! Singing skylarks, song thrush & chaffinch. Calling partridge. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Last WBS of the winter. Copmanthorpe West fields. Cold grey day but the birds know spring is just around the corner! Singing skylarks, song thrush & chaffinch. Calling partridge. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
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Read the North Yorkshire local nature recovery strategy document( non technical version)
www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
February 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Read the North Yorkshire local nature recovery strategy document( non technical version)
www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
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Eyes popped out of my head this morning. Slavonian Grebe on Stamford Bridge Flash, just before mid-day. @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Eyes popped out of my head this morning. Slavonian Grebe on Stamford Bridge Flash, just before mid-day. @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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16/170226 Millennium Fields #York #yorkbirding #northyorkshirebirds 2 Thrushes ?song on Monday and a surprisingly kind Treecreeper today. Couldn't get really close but delighted to see them.
February 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
16/170226 Millennium Fields #York #yorkbirding #northyorkshirebirds 2 Thrushes ?song on Monday and a surprisingly kind Treecreeper today. Couldn't get really close but delighted to see them.
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170226 OM1ii Millennium Fields #York #Yorkbirding #northyorkshirebirds #ukbirds No idea how many Siskin in the little wood, sounded like a welcome invasion force. Managed to get fairly close too.
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
170226 OM1ii Millennium Fields #York #Yorkbirding #northyorkshirebirds #ukbirds No idea how many Siskin in the little wood, sounded like a welcome invasion force. Managed to get fairly close too.
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Highlights of a walk from Bishopthorpe to Uranus (nr Escrick) on the cycle track:
GS woodpecker near Uranus
8 corn buntings + 1 yellowhammer with flock of linnets & fieldfares between Naburn village and Moor Lane bridge
Singing song thrush near Marina
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GS woodpecker near Uranus
8 corn buntings + 1 yellowhammer with flock of linnets & fieldfares between Naburn village and Moor Lane bridge
Singing song thrush near Marina
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February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Highlights of a walk from Bishopthorpe to Uranus (nr Escrick) on the cycle track:
GS woodpecker near Uranus
8 corn buntings + 1 yellowhammer with flock of linnets & fieldfares between Naburn village and Moor Lane bridge
Singing song thrush near Marina
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GS woodpecker near Uranus
8 corn buntings + 1 yellowhammer with flock of linnets & fieldfares between Naburn village and Moor Lane bridge
Singing song thrush near Marina
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Here we go again!
North Duffield Carrs, water gushing over the river bank in 2 places.
Lots of pink feet white fronts black tailed godwit, goldeneye, pintail pochard curlew, 3 buzzards, 1 marsh harrier.
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North Duffield Carrs, water gushing over the river bank in 2 places.
Lots of pink feet white fronts black tailed godwit, goldeneye, pintail pochard curlew, 3 buzzards, 1 marsh harrier.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Here we go again!
North Duffield Carrs, water gushing over the river bank in 2 places.
Lots of pink feet white fronts black tailed godwit, goldeneye, pintail pochard curlew, 3 buzzards, 1 marsh harrier.
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North Duffield Carrs, water gushing over the river bank in 2 places.
Lots of pink feet white fronts black tailed godwit, goldeneye, pintail pochard curlew, 3 buzzards, 1 marsh harrier.
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February 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
White-fronted Geese on the move today
50 at North Duffield Carrs
400 flew north through the @ldvnnr.bsky.social & were seen over Fulford & Acomb, while another 300 dropped onto Wheldrake Ings
A Tundra Bean Goose at Newburgh Priory & 10 still at North Duffield Carrs
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50 at North Duffield Carrs
400 flew north through the @ldvnnr.bsky.social & were seen over Fulford & Acomb, while another 300 dropped onto Wheldrake Ings
A Tundra Bean Goose at Newburgh Priory & 10 still at North Duffield Carrs
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February 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
White-fronted Geese on the move today
50 at North Duffield Carrs
400 flew north through the @ldvnnr.bsky.social & were seen over Fulford & Acomb, while another 300 dropped onto Wheldrake Ings
A Tundra Bean Goose at Newburgh Priory & 10 still at North Duffield Carrs
@nybirdnews.bsky.social
50 at North Duffield Carrs
400 flew north through the @ldvnnr.bsky.social & were seen over Fulford & Acomb, while another 300 dropped onto Wheldrake Ings
A Tundra Bean Goose at Newburgh Priory & 10 still at North Duffield Carrs
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Reading this article from Josh Jones has me thinking a recent hybrid in the ldv associating with Barnacles is a "North Holland Goose", a hybrid between cackling goose and barnacle goose.
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Reading this article from Josh Jones has me thinking a recent hybrid in the ldv associating with Barnacles is a "North Holland Goose", a hybrid between cackling goose and barnacle goose.
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Visit to Bubwith bridge @ldvnnr.bsky.social this morning Oystercatcher, ruff, dunlin and a mass of flying lapwings and dunlin. @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birdphotography. @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Visit to Bubwith bridge @ldvnnr.bsky.social this morning Oystercatcher, ruff, dunlin and a mass of flying lapwings and dunlin. @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birdphotography. @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Great white egret on Dock Mire, Nun Monkton @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Great white egret on Dock Mire, Nun Monkton @yorkbirding.bsky.social
Reports from the @yorkbirding.bsky.social area today.
36 White-fronted Geese on Menthorpe Lane, North Duffield
An immature White-tailed Eagle reported over Wheldrake Wood this afternoon
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36 White-fronted Geese on Menthorpe Lane, North Duffield
An immature White-tailed Eagle reported over Wheldrake Wood this afternoon
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February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Reports from the @yorkbirding.bsky.social area today.
36 White-fronted Geese on Menthorpe Lane, North Duffield
An immature White-tailed Eagle reported over Wheldrake Wood this afternoon
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36 White-fronted Geese on Menthorpe Lane, North Duffield
An immature White-tailed Eagle reported over Wheldrake Wood this afternoon
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A scaup still at North Duffield Carrs, 2nd calendar year drake I think. Showed nicely in front of Geoff Smith hide.
February 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
A scaup still at North Duffield Carrs, 2nd calendar year drake I think. Showed nicely in front of Geoff Smith hide.
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Scaup at North Duffield Carr's though distant @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Scaup at North Duffield Carr's though distant @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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A drake Common Scoter at Bank Island this afternoon
New for #PWC2026
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New for #PWC2026
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February 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A drake Common Scoter at Bank Island this afternoon
New for #PWC2026
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New for #PWC2026
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Tundra Bean, juvenile White-fronted and Pink-footed Geese at Newburgh Priory this afternoon with @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Tundra Bean, juvenile White-fronted and Pink-footed Geese at Newburgh Priory this afternoon with @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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Tundra Bean, juvenile White-fronted and Pink-footed Geese at Newburgh Priory this afternoon with @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Tundra Bean, juvenile White-fronted and Pink-footed Geese at Newburgh Priory this afternoon with @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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140226 OM1ii Millennium Fields #York #yorkbirding #ukbirds #birds #northyorkshirebirds #naturelovers Sky was a funny colour, called BLUE, I think, & there was a yellow thing shining brightly. Off we went in search of Siskin, heard lots, no idea how many, as usual high & distant, sore neck & shoulder
February 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
140226 OM1ii Millennium Fields #York #yorkbirding #ukbirds #birds #northyorkshirebirds #naturelovers Sky was a funny colour, called BLUE, I think, & there was a yellow thing shining brightly. Off we went in search of Siskin, heard lots, no idea how many, as usual high & distant, sore neck & shoulder